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Ice Storm

January 19, 2012 Macrocosm

Macros of the ice crystals on our windows this morning. * Shot with my Panasonic FZ50 bridge camera plus a Raynox-250 snap-on macro lens. Photographed in Seattle, during the first snow storm of 2012.

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Growing Up Alone

March 30, 2011 Flora

photos ©ingridtaylar – email me for permissions First signs of spring at the Center for Urban Horticulture in Seattle. I posted a mini history of the Montlake-Fill-to-Union-Bay-Natural-Area transformation over at Seattleography.

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Crow in Snow

February 28, 2011 Corvids

The above American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) was standing behind a short wall with snow on top — and he had a backdrop of snow which created the effect of this portrait. Crow flying against a background of snow-covered trees — and kicking snow off her feet as she takes off. This pair of crows was [...]

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Freezing to the Tune of Willie Nelson

January 1, 2011 Pacific Northwest

We went shooting ice pics today . . . on the tundra of frozen Seattle. On the way, I got hooked on this Willie Nelson cover, thanks to a new mix from my favorite pop musicologist, colloquially known as Dodels. First, Willie. Then, ice. I will always think of my frosted, immovable fingers when I [...]

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Moonrise in Seattle

December 20, 2010 Moon

Moonrise by D.H. Lawrence And who has seen the moon, who has not seen Her rise from out the chamber of the deep, Flushed and grand and naked, as from the chamber Of finished bridegroom, seen her rise and throw Confession of delight upon the wave, Littering the waves with her own superscription Of bliss, [...]

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Ice Ducks

November 29, 2010 Ducks and Others

Here’s my segue from Winter Water . . . to the semi-graceful form of winter ducks. The snow is gone, but I still froze my fingers into Rocket Pops, snapping pics of these ducks navigating their own version of tundra. Unlike me, the ducks kept their digits warm, thanks to the ingenious countercurrent circulation system [...]

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Winter Water

November 28, 2010 Objectification

Swim in mottled waves Warmed in frost, cooled in amber Iceberg is your world ~ A Cutthroat Trout’s Haiku

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A BART Ride Through Feathered Canyons

May 29, 2010 Clouds & Fog

Taking in the anomalous May clouds . . . drifting through spring as Joni Mitchell lyrics. Bows and flows of angel hair . . . And ice cream castles in the air . . . And feathered canyons everywhere . . . I’ve looked at clouds that way . . . The esteemed Joni Mitchell [...]

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Headlands Soup

March 28, 2010 Clouds & Fog

I’ll never forget the first time I drove the Golden Gate Bridge as the advection fog rolled in. You leave San Francisco under a sapphire sky only to be engulfed by a swirling cloud halfway across the gate.

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Brave New Poppies . . . and David Lynch

March 14, 2010 Flora

I appreciate spring this year. I didn’t in 2009. Our California sod is parched from recent drought — and the whimsy of a winter that flitted through last year felt like hope lost.

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Winter

February 14, 2010 Snow

These images — still as the moment now elapsed — in sleep, awaken my icy dreams. I miss winter. Shot in the Colorado Rockies, winter 2008

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Waiting Up for the Wolf Moon

January 30, 2010 Moon

The ideal time to photograph a Wolf Moon is at moonrise, along the horizon, when the illusion of size will be greatest. At moonrise yesterday, we were socked in with drizzle, clouds and brume. Even though I missed the classic horizon shot, I still wanted a glimpse and capture of this Wolf — a near-full [...]

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Stormy Beach People

January 11, 2010 California

I’m a perfect fit with Northern California, loving the storm-whipped ocean as I do. From the shoreline, that is. Keeping my eye on that 7th wave. Wrapped in layers. Wishing I could still operate my camera while wearing gloves. Keeping the UV filter on for the saline mist. Loving every second of this El-Niño-driven swell. [...]

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These Aren’t Sleeper Waves . . . But They Could Be

November 27, 2009 Waves

It’s the deceptive nature of sleeper waves, sneaker waves, rogue waves — all names for the same phenomenon — that people unfamiliar with the California coast are lulled into a false sense of security. They are rogue or sleeper precisely because they strike randomly, out of the great blue . . .

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A Mackerel Sky

August 27, 2009 Weather

We went to the Pacific to grab lunch at Nick’s and couldn’t have anticipated the prismatic cycles of yesterday’s sky. At first a mackerel sky, then buttery, then illuminated by flame. Here’s a reasonable representation of our afternoon under the clouds.

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White Bliss of Fog

August 24, 2009 Clouds & Fog

It’s our built-in air conditioner, the plume of advection fog* that creeps under and through the Golden Gate Bridge — then cloaks the Bay in varying degrees of opaqueness. I call it “bliss” because I’m really a citizen of the north, disguised as a Californian. My lily-white tones do not betray my state allegiance. My [...]

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The Mud Cracks of Coyote Hills

July 21, 2009 Bay Area

The Mud Cracks of Coyote Hills could be a family of mutants, living under the floor boards. But they’re not. They should be. This would be a better post.

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Refracted Light, Arcs and Rainbows – Over SF

July 12, 2009 Bay Area

I’m not a big fan of Descartes. In spite of his genius and complexity, he held callously mechanistic views toward nature and non-human animals. And women, too, depending on his mood. But I’ll give him some love for this explanation of rainbows I recently read at the UCAR website. He simplified the study of a [...]

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