Archive for the ‘Sedona’ Tag
Sedona Snapshots (April 22, 2018) by kenne
A week ago today we began a short trip that would take us to several places we have been before, the exception being Monument Valley in the Navajo Nation. Heading north on I-10, we took I-17 north to Flagstaff out of Pheinox with a little detour over to Sedona and the Oak Creek Canyon. After a brief stop in Sedona, we began the beautiful drive on the twisting Oak Creek Canyon 89A highway.
Our next stop was Flagstaff, just long enough to top off the gas tank, before heading on the Tuba City located in the Painted Desert on the Navajo Nation, where we planned to spend the night and check out the old Tuba City Trading Post.
— kenne
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Gibraltar Rock, Sedona — Image by kenne
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Hiking the Air Port Loop Trail, Sedona, Arizona — Images by kenne
(Click on any of the images to see larger view in a slideshow format.)
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“Don’t Touch!” — Image by kenne
you’re probably wondering
why I took this photograph,
well, so am I –
nothing better to do, I guess,
other than window-shop
along the historic
main street of Sedona,
when I saw this manikin
of an old card shark
who had once
been a young man,
now too old to stand up,
too old to dress himself
and too old to care.
the truth is, it was the
“Don’t Touch!” sign
held there on his vest
by a safety-pin, since he
was also too old to touch,
a problem that wouldn’t be
if he were an old wooden Indian.
— kenne
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Raven On A Fence Post In Red Rock Country — Computer Painting by kenne
“Raven Model” — Image by kenne
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There’s a lot of cicada noise In Sedona. — Image by kenne
It’s not ringing in your ears
you hear, it’s
horny cicadas singing
their hearts out.
— kenne
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Many Selfies Were Being Taken at the Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village in Sedona
— iPhone images by kenne
a selfie here
a selfie there
here
there and
everywhere.
— kenne
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Sedona Panorama from the Airport Loop Trail (June 13, 2015) — Image by kenne
On my recent trip to Sedona I was using both my D200 and D800 Nikons. I had a 12-28 Nikon DX lens on the D200. The above panorama was created by merging two 28mm, f/18, 1/60, ISO 100 images in Photoshop.
I have had the D200, which has a 10.2-MP CCD image sensor, for ten years and it continues to be a real workhorse. Usually, when hiking I carry one camera, the D800 with a 28-300 zoom lens. Because of the variety of views on this trail, I carried both cameras, which allowed me to capture this panorama image — thanks to Photoshop.
kenne
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West Sedona Panorama Nikon D200 12mm Lens f/9 1/320 ISO 100 (June 13, 2015)
West Sedona Panorama Nikon D800 28 mm Lens f/22 1/160 ISO 200 (June 13, 2015)
— Images by kenne
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observe the raven
drinking among the breakage
at Tlaquepaque.
“Raven’s Drinking Fountain” — Images by kenne
where courtyards offer
a cuisine of art and soul
under cottonwoods.
— kenne
One of the Tlaquepaque Courtyards — Image by kenne
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Morning Meditation — Computer Art by kenne
“Give me silence, water, hope . . .”
— Pablo Neruda
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I don’t believe in age.
All old people
carry
in their eyes,
a child,
and children,
at times
observe us with the
eyes of wise ancients.
Shall we measure
life
in meters or kilometers
or months?
How far since you were born?
How long
must you wander
until
like all men
instead of walking on its surface
we rest below the earth?
— from Ode to Age by Pablo Neruda
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Joshua Esquivel Image from longtimesunshine.com
After spending my Monday morning hiking and photographing in the Sedona area, I went for lunch at René Restaurant in Tlaquepaque. We had eaten there before and love the relaxed fine dining ambiance, even for an old longhaired hiker like me. Joshua introduced himself as my waiter, and after taking my order he noticed my Nikon D800 — you can guess the rest of my story, photography. He also has a D800, but rather getting the new D810, he now has the D750 and loves it, which appears to be the majority opinion of many professional photographers — yes, Joshua Esquivel is an excellent professional photographer.
Joshua Esquivel, longtimesunshine.com
I had not yet seen any of his work, but I could tell from our conversation that he knew photography and was good, so I handed my camera to him and ask if he would take my photograph figuring that when he becomes famous I could say Joshua took my picture back when. (Ok, he could have been more creative.)
kenne at René’s — Image by joshua
It was a real pleasure meeting Joshua and now that we have crossed paths, may we stay connected in our journeys — peace, my friend.
kenne
“I know there is no straight road
No straight road in this world
Only a giant labyrinth
Of intersecting crossroads”
— Federico Garcia Lorca
Joshua Esquivel, longtimesunshine.com
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“Morning Meditation” In Black & White — Image by kenne
By trying to understand everything
in terms of memory,
the past, and words
we have, as it were,
had our noses in the guidebook
for more of our lives,
and have never look at the view.
— Alan W. Watts
. . . just look!
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Red Rock Country Panorama (June 15, 2015) — Image by kenne
This panorama was taken at the base of Cathedral Rock looking east at incredible formations containing over 300 million years of geological history.
If you have the slightest addiction to photography, it’s easy to overdose in the Sedona/Oak Creek area of the Coconino National Forest — I did!
I just returned from several days in one of the most spiritual places on earth, a place I can contemplate nature and be in communication with other living things — try it, you will like and the force will help you learn to love it.
My actual prove,
Red is the color of earth —
So, what’s not to love!
— kenne
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Images of the Chapel of The Holy Cross, Sedona, Arizona by kenne
Inside the Chapel
Chapel Entrance with Cathedral Rock In The Background
View from the Road Below the Chapel
Red Rock Panorama View From Behind The Chapel of The Holy Cross
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Becoming is Superior to Being 