COB Photo Challenge – June 17, 2018

Cee’s Oddball Challenge is for those photographs that don’t really fit into a common category. There is no theme to this challenge; what is odd ball is up to the participant.

Many of the photos I take on vacation are used as reminders rather than photographic gems I share with others. Last week I traveled to the Vail Valley where the photo below were taken. I hope you like the odd ball’s that I have chosen to share this week.

We stopped a the Welcome Center in Leadville, Colorado and my inner genealogist was immediately attracted to the list of books below.

Living in Oklahoma, the need to flag a fire hydrant so it could be found in a snow drift is very odd indeed.

I was walking through Vail Village, past the river, when I noticed this worker having his lunch. I thought what a great view for spending your  lunch hour.

This was taken at an event in Vail. There is a world of difference in how trash and recyclables are handled between Colorado and my home state of Oklahoma.

I can’t remember the last time I used one of these for a hotel room.

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Cee’s Odd-ball Challenge – Vacation Oddities

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Cee’s Oddball Challenge is for those photographs that don’t really fit into a common category. There is no theme to this challenge; what is odd ball is up to you.  

For this week, I have chose some odd vacation photos. The  “Kokopelli” below was discovered in Tucumcari, New Mexico.

Photo Credit: Susan Spaulding

“Scrappy” is an unusual elk to be sure. Taken when we stopped for gas, somewhere in South Dakota.

Photo Credit: Susan Spaulding

 Many towns have taken to painting murals on the sides of old buildings to commemorate the town’s history and culture. I can’t remember the town, but the two below were taken in Colorado.

Photo Credit: Susan Spaulding

Photo Credit: Susan Spaulding

Of course, if you are looking for oddities, there is always Branson, Missouri

Photo Credit: Susan Spaulding

 

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Landscapes and Cropping (Day 15)

I love landscapes,  although I rarely do justice to the beauty that captivates the natural eye.  For this assignment, I chose several of my favorite landscape photographs to showcase, including a few that were used for previous Photo 101 themes.

My first two photos were taken last summer (August 2015) in The Badlands National Park, South Dakota. This stark area earned it’s name. The rock formations were formed from wind and rain erosion and there is little vegetation.  If you ignore the greenery in the foreground, I imagine this is what the moon would look like.

On this same trip, we drove through the Colorado Rockies. The towering peaks never cease to amaze me.

As we drove down the highway, we came across a creek of melted mountain snow.

Several years ago we visited The Arches National Park in Moab, Utah. The sandstone formations are incredible.

The golden grassland of Nebraska.

Waves breaking on the shore of Galveston Bay, Texas

An Oklahoma Sunset

 

 

Scale (Day 14)

The Colorado Rockies provide the ‘scale’ of today’s photos. Their massive frame drapes everything around them.