No, in today’s title I speak not of putting those bushes in at the side of the house, or pruning the tree in the back

Along with people portraits and wars, landscape photography was one of the first subjects for the first photographers.

Iandscapes are in my blood, and only my demise will ever bring that to an end.

Some of the images below are obvious landscapes and some fit a bit more loosely into that category. They may be have been captured in dramatic light, or lean more towards the abstract and so on. While some might be bright and cheery, others may be somewhat dark and ominous.

Some are of extremely high color, and others more muted as those were the gifts I was presented with in various locales at various times of day.

Let us begin our journey in the American west. The land there is diverse, and it can be rough and even dangerous, yet beautiful. I have enjoyed that combination of dangerous but beautiful many times in my life while on many different journeys..

White Sands New Mexico has pure white gypsum sands, unless of course the light alters our perception of such. The image below was made late in the day. The two plants you see jutting out of the sand are that of what is called the So Tall plant.

Below we have what appears to be sand dunes and a large lake.

The dunes are that of Great Sand Dunes National Monument in Colorado. The rushing water you see in the foreground comes from the snow capped mountains you can see in the background. The water is ice cold and I had to with camera equipment, walk through the water to reach the dunes. I was miserable when I did it, and my wet and cold feet simply collected sand and made for a long yet powerful day.

I would not trade that time for a moment. I liked it enough that I returned to do it again about five years later. The point to this specific composition was to get each of those elements, mountains, snow, sand dunes and water, all in one shot.

Below are the LaSalle Mountains of Utah. The light was beautiful and once again, acolor and contrast was what attracted me.

This next shot is also a Rocky Mts. Image. It was made in summer I believe. It is a part of the Never Summer Range. That’s obvious by the snow. The composition is uncomplicated which is often but not always a good thing.

Turret Arch in Arches N.P. Utah, is a simple subject to photograph. The real secret is to get there at a time of day. Late in this case. When you can play warm golden rock, against the cool blue sky, you have agood day.

Once again, contrast can be a good thing.

Balanced Rock in Utah provides for a perfect silhouette at sunrise.

Of course, you can make the argument a featureless subject is not truly a landscape, but I take a few liberties with that way of thinking.

Trees, with craggy branches are a personal favorite of mine. Any time of day, any time of year.

I often love the God given natural construction and design in a subject in and of itself. The heart of a winter‘s day with a cool blue sky. The available subjects for landscape photography is infinite.

The seasons, especially autumn, are art in and of themselves.

Below we see a few made in Wisconsin.

Go out and see how many colors, shapes and textures you can find.

Be a landscaper!

May God Bless!

We all need to replenish our own damaged and wicket spirit, with the Holy Spirit of God.

Wayne