Did the Serpent Get a ‘Bum Rap’?
I think the serpent may have gotten a bum rap. At the very least, there is some indignity to an honest snake for being depicted as a kind of lizard…
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May 11, 2019
Seen Along the Way of Saint James
Here are a few random sightings captured with my iPhone camera on the Way of Saint James, specifically the Camino Portuguese, on my walk through southern Galicia towards Santiago. Above,…
May 11, 2019
Last Gas
I found this signage advertising the "latest" bar on the Camino Portuguese shortly before the Spanish border where the great pilgrimage trail crosses the River Minho to Tui, Spain. By…
May 9, 2019
Roman Bridges of Galicia
There are literally hundreds of Roman bridges in Galicia, many used by or adjacent to the Camino Portuguese. Some of these are more recent constructions on the Roman-engineered foundations, but…
May 9, 2019
Inside Tui Cathedral and I Have a Bilbo Baggins Moment
Tui Cathedral is nominally the starting point for my Camino. This is where my pilgrimage begins. The distances are calculated from the doors of the Cathedral. Inside, the Cathedral is…
May 8, 2019
Ponte Rodo-Ferroviária: Beginning My Camino Adventure
Today I walked across the Ponte Rodo-Ferroviária de Valença (shown in the image) across the River Minho from Tui in Galicia, Spain to Valenca in Portugal, and back again. Other…
May 6, 2019
Giverny Afternoon
I visited Monet's wonderful garden at Giverny with my small group of photographers. In the late afternoon, we had the garden mostly to ourselves and were able to photograph in…
May 1, 2019
Tulip X-Rays and Fusion X-Rays
These tulips were x-rayed to provide the internal structure of the flowers (see image below). They were then photographed in alignment on a light box for translucency, and to provide…
May 1, 2019
Paris Landscape
With the storm receding, from the top of the Tour Montparnasse near sunset, Paris looked like it could be any other rain-wracked landscape (of course, it is not, there is…
April 29, 2019
Temple of Mercury
Within Schwetzingen Garden, the Temple of Mercury is an intentional ruin from the late 1700s. Built to romantically fall down, the question today is how to conserve a structure intended…
April 28, 2019
X-Ray Flower Medley Fusion
This image combines---hence the term "fusion"---the x-ray version of the floral medley composition with a translucent version of the same arrangement photographed in alignment on a light box.
April 27, 2019
X-Ray Floral Medley
Working with Dr Julian Kopke, I laid out this x-ray composition on a sheet of plexiglass above the sensor. The results you see are actually two x-rays combined, because there…
April 25, 2019
Enchanted Castle Garden
My friend's friend had a key to the side gate into the grand garden of the Schwetzingen Castle. The friend's friend was prevailed upon to let us into the garden…
April 23, 2019
Visual Palindrome
A palindrome is a phrase that is the same read backwards and forwards. Some examples are Madam I'm Adam, A man a plan a canal Panama, and of course Napoleon's…
April 22, 2019
Reflections in the Untersee
Before coming to Lake Konstanz, I didn't have a very good sense of its geography, other than Lake Konstanz was on the border of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. My friends…
April 21, 2019
Sunflower Mandala
The Peruvian lily (botanically alstroemeria), or "Lily of the Incas," was once limited to two small ranges in South America, one blooming in the winter (Chile), and one in the…
April 17, 2019
Notre Dame
How very, very sad to learn that Notre Dame is on fire. Here are some images I've made over the years with the thought that it is okay to remember…
April 15, 2019