SYLVIA PATTON - 2019 - 2021 - CALENDAR EXTRAS

                Sorry this is so late, but I got distracted by getting the 2022 calendar printed. It is always an adventure! For the many years I have been doing this, I can count on the fingers of one foot the number of times there were no issues. I mean how complicated can it be? Still, the good news is the new calendar is in the mail! I am pleased with it :-)) I hope you will be too!          The above image was captured from the second story balcony of the Kona condo of my step-daughter, Stacey. Because the balcony is so high, I was able to be at the level of the top section of the palm trees in the garden. Hence, the gecko among the lace of the palm tree. I love the Hawaiian geckos! They are so colorful, and they eat mosquitos!! Here are some other views from that balcony.                                         ...

  This image was captured on a zodiac cruise in the Chilean fjord of Seno Garibaldi.  The ship was traveling south through Tierra del Fuego via the Beagle Channel. While the truly spectacular sight is the impressive glacier at the end of the fjord, the journey along the fjord was filled with unusual rock formations and bird colonies. Truly a delightful outing. Here is a slightly wider view of the image above.                                           Returning from the zodiac cruise to the ship.                                                                     Glacier at the end of the fjord                           ...

                                                                                 DEATH VALLEY  Death Valley National Park is an amazing place, and one of my favorites. It's immense, sparsely visited, and lonely - with signs of human interaction few and far between. I love it! At Badwater you stand at 282 feet below sea level. As you look across the valley at the Panamint mountain range, you see Telescope Peak at over 11,000 feet in altitude. There are a variety of weird and other worldly land formations throughout the Park. Below this month's "other images" you will find my Calendar for 2009. That will give you a wider look at some of my favorite places in Death Valley. Now is a great time to think about giving the Death Valley a visit!...

                          This month's image is a color image from the Palouse, in Eastern Washington state.                              In the fall of 2014 my friend, Rick, and I spent some time in Eastern Washington. We photographed an interesting geological area called the Scablands, and the wheat fields of the Palouse. This area is America's bread basket, with miles and miles of wheat fields covering the rolling hills. It's colorful in the spring, turns from green to golden, and then is harvested in the fall. As the interest to me is line and form, this area was perfect to shoot in infrared. As a matter of fact,  the entire Calendar for 2015 consisted of infrared shots of the Palouse and the Scablands.   Here is the link to that calendar: http://www.sylviapattonphotography.com/large-multi-view/2015-CALEND...

I love lava almost as much as I love ice! AUGUST was taken on my most recent visit to the Big Island at the beginning of January 2020. The last time I was outside the house :-)) Every time I go to the Big Island I try and visit the latest lava flow areas. Brand spanking new lava is bright and shiny and is so sensuous! The shapes, patterns, and lines are infinite. I can wander among the lava fields forever. However,  AUGUST isn't my favorite lava shot. (I used most of those in my 2013 Calendar, HAWAII, and it didn't seem kosher to use them again!)  Still,  I enjoy imagining what this lava must have looked like as it flowed down the mountain. Three of my favorite lava shots from the 2013 Calendar are below. While two were captured on the Big Island from a fresh lava flow, the third was not. FACES was found on an older lava flow in a field above the Kona airport. The sun has bleached the lava into a blue-gray that I found captivating. So even older lava fields have their dra...

           You can  look back at April's image, which was captured in Yellowstone National Park, as was JULY's image above. Yellowstone is a wonderful place to observe and photograph design and detail. I have gone there multiple times, and never cease to wonder at its visual splendor. Below are several of my favorite images taken in various years since 2007.  Have a favorite? Let me know! And have a wonderful 4th of July. See you next month, Sylvia