Valley Down Below

This morning arrived without fanfare as there wasn't a cloud in the sky. It was crystal clear and as such there wasn't any grand pink sunrise to photograph. I gave up all thoughts of photographing any sort of landscape until I noticed a thin layer of fog upon the valley floor. My eyes were instantly drawn to all the treetops of oaks, redwoods and firs sticking up from the fog. I ran downstairs and grabbed my cameraand a couple of telephoto lenses. I love to photograph landscapes with a telephoto lens. It just brings out things that you don't normally see with the naked eye. I started with a 400mm telephoto and then I switched to a 600. After editing the images this one taken with the 600 was my favorite. I especially like the oak trees in it. May you have a blessed day, chris

Sunset Silhouette

Today it was hot! It 107 degrees F when Lenore and I drove home after working in her class room this afternoon. The skies were clear when we got home and then later the smoke began floating in from a fire. Perfect conditions for a sunset silhouette. Close to sundown I walked down our road and I captured the sun going down behind the firs and redwoods looking out towards the coast. I stayed long enough to watch the sun sink down into the Pacific and the mosquitoes began attacking me. God's blessings to all, chris

Rebirth

I have always liked this old gray stump at the end our road. It has sat there for over twenty years greeting me each time I come home. Recently meaning sometime in the last five years or so a young fir tree has struggled up into the sky next to it. The young fir has had to fight for light and moisture from the surrounding trees. Today I noticed the prominent new growth on it from the recent rains. It proudly stood out in the rainy weather we had today. Standing there as symbol of rebirth next to the old gray stump a promise of new life. There are a lot of parallels to my relationship with Christ here for in him I have been reborn. God's love and blessings to all, chris