A photo arrangement of two photos of angry sinister looking clouds backlit by the sun contrasted with two photos of whispy dancing cirrus clouds shooting out diagonally behind stratus clouds contrasted by a dark blue sky.
Symbiosis. A diptych of two images. On the left, the sun beaming down, piercing the canopy of trees, giving warmth and life. On the right, a struggling solitary tree pushing it's way up through the boulders, seemingly reaching for the nourishment of the sun to cling to it's fragile life.
A gloomy snowy day on the top of Cottonwood Pass with the sun peaking through the cloud cover and tracks in the snow. Between Buena Vista and Taylor Park in Southwest Colorado USA 1993
Blazing orange leaved aspen trees amongst pines at the edge of a mountain meadow near Lake City, Colorado. 1992
A brightly sunlit rainbow emerging from the mist of a rain shower at the end of a Colorado Rocky Mountain valley between the base of two mountains. Alpine Loop Road near Lake City, Colorado 2004
Abstract detail of bowed branch with a strip of bark missing resting on a bed of lush green moss, dead leaves, and orange pine needles with another perpendicular branch seemingly pointing to the bare portion of the bowed branch.
An abstract minimal nature still life of a plant's shadow blocking the reflection of the sky on the surface of a lake, showing water's property of being both transparent and reflective simultaneously, allowing the viewer's eye to focus on multiple layers, or dimensions, in one image. Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA.
A serene nature still life of a dead branch hanging from the edge of a rippled lake that is reflecting the spottily cloudy sky with rocks in the foregound. Bear Lake Rocky Mountain National Park 2007
A boulder at the edge of a lake whose surface is marked by concetric circular ripples and is reflecting the surrounding pine forest and clouds with a dragonfly hovering above the water also casting it's reflection in the water. Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado USA.
A Forest Still Life with a solitary Aspen tree as the focus surrounded by fallen logs, rocks and green undergrowth. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado 2007
A forest still life featuring the shimmering silver trunk of a decaying tree surrounded by dead branches, pine cones and needles, as well as the resilient forest floor grass.
A panoramic landscape showing a morning low hanging cloud above Taylor Reservoir with the surounding mountains and Taylor dam in the background. Near Tin Cup, Colorado USA 1998.
An abstract minimal Colorado scenic detail of a snow covered mountain and blue sky reflection in a clear mountain lake with a partially submerged dead tree and sunken trees near Taylor Park. Unique angular perspective showcases water's transparent and reflective qualities. Texas Lake in Taylor Park, near Tin Cup Colorado USA
An abstract, disorienting inverse image of snowcapped mountains reflected in mountain lake with a tree on the lake shore in the foreground showing both the reflective and transmissive quality of water. Texas Lake in Taylor Park near Tin Cup, Colorado USA 1993
Texas Lake Shore No.1 near Tin Cup Colorado 1993
Glowing colorful orange and yellow Autumn leaves against ones green ones not yet changed. Near Fulton, Missouri. 2005
The view one morning as I stepped out of my Airstream travel trailer in Smith Center Kansas on my way to Colorado. 2006
The horizon with the last peek of red sunset shining through an eyelike gap in the whispy clouds. Contrasted by the yellow orange cloudless sky and the deep blue of the darkening sky with hints of the field grass in the foreground. Near Moberly Missouri. 2006
A dreamy view of a silhouetted antique airplane from below against sidelit shimmering white puffy clouds and a deep blue sky. Near Hinton, Missouri USA 1991
A black and white landscape of a fallen dead tree with branches extended in the air resembling antlers. Near Rocheport, Missouri 1993
Backlit early Autumn changing bright red color leaves of a poison sumac tree in a forest of green.
Whispy cirrus clouds shooting out diagonally behind stratus clouds contrasted by a dark blue sky in Centralia Missouri
Menacing looking storm clouds with cirular openings of light shining through resembling a face.
Menacing looking storm clouds with cirular openings of light shining through resembling a face.
Whispy cirrus clouds shooting out diagonally behind stratus clouds contrasted by a dark blue sky in Centralia Missouri
Whispy cirrus clouds shooting out diagonally behind stratus clouds contrasted by a dark blue sky in Centralia Missouri
Whispy cirrus clouds shooting out diagonally behind stratus clouds contrasted by a dark blue sky in Centralia Missouri
Whispy cirrus clouds shooting out diagonally behind stratus clouds contrasted by a dark blue sky in Centralia Missouri
Menacing looking storm couds with circular openings of light shining through.
Dramatic turbulent clouds of an approaching storm front brightly lit by the warm light of the setting sun with silhouetted trees in the foreground. My front yard near Renick, Missouri, 1996
Dramatic turbulent clouds of an approaching storm front brightly lit from above by the evening sun through an opening in the clouds with silhouetted tress in the foreground and a hint of a rainbow on the horizon. My front yard near Renick, Missouri, 1996.
Dramatic turbulent clouds from an approaching storm front brightly lit by the warm light of the setting sun through an opening in the clouds producing a shape resembling a man's face getting ready to blow. My front yard near Renick, Missouri, 1996.
Turbulent rolling clouds of an approaching storm front colorfully lit bright orange by the sunset as they begin to rotate with silhouetted trees in the foreground. My front yard near Renick, Missouri, 1996.
Upward view of the sky dotted with a large group of little round clouds that resemble cotton balls with a deep blue sky in the background.
Criss Cross, 1990. An in-camera double exposed image (one horizontal - one vertical) of a solitary leaning tree in a green summer field with pillowy clouds dotting a blue sky in the background near Renick, Missouri
Mirrored and inversed quadrants of a Missouri autumn forest scene with highlighted birch trees and orange, red and yellow leaves with several evergreens. Finger Lakes State Park, Columbia, 1987.
A forest still life of a reflection of a partially submerged tree in standing water after a heavy rain. Near Renick, Missouri USA, 2008.
A large sprawling solitary tree in a field being silhouetted by the early Summer morning sunrise turning the sky a lovely golden hue with treetops seen in the background off in the distant mist. Near Moberly, Missouri, 1989.
A minimal abstract nature scene of silhoutted watergrass and the reflection of a tree, clouds, and blue sky on the ripppled water of a rural Missouri pond.
A serene nature study of a pond filled with watergrass and lily, several goldfish swimming below the surface, and the cloudy sky reflected from the surface in the Lily Pond at the Missouri State Fair Grounds in Sedalia Missouri USA, 2007.
A mesmeriizing multi layered image of a serene pond, sky reflection, goldfish, and lilies with the focal point on the dichotomy of the sky reflection and water grass shadow in the Lilly Pond at the Missouri State Fair Grounds in Sedalia Missouri USA, 2007.
A vintage winter landscape of large chunks of ice flowing downriver at a bend in the Missouri River during the early Spring thaw. Franklin Island near New Franklin, Missouri USA, 1993.
A vintage winter landscape of a solitary tree on the bank of a bend in the Missouri River next to chunks of ice flowing down the river during the early Spring thaw. Franklin Island near New Franklin, Missouri USA, 1993.
Rippling water of the Missouri River as it rises above it's banks just before the historic flood of 1993. Looking toward the bluff next to the Katy Trail, a former railroad line converted to a trail system. Near Rocheport, Missouri USA
Ebb and flow of water around a boat ramp and stones with reflections of a bluff at the edge of the Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri 1992
A partially burned dead tree lined up with a live one in a waterway in the Missouri River bottoms near Wooldridge Missouri just a few months before cataclysmic 1993 floods.
A sprawling solitary tree next to a plowed field in the Missouri river bottoms near Easley, Missouri USA 1990
A sprawling tree silhouetted by the purple and orange fiery sunset. Near Rucker, Missouri USA 1993
Three cedar trees at the crest of a hill with a couple of wispy clouds in the sky and flowing golden grass in the foreground. Near Hinton, Missouri 1988
Reflection of Three Cedar Trees in a blue lake with a dock and green bush in the foreground, near Hinton, Missouri 1988
Two jet vapor trails intersect creating an "X" shape in a blue sky laced with similar looking Cirrus clouds with imitating lines formed by power lines and a treetop peeking in from the bottom.
A solitary tree in a golden field of soy beans on a late summer day.
Solitary Tree, near Roanoke, Missouri 1993
A forest floor still life of a solitary highlighted leaf on a pile of leaves, surrounded by a ring of fallen grass and snow. Thousand Hills State Park, Kirksville, Missouri, 1980.
A hazy dark mysterious shot of the summer moon being reflected on a lake with silouhetted branches of a bush in the foreground. Forest Lake at Thousand Hills State Park near Kirksville, Missouri. 1982
A minimal abstract detail of a ridge resembling a pointing finger, erosion, and nature reclaiming the tailings of the old Billy Creek strip coal mine near Novinger, Missouri. 1984
Pastoral scene of a misty, foggy, frosty, winter sunrise including a fenceline with a leafless tree as the focal point and a frosty pasture with cattle in the background. Near Pure Air, Missouri, 1994.
Pastoral scene shot into the sun of a misty, foggy, frosty, winter sunrise with a leafless tree and the blown out, flaring sun as the focal point and a frosty pasture and fenceline in the foreground. Near Pure Air Missouri, 1994.
A gate, fencepost, and barbed wire fence covered in heavy frost or frozen fog at sunrise with a pond and frozen hillside and forest in the background. Near Pure Air, Missouri 1994
A pastoral scene of a hillside with heavily frost or frozen fog covered trees, grass, and a fence row leading up to a barn bathed in warm early morning light contrasted by the cool pastel blue of the sky in the background. Near Pure Air Missouri, 1994.
A black and white landscape featuring a solitary tree on a hillside next to a fence row with wispy cirrus clouds in the sky, near Baring, Missouri 1989
The bright moon shining through an aperture in silhouetted branches against a dark indigo sky resembling an eye peering through. Near Pennville, Missouri USA, 1977.
A soft focus impressionistic image of a bug perched on the wilting bud of a bright yellow flower. Near Kirksville, Missouri USA, 1984.
A single Cardinal nearly camouflaged amongst the colorful Autumn leaves. Near Greentop, Missouri, 2024.
An abstract nature still life of bent dead cattail stalks below and above the ice at the edge of a lake making an interesting design. Near Kirksville, Missouri 1982.
Missouri winter scene of a sunset forest reflection in melting ice. Image has been inversed to give the initial illusion that the forest is not a reflection. Thousand Hills State Park, Kirksville, Missouri 1981
Rock Ledge, near Yarrow, Missouri 1998
Multiple lightning strikes using time exposure near Brashear, Missouri, USA 1980.
A grainy time exposure night shot of a thunderstrom lighting up the sky and lightning bolts striking the horizon in two places leaving the two houses and row of power poles in silhouette. Near Brashear, Missouri 1980
The blue sky reflected in a meandering stream with a fallen tree in the foreground and several trees along it's bank bathed in the warm late afternoon Spring light. Near Queen City, Missouri USA, 1985
A warm toned black and white landscape of a sprawling tree at the crest of a ridge with tall grass in the foreground and a gradated sky with wispy cirrus clouds in the background. Near Pure Air, Missouri USA, 1977.
A golden field leading to a forest starting to show its Autumn colors with puffy clouds partially obscuring a blue sky. Near Pure Air, Missouri. 2023
A large sprawling tree with its leaves in the midst of their Autumn color change sidelit by the late afternoon sun at the edge of a pasture. Near Novinger, Missouri. 2023
A partially bare tree in a fencerow with its brilliant yellow leaves glowing from the late Autumn afternoon sun against a blue sky and billowy clouds. Near Greentop, Missouri. 2024
An open Milkweed pod with it's seeds in the process of being carried off by the Autumn afternoon wind by their brilliant white silky filaments or "coma". Near Kirksville, Missouri. 2008
Sunset with sun slipping over the horizon and beam of light highlighting red and orange clouds and silouhette of tree in left foreground. Near Kirksville, Missouri 1991
The remains of a dead tree trunk in front of the young evergreen tree that is taking its place. Near Shibleys Grove, Missouri. 2024
An idyllic tranquil scene of the reflection of brilliant green trees and a deep blue sky in a slow moving river with a perfectly smooth surface except for concentric circular waves created by something falling in the water. Near Green Grove Missouri 1984
Fallen frozen blades of grass in their last stage of life in freshly fallen snow. Near Pure Air, Missouri, USA, 2008
Panoramic view of the Teton mountain range with the peaks obscured by low clouds taken from Grand Teton National Park near Jackson Hole, Wyoming USA 2005.
The prismatic colors of Surging Spring in the West Thumb Geyser Basin on the shore of Yellowstone Lake Yellowstone National Park Wyoming USA 2005
Bubbling sulphur spring in West Thumb Geyser Basin Yellowstone National Park Wyoming 2005
A forest still life of a silver fallen barkless tree trunk supported by its curved branches. Yellowstone National Park Wyoming USA 2005
A forest still life of several silver fallen barkless tree trunks with branches extending outward surrounding a solitary dandelion on the forest floor. Yellowstone National Park Wyoming USA 2005
A forest still life of silver fallen barkless tree trunks and branches making interesting lines on the forest floor. Yellowstone National Park Wyoming USA 2005
An abstract minimal detail view of the colorful deep waters of the Abyss Pool at West Thumb Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, 2005
An abstract minimal detail view of the colorful algae, microbial mat, and coral like formations at the edge of of Black Pool at West Thumb Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, 2005
An abstract minimal detail view of the colorful algae, microbial mat, and coral like formations at the edge of of Black Pool at West Thumb Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, 2005
Silhoutted dead pine trees next to an alkaline geothermal pool runoff path at West Thumb Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, 2005.
An abstract minimal detail view of the colorful algae, microbial mat, and coral like formations at the edge of of Black Pool at West Thumb Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, 2005
Rain downpour streaks. coming down from the grey clouds of an approaching storm with a little rainbow at the gound in a Colorado mountain valley. 2005
The snowy lower peak of Mt. Cannon in the clouds near Bird Woman Falls in Glacier National Park taken from Going-to-the-Sun Road on an overcast day. 2005
Red rock formations that have an anthropomorphic resemblence to heads of various kinds of goblins/aliens at Valley of Fire State Park near Moapa Valley, Nevada North of Las Vegas. 1992
Red rock formations that have an anthropomorphic resemblence to heads of various kinds of goblins/aliens at Valley of Fire State Park near Moapa Valley, Nevada North of Las Vegas. 1992
A forest still life with a withering plant leaned over on a rock in Bandalier National Monument, New Mexico spotlighted by the sun amongst the Autumn Leaves. Near Los Alamos, New Mexico USA 1993
Large granite boulders at Elephant Rocks State Park resembling the parts of human anatomy necessary for procreation. Ganiteville, Missouri 1982
A vintage, moody, soft focus view of the water flowing around a big boulder at the outet of Big Spring near Van Buren, Missouri. Part of the Ozark National Scenic Riverway. 1982
Colorful floating Autumn leaves and watergrass at Alley Spring near Eminence, Missouri in the Missouri Ozarks, 1991.
Floating fallen Autumn leaves ,water grass, and algae covered rocks in a spring pool at Alley Springs near Eminence, Missouri 1989
A minimal abstract detail of the brilliant colored reflections on the crystal clear water flowing into Alley Spring Mill from Alley Spring near Eminence, Missouri USA,1991
Swirling waters surrounding an algae and plant covered rock festooned with colorful fallen Autumn leaves in Alley Springs Branch near Eminence, Missouri 1987
Twin trees fallen by beavers at the edge of an Autumn forest in the Missouri Ozarks, Alley Spring near Eminence, Missouri 1987
A solitary tree struggling, against all odds, to reach up to the sky and survive in a field of boulders. Elephant Rocks State Park, Graniteville, Missouri USA, 1999
Brightly colored red and orange Autumn leaves on trees at a boulder strewn picninc area at Elephant Rock State Park near Graniteville, Missouri USA, 1992
A hanging broken branch of a tree partially submerged in the water still adorned with its colorful orange and yellow Autumn leaves. Falling Spring Mill near Winona, Missouri USA, 1991.
Missouri scenic detail of the top of a decaying retaining wall and roots of a fallen tree partially submerged in the pool of Falling Springs at Falling Springs Mill near Winona. The shimmering reflection and sparse colorful leaves floating in the water contrast the deep green water while the concrete retaining wall creates a dynamic visual element. This would make a great background image since it has plenty of blank title space at the top.
View from a red granite overlook above the East fork of the Black river at Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park before the 2005 flood that flooded the park when Taum Sak reservoir failed. Near Lesterville, Missouri USA, 1992.
A streamside view of the reflection of trees and sky on the crystal clear water seeming to meld the solid items being rflected and the swirling water with a tree, it's roots, and a hnging vine in the foreground. Alley Spring Branch at Alley Spring near Eminence, Missouri 1997.
A flooded cement wall at the edge of a lake that appears to be a walk that leads to the heavens of the cloud reflection as a sort of "Port of Entry". Falling Springs Mill, near Winona, Missouri in the Missouri Ozarks, 1991.
A warm tone black and white image of a vine covered tree above Round Spring near Eminence, Missouri in the Ozark mountains. Part of the Ozark National Scenic Riverway. 1992
A single highlighted fallen tan maple leaf in a bed of green plants and moss, surrounded by other brown leaves. Missouri Ozarks, USA, 1988.
Differential Erosion Mounds, Badlands National Park, South Dakota 2002
Green Water Lillies detail with single dominent stamen as center interest. DollyWood Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Panoramic vista from Clingman's Dome, Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee USA 2006
