Photography – estuary.us

Lotus Hairstreak

Artistic manipulation of an original photograph that I took of a Lotus Hairstreak. — A Lotus Hairstreak.can see colors I cannot see. So I try to imagine what I am missing. I took the original photo in March of 2023. This is a spring butterfly only. They are around for a month at most. © Sherrie Felton, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

To The Windmill

Windmill in Solitude (March 16, 2021)

For a long time it was just a solitary windmill in a pocket of wilderness.

Tower 45 Terroir: Holocene Days

On Monday mountain bike rides up Albertson Fire Road, she sometimes stops at a high point along the way where the utility tower, so-called Tower 45, holds court on the flattened top of a ridge. Here she can take in a 360 degree view of the valleys below and of the mountains near and distant.… Continue reading Tower 45 Terroir: Holocene Days

November: Hill and Hawk Canyons

The light in autumn has its precise angles. It offers a sharpness, a clarity not encountered in the haze of summer. But fall, when life folds back into itself, to die or become dormant, to rest and rebuild, is a season that may appear to lack complexity, as if some of the depth that was… Continue reading November: Hill and Hawk Canyons