by btharp | Dec 8, 2017 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, close-up photography, creative ideas, Insights, nature photography
I’ve been editing a whole lot of photographs lately, my ‘slow time’ at home giving me the opportunity to process pictures and reflect on the year’s work. Through this process, I always evaluate what works, what doesn’t, etc. As I came...
by btharp | Dec 2, 2017 | bird photography, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, nature photography
I had traveled around the levee roads a few times the afternoon this picture was made last year. A lot of the geese had lifted off the ponds from a ‘scare’ and landed over in a field of stubble. After one more round on the levee road during the...
by btharp | Dec 1, 2017 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Landscape Photography, nature photography, Yosemite
Sometimes Winter surprises Autumn, as if telling it to “hurry up and get those leaves onto the ground, because we’re moving in”. Such was the case in Triglav National Park, Slovenia, last year, when Winter was trying to come in just a bit early....
by btharp | Oct 25, 2017 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, events, general photography, Landscape Photography, Uncategorized
It raged, hot and infernal, consuming everything in its path, this fire- In just moments, all was gone – houses, cars, memorabilia, furniture, cars, keepsakes, the stuff of lives lived, for so many. Most escaped with their lives, some with barely the skin on...
by btharp | Oct 5, 2017 | Black-and-White, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Europe, photographs, travel photography
There are so many titles for a picture like this – ‘persistence’ being one of them. I loved the overlapping shapes and the shades of white/gray, and this little tree was just the perfect focal point to have in there. It may be planted in a pot on a...