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Truth or Consequences . . . . New Mexico
Welcome to T or C
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Although born and raised in New Mexico, I do not recall ever having traveled to Truth or Consequences, until today. The town is as funky as the name. The first store we wandered into was an East Indian meditation shop where customers were discussing shadowing techniques used in their tattoos. The town is full of laid back people chatting it up with surprised tourists.
The town was originally called Hot Springs but re-named itself after the popular radio and TV show in some publicity contest in the 50’s. This town is near Elephant Butte, which is a large recreational lake that is in the process of drying up like the rest of the state. Instead of rushing north on I-25 as most do, we did our best to act like wondering retirees and took all of the side roads.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces Water Tower
Las Cruces, New Mexico has had drenching monsoons like much of the rest of the state, resulting in carpets of beautiful yellow wild flowers. However, I was unable to find good back ground, light and clouds to go along with these, so this is the best of what I got. Thanks to Peg for putting up her newly homeless cousin for two nights.
Harold Hall, Grand Prize Winner New Mexico Magazine
I am very happy to announce that I won the 2013 New Mexico Magazine annual Photography Contest. This is something I have worked to win for the past several years. Here is a link to the article which appeared in the February issue. I sent the magazine two photos of me for this layout, one with a hat and one without. I guess they thought the hat was more western and a better fit.
Sandia Mountains – Timing is Everything (Part Two)
Here is a sequence of photos taken on a single winter evening at the foothills of the Sandia Mountains east of Albuquerque, New Mexico, showing the fleeting light of a sunset after a dusting of snow. Often, the primary difference between a good photograph and a great one is the presence of unique light. To increase the possibilities of getting great light, photographers often go out before sunrise and at sunset. The soft, horizontal light in the evening is often called the golden hour. This light allows the photographer to capture a scene that is more evenly illuminated without the harsh contrast of bright sun and dark shadows that are present during most of the day. FYI, the sunset glow photo was captured with a 300mm lens.
Sandia Mountains, Before Sunset
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Do You Manipulate Your Photographs?
Ansel Adams, Before and After
With the proliferation of software such as Adobe Photoshop, it is easier than ever to make models thinner, skies bluer and erase those pesky telephone lines from our prized photographs. Somewhere along the way, the average person on the street, or the novice to photography got the incorrect notion that manipulation is a recent innovation developing alongside the computer age.
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Pie Town Revisited
Welcome to Pie Town
The Original Owners have returned to Pie Town, New Mexico, USA!! They have expanded their hours and menu, great for the weary traveler in this western part of New Mexico. I just think it is such a quaint town and restaurant, in the middle of nowhere, I want everybody to know about it. If your one of the lucky few, you will get to experience the green chile apple pie as well.
IT’S PIE
Annular Eclipse May 20, 2012
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Annular Eclipse
In the Southwest, the recent annular eclipse was a big topic and occasion for parties and getting outside to look at the sunset. These photos were taken at the Spencer Theater near Ruidoso, New Mexico.
Pie Town, New Mexico
Pie Town, New Mexico mainly consists of two great cafes serving fresh, hot home-made pies and a museum. While they are at opposite ends of the town and on opposite sides of the street, they do not seem to compete much with each other as one was open on the weekends and the other on weekdays.
Pie Town Cafe
At the Pie Town Cafe we had their famous New Mexican Apple Pie which has spicy hot New Mexico green chilies and pinion nuts a-la-mode. Not a combination I would have thought of but it was great and I would have it again, unless they have something even more unusual at the time….
www.pietowncafe.com (575)772-2553
Tucumcari, NM Cattle Round-up
Tucumcari Cattle Drive
One of the more exciting things I have done in retirement is to go on a cattle drive. This was no dude ranch thing, rather I was the tag-along on a working ranch with 12 or so cowboys who do this for a living every day. After unloading the horses from the trailer well before sun up, the cowboys immediately began making their horses move sideways to the left, then right, then backwards. Then they would turn around and around in tight circles, like athletes warming up before a big game.