by Don McGowan | Jan 8, 2022 | Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
For all of the years I have been photographing the Colorado Plateau, there are two thoughts that come quickly to mind: I never, ever tire of seeing the land; and it’s almost always an matter of perspective. I am constantly surprised to top some hill or go around...
by Don McGowan | Jan 1, 2022 | Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
Once upon a time in the Appalachian Mountains the bark of certain tree species, particularly hemlock and a couple of the oaks, was valued for the process of tanning leather. Such bark was frequently known colloquially as tanbark and mountainsides rich in these...
by Don McGowan | Dec 23, 2021 | December 2021, Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
Rising to an elevation of 11,317′ and taking up half of the mighty Aquarius Plateau of South Central Utah, Boulder Mountain towers over the surrounding deserts. It is a wonderland of tall lodge pole pines and aspen groves. On my return from the Southwest...
by Don McGowan | Dec 10, 2021 | December 2021, Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
As much as I am deeply drawn to the sunrises in the East, I am perhaps even more attracted to the drama created by the solar disk as it appears above western horizons, and sometimes even when it doesn’t appear at all, but merely sends its reflected light to...
by Don McGowan | Nov 9, 2021 | Monthly Archives, Uncategorized
Last week I went to the Smokies looking for images, but having no real idea about what type of image I was seeking or where I might find it. The entire adventure began in serendipity, but I eventually realized that what I kept seeing in my mind’s eye were the...
