Air, land and sea (well, water at least!)

[Len Philpot]

I recently spent a week at the WesTex Star Party near Fort Davis, Texas and managed to find a handful of landscape images while there and en route home.

Big sky over Casket Mountain

While not Everest, Casket Mountain is no small hill. But it pales in comparison to this sky. (Fort Davis, TX)



Cottonwoods and hoodoos

Follow the water and you'll find the cottonwood trees. Water is to their color what electricity is to a light bulb. Their beautiful bright green leaves always stand out in stark contrast to the arid countryside. "Hoodoos" are the vertical extrusions of igneous rock pushed up through perforated strata to form the cliff face. (Fort Davis, TX)



Fingers in the dark

A nearly clear dawn sky reflects off the Llano River at the Old Simonsville Road crossing. (Mason, TX)



Floating rocks?

In the still dawn air, the rocks appear to float on the sunlit water. (Mason, TX)

 

[Brian Moore]

What a dine set of images, Len. Fingers in the Dark is particularly appealing.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Indeed! A great sky shot and those dark fingers...
A trip to Texas recently?

 

[Len Philpot]

Indeed! A great sky shot and those dark fingers...
A trip to Texas recently?

Yes, to Fort Davis, then two nights in Mason on the way home.

Thanks.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Excellent series, Len.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Wow, great place to visit. B&W possibility with the first, for some added sky drama. Perhaps. Perhaps not.

All interesting, though.

 

[Len Philpot]

Thanks. I have to admit, I don't often think in B&W. I think the third one could potentially be interesting in monochrome (given the shapes) IF the tonalities would allow it.