Photography

Several New Photos on Redbubble!

by pixelmountain · Nov 18, 2019

Colorado Wildflowers with Lichen Background

Delicate yellow flowers in front of a lichen-covered boulder, seen on a hike in Horsetooth Mountain Park, Fort Collins, Colorado. Available on most Redbubble products.

Colorado Wildflowers with Lichen Background - greeting card

Colorado Wildflowers with Lichen Background - framed print

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Backlit Apple Blossoms

Light pink and white flowers on the apple tree in our yard, blooming profusely and backlit by the sun.

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Pink and Purple Flowers Around Base of Blue Fence

A blue-painted fence with a profusion of purple, pink, and white flowers growing around its base. Photographed on a street in San Francisco, California.

Pink and Purple Flowers Around Base of Blue Fence - studio pouch

Pink and Purple Flowers Around Base of Blue Fence - drawstring bag

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Rain over the Colorado Front Range Mountains

A photo taken from the plains east of the Rocky Mountains, near Fort Collins, Colorado. The mountains are silhouetted in the distance, with the Twin Sisters in view. A summer rainstorm and clouds loom above the mountains, and a lone group of trees is in the middle ground.

Rain over the Colorado Front Range Mountains - spiral notebook

Rain over the Colorado Front Range Mountains - framed print

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Mountain Ridge with Trees and Sunset Clouds

Beautiful lenticular clouds stream above a mountain ridge near Fort Collins, Colorado, lit by the sunset.

Mountain Ridge with Trees and Sunset Clouds - clock

Mountain Ridge with Trees and Sunset Clouds - acrylic block

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Patina Texture in Blue and Gray

by pixelmountain · May 7, 2019

This is a pattern I adapted from a photograph of an my grandparents’ birdbath pedestal. My grandmother was an avid birdwatchers and got many years of use out of the birdbath in their backyard.

My grandmother died several years before my grandfather did. After he died, my husband and I wanted to bring the birdbath to our house as a way to remember them. Unfortunately, the basin crumbled when we picked it up. But the pedestal was still strong, so we packed it in the trunk of our car and drove it from Michigan to Colorado to bring it home.

Patina Texture in Blue and Gray - Spiral Notebook

Patina Texture in Blue and Gray - Tote Bag

Patina Texture in Blue and Gray - Studio Pouches

Patina Texture in Blue and Gray - Tall Mug

Patina Texture in Blue and Gray - Throw Cushion

I was asked by a family member why I didn’t repaint the pedestal. It was hard to explain to her why I love the patterns of lichen and faded, patchy paint, but I do. And it reminds me of all the years I watched birds with my grandmother.

Patina Texture in Blue and Gray

Patina Texture in Blue and Gray - Women's Chiffon Top

Backlit Fall Leaves Against Weathered Rock

by pixelmountain · May 5, 2019

I really like the way this came out! This is a digital manipulation of two photos: a boulder on a hiking trail in Colorado, and a scene with backlit leaves in an arboretum in Cincinnati. I have been wanting to start playing with patterns and textures. This was my first venture into mixing different photos to get effects like this.

Backlit Fall Leaves Against Weathered Rock Throw Pillow

Backlit Fall Leaves Against Weathered Rock iPad Case

Backlit Fall Leaves Against Weathered Rock T-Shirt

Backlit Fall Leaves Against Weathered Rock iPhone Case

Backlit Fall Leaves Against Weathered Rock Greeting Card

Backlit Fall Leaves Against Weathered Rock Spiral Notebook

Backlit Fall Leaves Against Weathered Rock Tote Bag

This is for sale on Redbubble on the products shown here and several others: T-shirts, greeting cards, postcards, prints, iPhone and iPad cases (and of course other tablets and cell phones), and throw pillows.

Backlit Fall Leaves Against Weathered Rock

White Prickly Poppy Flowers: Two Versions

by pixelmountain · Apr 6, 2019

White Prickly Poppy Flowers Version 1

This is a white flower with a deep yellow center that grows in our back yard. The species is Argemone polyanthemos, commonly known as prickly poppy or thistle poppy. It grows wild in our area. I love the way the petals are like translucent tissue paper and billow in the slightest breeze. When they’re in their prime I become obsessed with photographing them, trying to capture the way the fragile petals look as they flutter.

I have two versions of this photo. Version one has a transparent background, allowing it to be isolated on t-shirts. This version also has a plain white background on select products.

White Prickly Poppy Flowers Version 1

White Prickly Poppy Flowers Version 2

Version 2 of this photo has a textured background, created from part of one of the flower petals.

White Prickly Poppy Flowers Version 2

Jasmine Nightshade Vine on a Green Fence

by pixelmountain · Mar 30, 2019

A photo of white flowers with purple edges and yellow centers, growing on a vine against a painted green fence. I loved the way it cast interesting shadows on the fence. This is one of the many San Francisco garden scenes that I photograph on my visits every year.

I looked this up and discovered that it’s Solanum laxum, commonly known as potato vine, potato climber or jasmine nightshade.

Jasmine Nightshade Vine on a Green Fence

I also have this in black and white:

Jasmine Nightshade Vine on a Painted Fence, Black and White

Honeybee on Evening Primrose

by pixelmountain · Mar 30, 2019

I took this photo on my deck. The flowers are pink evening primrose that I bought at a university plant sale the year before. I planted them in a half barrel on the deck, along with several other native and drought tolerant ground cover plants. My plan is to grow them there, where they’re protected from deer, rabbits, and other wildlife, until they have spread enough to transplant some into our yard. We’re trying to cultivate plants that are drought tolerant, wildlife friendly, and fit in well with the natural landscape in our area.

Honeybee on Evening Primrose

Morro Rock, Morro Bay, California

by pixelmountain · Mar 23, 2019

In 2001 I sailed down the California coast with my father – something we did when I was 13 years old and thought we should do again. We stayed in Morro Bay for a couple of weeks, loving the birdlife, beautiful scenery, and good weather.

Morro Rock is an amazing photographic subject that I photographed many times from all angles. This is one of my favorite shots, with sailboats moored in the bay in the foreground and the rock in the background.

Available on Redbubble on a hardcover or spiral notebook, greeting cards and postcards, mugs, a drawstring bag, iPhone and other mobile phone cases, and stickers.

Morro Rock, Morro Bay, California