photography

Granite Falls

photo of a rock tumble near Cripple Creek, Colorado: Horse Thief Trail

Print available through DeviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/print/view/908461696

Cog Railroad on Top of Pikes Peak

photo of the cog railroad at the top of Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA

This was one of the first images I had taken using a new cell phone. The image comes from the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado. The railroad here is a cog railway: the little teeth running down the center line are able to catch and hold the train to help gain traction going up steep slopes as well as keep it from running backwards down the mountain when the train stops. Some cog railways are no more than two feet wide to get through narrow mountain passes; this one is more like four.

If you’re interested in buying a print of this, you can get one through DeviantArt for around 20-60$ (depending on size).

Seven Bridges Creek

photo of the creek along Seven Bridges Trail in Colorado, USA

I’m not sure if this creek has an official name. This photo was taken along the Seven Bridges trail in Colorado.

If you’re interested in buying this photo as a print, you can get it at DeviantArt for 20-60$ (Depending on size.)

Aspen Sunrise

photo of a sunrise over aspens and snow in Colorado, USA

Some of you may recognize the skyline here as being the same one as shown in my Rising Sun Collage. It’s just a few yards in a different direction. It’s not the same sunrise either, as evidenced by the snow on the ground.

A print of this is available through DeviantArt, around 20-60$ depending on size.

All Header Pictures

I went and added a bunch of images to the header today. To celebrate, here’s a list of all the images the header contains as of September 2021. Continue reading “All Header Pictures”

Rising Sun Collage

A animated GIF collage of several photos of a sunrise. — Taken in November 2019, in Colorado, USA.

This was somewhat of an experiment and an early attempt at animation. Back in November, I took a photo of a sunrise. The sun kept rising and it kept being beautiful, so I took more photos.

Fast forward to today, where I put the photos together into a little GIF collage, using the animation program Krita. For the record, I really dislike Krita. Some of the tools don’t do what you expect them to (particularly copy-paste), and you have to download a separate hacky program to render animations into GIF files specifically. Still, I’m told it’s better than GIMP, and it’s completely free, so for now it’s what I use.

Unfortunately, this collage isn’t perfect, either. The original photos were of several sizes and several angles, and even re-cutting them didn’t quite get rid of the discrepancies. It creates a bit of a wobble to the picture, which I’m not sure if I like, as in a certain light, it makes it look more 3-D. The resolution of a couple of the frames are another casualty to the re-sizing process, however, which I can’t quite get rid of.