Photography

The last time that I can remember being hopelessly lost was absconding from the scene of a police-crashed bush party. That's another story from my youth though, this one takes place while hiking through the Valley of Fire in the Nevada desert.

This misbegotten adventure began when I met Lothar, a German photographer. He was raving about a relatively unknown arch, the Ephemeral Arch, found quite far off the beaten path. Intrigued I asked how to find it, naively assuming that he could point it out on the complementary park map that had the resolution of brown crayon and napkin. His instructions detailed every stop, direction, pass, path and landmark on the route in what I can only assume is perfectly understandable and grammatically correct German, enhanced brilliantly by grainy, greyscale photos of red rocks (highly distinguishable in a valley full of red rocks) . Looking at the encrypted treasure map, the pictures and my perfect-for-hiking-slip-on office shoes, I probably should have bailed.

Sunset II, originally uploaded to flickr by vfilby.

I am slacking on the photo every Monday thing, I have no idea how some people can post an image every day and maintain the rest of their lives.

Sure it looks like a beautiful lake it is just a gravel pit, one that I have been kicked out of for swimming in.

Tiger Lilly on Velvet, originally uploaded to flickr by vfilby.

A Tiger Lilly flower suspended in front of a sheet black velvet. The velvet absorbs pretty much all available light making the flower look as if it is suspended in a void.

Almost Spring, originally uploaded to flickr by vfilby.

It really wasn't on the verge of spring when this was taken, it was freakin' cold with a side helping of frost-bite wind. Whenever I see it, though, it always makes me thing of receding ice. So here is to spring which is only a couple days away.

Wings of Paradise, originally uploaded to flickr by vfilby.

This is the first official installment of my photoblog, I will usually post the photos Sunday afternoon or Monday morning.

This photo was taken at the Wings of Paradise butterfly conservatory near Guelph, ON. This is probably my favourite nature photo that I have taken. I love the colours of the butterfly and the leaves, and the curves of the leaves really give the photo a smooth, sensual touch.

Since filbar.org has been revamped and upgraded I feel motivated to start a project that I have been thinking about: a photoblog. Here is how it will work, I'll post a new photo to my blog on (or slightly before) Monday. You can surf over to check it out or use the RSS Feed. All photoblog entries will be posted on the front page, but you can view the photoblog link for only photoblog content.

All the photos that I will be posting are from my flickr account, so if you need more than one a week you can browse until you're content.

Today my flickr view count crossed over 1000 views. Insignificant to some, but it made me excited ;-) So get on over to my flickr page and rack up my view count!