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Re-Learing the Ropes

Re-Learning the Ropes

I feel like I’m re-learning the ropes of blogging these days, hence the photo below. I took it a while back on board the Elissa, a Tall Ship from 1877, moored in Galveston harbor at the Texas Seaport Museum. If you’re into sailing you can take a Seamanship course on board and then actually sail the ship in open waters. Me, I think my days of climbing the rigging some 99 feet above the deck to set the mainsail are […]

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Better Black and White with Topaz Black and White Effects

Better Black and White Photos with Topaz

This is a short article on better black and white photos with Topaz Black and White Effects. Why Black and White? We live in a world of color so why black and white photos? Perhaps it’s because the older among us grew up with them in the newspapers and with black and white TVs. Maybe it’s because so many images are color these days that black and white stands out from the crowd. Maybe it’s because, with the color stripped […]

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Leadfield - Death Valley

Leadfield – Death Valley

In it’s heyday, Leadfield had a population of about 300. Its heyday lasted less than a year as it was built on a fraud.

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View From Red Pass,Titus Canyon Road - Death Valley

View From Red Pass – Death Valley

Today’s photo is the view to the North-West from Red Pass on the Titus Canyon Road (though perhaps that should really be the tight-ass canyon road!).

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Sunrise on Tucki Mountain - Death Valley

Tucki Mountain Sunrise – Death Valley

But as I turned onto the Beatty Road I suspected there might be an image looking West as the rays of sunlight crept over Tucki Mountain.

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Wildrose Canyon, Death Valley

Wildrose Canyon – Death Valley

There’s a 4.2 mile trail from the Charcoal Kilns that leads up above Wildrose Canyon to Wildrose Peak, a climb of 2,200 feet.

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