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I was out in the desert in southern Nevada. You know, that place where they turn the thermostat up to 140 degrees starting in about mid May, and the furnace stays on until at least mid October.

I was walking into church one very cold February morning and someone had been parked directly over this puddle, it had snowed and the snow had melted into this spot.

Many years ago, almost before the invention of light, a friend of mine and I were backpacking in the Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness area of Northern Arizona.

I was thinking about Moses going up to the mountain and seeing a bush that was burning, but was not consumed. What would that look like?

For this months challenge I've choose these 3 images to show you:

Pink Flock : Caught mid-tour over pastel skies.
No encore, just a slow glide in the early morning glow.

Hi Guys, Angelo and I'm new to this group. I'm originally from Aruba, but I've living in the Netherlands for a long time now. For my photography I often take macro and close up images.

We vacation almost every year in upstate New York, near where my wife's family is from. I have made kind of a tradition of doing a star trail photo every year.

Just pulling away from the minimal theme for a moment. This is a shot I took of the famous 'Parachute Jump' ride on a recent visit to Coney Island.

I had the idea of depicting earth, water and sky as simply as possible at my favourite seascape vantage point, Cape Patton on Victoria's southwest coast.

A topic dear to my heart!

Late to the party, I admit. Taking some leave and finding more time to dedicate to photography, one way or another. These images are not new.

I really enjoy working with subjects involving moving water, particularly near the ocean since the patterns described by the moving surf are especially unpredictable.

An idiom is a group of words that you cannot deduce the meaning from the actual words themselves.

In my commercial work so much of my time is spent dealing with technical crap, babysitting egos, and so on, that whenever I get a chance I love to just walk and follow my eye.

My wife spent a couple months in Bisbee, Arizona just after high school, and since we were going to Tucson, I thought I'd check out the area using Google Maps/Street View for something of interest

The subject of the Critique the Community contest this month is 'Abstract or Conceptual'

I love these random patterns caused by surf in and surf out. The sun was reflecting out of the western sky just after sunrise.

A fountain in Chicago and a building in Dortmund, Germany. (Visited a friend.)

I have a little more time due to cutting back hours at work. Not my best work.

I have been a fortunate man in my life. In this case I was camping in Montana, making photographs.

This an extract of a larger area, an isolated area on the Colorado Plateau. I used a Toyo 45A with a 65mm Sinaron Lens, a Green #61 filter and T-Max 100 film, which I processed in my darkroom.

Just to keep the minimalism discussions going, here's a couple of shots I've not shared anywhere.

Even the air is quiet

I super enjoy photographing these little gems. Almost unlimited ability to reduce them to the most basic form.

Early image of a photographer sending a camera up with a pigeon! From the new book about the early days of photography, Flashes of Brilliance by Anika Burgess

Great challenge Alan. Fun to re-visit a very complex and difficult subject.

My initial post here. Many years ago I could wander certain areas of the Colorado Plateau without having to get permits, then the permits were almost impossible to get.

One of my favorite places that has since become so over run that it isn't any fun to go there anymore. Also, why I no longer divulge locations unless they're obvious.

After recent challenges that were meant to push the boundaries of our imagination this month's challenge returns us to one of the core group styles - that being MINIMALISM.

It took eight days. Eight days of waiting, watching, and trying with different herds. Some came too close, others too far.

Just as I was going through some past work I came across a number of images that apply and you may not have seen.

1) This photo was taken last year in April. The crescent moon phase was 4% and had 2% illumination. The clear clean dry skies of Arizona made this shot possible.