Looking back, I wish I’d spent more time at mono lake. I’d spent the whole firs tday stopping, though, and really wanted to move on. These photos are all from all the stopping. Still, really amazingly beautiful. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/mono_lake/412/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/mono_lake/412/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/mono_lake/412/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/mono_lake/412/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/mono_lake/412/0005.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/mono_lake/412/0006.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/mono_lake/412/0007.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-09-17T05:32:22Z GMT
Anybody get the pun in the title? Passe-Partout? no? just me? ah well, I’m allowed to be a little goofy after the day I’ve had. this is the second part of the pass, where it got really amazing. For some reason I can only see these pictures with a ton of contrast, in black and white. Sorry if they’re a little over wrought. It was sublime. Wilderness and danger all around, but pulling me further on. Of course, on the road, there was only a little danger, inherent in driving a winding two lane road. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pass_part_2/413/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pass_part_2/413/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pass_part_2/413/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pass_part_2/413/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pass_part_2/413/0005.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-09-16T06:18:17Z GMT
So, over labor day weekend, I went on a nice little road trip out to death valley and back. To make things interesting, I decided to go out through Yosemite. There’s a road to the north of the main valley, Route 120, which goes to Mono Lake. I’m breaking this up into smaller bits so I can process the photos slow enough to do a good job, and not take 6 months to come up with a one post edit. This isn’t a magazine. I took these photos from an overlook called “The Rim of the World,” where there was a very large fire last year. Hundreds of thousands of acres on fire. It was pretty unreal. There are hapier pictures coming, lakes and mountains and desert, but I had to start somewhere. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/rim_of_the_world/414/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/rim_of_the_world/414/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/rim_of_the_world/414/0003.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-09-15T06:04:21Z GMT
These are from what, a week ago? The day I visited twitter, and the day before I lit out for the hills. The view from their deck is pretty nice. I know thee aren’t Death valley landscapes. Those are coming, soon enough. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/another_day/415/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/another_day/415/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/another_day/415/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/another_day/415/0004.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-09-06T20:45:03Z GMT
Well, that little experiment lasted, didn’t it? Anyway, driving through the desert with no internet put a dent in the posting, and work this week has neen pretty busy, so I haven’t had an ounce of energy to spare. I turn 30 today. Four years ago, I was in “Egypt, at the Pyramids”:http://matt.pictures/2010/09/06/the-great-pyramid-of-giza.html. I wasn’t going to go to the pyramids; it cost $40 or something like that, and I was short on funds. Plus, I hate tourist traps. But, my parents sent me some money, and so I went. I was glad I did. Here is a photo of phoes that I took on my road trip to Death Valley. They didn’t go with the landscapes that are coming later, bu I couldn’t bring myself to cut them. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/not_today/416/0001.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-09-06T18:53:35Z GMT
