Flood on the Clear Fork

Floodstage on the Clear Fork of the Trinity River in Fort Worth.

The Clear Fork normally flows clear on a shallow rock bed. This was a June flood that put it several feet above that.

El Paso Sunset

A sunset near El Paso, Texas. The mountain ridgeline is the Franklins. The city of El Paso wraps around the southern end of the chain, out of the picture to the left.

Find Texas on Flickr

I have made the move to putting more of my images on Flickr. It has a great gallery and tag feature that can really highlight work and make it easy to find. So I made the move!

Find my Texas images on Flickr. Follow this link to all my Texas work.

Then Be sure to check out my other places and even my website.

Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildernessphotographer/tags/texas/

My Website:

http://www.wildernessphotographer.net/

The Sun Rises.......

The sun rises on the Rio Grande and the Chisos in Big Bend NP.

In addition to the sunrise starting a new day it also marks the start of my new website. After blogging here for several months I took the next step and got a domain.

As such I'll be changing how often I'll post here. I do not want to say this is the last post, but they will not be a regular as I was doing. So I still should put up an occasional image. After all-notice I chose a sunrise and not a sunset.

So you can expect there to be an occasional addition here. I'll also make some posts on The Traveling Camera. You will also find that in addition to the website featuring galleries of my work that it has a companion blog for my travels. Hope you follow along.

Check it all out at:

www.wildernessphotographer.net

Happy trails!

-D

Sand Dunes

Sand Dunes in late afternoon light.

This image is of the Salt Basin Sand Dunes on the western side of Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

Cactus in the Big Bend Country

A prickly pear cactus in Big Bend National Park.

This image is taken in the volcanic section of the park west of the Chisos Mountains. The dark colored rocks are a testament to the fiery past of the area. The cactus to the dry desert climate of today.

Salt Flat Patterns

Patterns on the salt flats of west Texas. These are the Salt Basin Flats west of the Guadalupe Mountains. The dry basin extends for miles north and south. The are visible from the air (see older posts) and are a sight from above, next to and out in the middle of.

Here at the edge of the salt, dirt and gravel have washed into the flat pan bottom of the basin. A few patterns drift out into the salt and then flat white salt is all one sees.

Lions...And Bears...Oh My!

As you drive through Green Gulch on your way into the Basin in Big Bend National Park you see this sign to remind you to be cautious as bears and mountain lions roam the Chisos.

I have yet to see a bear, but I have walked up on a lion before. Exciting stuff!

Something nice about still having them out there. I hope they continue to thrive.

Wildflowers of Yellow

Wildflowers of yellow in the spring.

Texas is a land of many wildflowers. The spring brings the best and best known display-the bluebonnet. However, the flowers are many beyond that and even though the main ones bloom in the March-May time frame (like these) there is more throughout the summer and the 5th season of late summer brings a second spring (especially in the western part of the state).

This field of yellow and red is in the May time frame.

Stormy Sky

Stormy sky rolls across north Texas. We see some great stormy skies here at the bottom of tornado alley.

I saw these low ominous clouds in the middle of my day and snapped a pic.