Reach Out and Touch

Reach Out and Touch, originally uploaded by nicholsphotos.

St Francis Statue at Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Whale Fluke

Fluke, originally uploaded by nicholsphotos.

The real highlight of my summer was a visit to Juneau, Alaska. The humpback whale lifts its tail, or fluke, as it goes under for a sounding dive. See all my Juneau photos .

Calm Regard

Calm Regard, originally uploaded by nicholsphotos.

Summer ends for me tomorrow as I return to work in the public schools. So, two entries today to recall the photographic highlights of my summer. The first, photographing the Albuquerque Gay Pride Parade and Pridefest. View my Pridefest Set on Flickr.

Sunflower

Sunflower--Corrales, originally uploaded by nicholsphotos.

In front of a gallery on Corrales Road.

The Walls Became the World all Around

The Walls Became the World all Around, originally uploaded by nicholsphotos.

Ruins of Treadwell Mine in Juneau Alaska, closed in 1922, seeping slowly back to a state of nature.

"That very night in Max's room a forest grew, and grew, until the ceiling hung with vines, and the walls became the world all around." Maurice Sendak--Where the Wild Things Are

Posing

Posing, originally uploaded by nicholsphotos.

This is my new desktop background. The morning after a monsoon in Albuquerque, NM, These fallen leaves, dressed in rain droplets, were just posing like this on the hood of my Saturn. I added a texture to the background to make it more interesting. Otherwise no fiddling beyond simple color adjustments.

Daisies

Daisies 2, originally uploaded by nicholsphotos.

Flowers along the West Fork Trail that follows the Santa Barbara river in Northern New Mexico.