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I finally got round to processing my infra-red pictures from our recent trip to Big Bend National Park so I’ll be posting a set taken in and around...
Mardi Gras-inspired art seen on a gate in the French Quarter of New Orleans during March 2021.
One of the many modern mausoleum buildings in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans.
When in New Orleans, you have to visit at least one of the city’s famous cemeteries. The long history of the city coupled with the fact that the majority...
Walking around the Tremé area of New Orleans last month, I bumped into this ornate, jester-themed house.
St. Louis Cathedral takes pride of place on one side of New Orleans’ famous Jackson Square. A church has existed on this site since 1727 but the current...
Shutters and windows on one of the many colourful houses in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
We spotted this juvenile alligator along with several of its siblings and their mother during an airboat tour of a section of swamp just west of New Orleans,...
The Huey P. Long Bridge carries US 90 across the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana just west of downtown New Orleans. It was opened in 1935...
One of the highlights of our recent stop in New Orleans was a swamp airboat tour we took. This guy (whose name, I’m embarassed to say, I didn’t...
To get to the famed Balanced Rock in Big Bend National Park, the trail takes you up the base of a valley whose sides are covered in these impressive hoodoos....
This is the last image in this week’s series of tonal recession pictures. Like yesterday’s shot, I took it from the patio of the Leapin’...
An early morning view of the Chisos Mountains taken from the back porch of the Terlingua rental property we stayed in while visiting Big Bend National...
Mountains stretch off into the distance in this morning view taken on the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive in Big Bend National Park, Texas.
Low clouds shroud the top of some of the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park. This shot was taken on the main park road between the Chisos Basin...
Sotol Vista is a stop along the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive in Big Bend National Park. The views were spectacular when we stopped there shortly before sunset...
Let’s move away from Balanced Rock this week for some wider views of Big Bend National Park. I should warn, however, that, as with pretty much all Big Bend...
Continuing the Balanced Rock in Big Bend National Park theme, here’s the view through the gap looking in the opposite direction from the first image...
This is the typical postcard view (really – you can buy someone else’s version of this view on a postcard in the park stores) of Balanced Rock...
A view of the landscape surrounding Balanced Rock in Big Bend National Park, west Texas, shortly after sunrise on April 3rd, 2021. This was the scene immediately...
