Exploding watermelons

These are from some pics I took at the range last summer. I was proud of my camera for being fast enough to capture these frames.

Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park

Winter weather

The school I worked at took a field trip to Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park. It was the first real cold day of the the fall. The wind was cold and sharp, I watched it push clouds over the Organs most of the morning. I forget how gorgeous southern New Mexico is sometimes. 

Picacho peak from a river levee 

Cottonwood sapling and clouds spilling over the Organ Mountains. (B&W HDR)

Moon Rise Timelapse

My first dedicated attempt at a timelapse, I messed up by changing the exposure settings halfway through the video, now I know better.

Rocky Mountain National Park

I was recently in Denver for an interview at the med school (great time), and while I was there I had the chance to visit Rocky Mountain National Park. The park was closed just 10 miles in but I was still able to hike around and enjoy the scenery. Cool fact, the headwaters of the Colorado River are in RMNP, I was able to hike up the same river that cuts through the grand canyon until it was wide enough to jump across. Such a cool day. 

Colorado River valley

Fall Colors

Colorado River Valley -- Tilt shift

Interstate Road

Duke interview!

Interior of the Duke Chapel

I was stoked to get an interview invite from Duke. They have a super cool curriculum and I the area was nice. The medical campus is new (<5 years old) and has great teaching facilities and other resources. The rest of the campus was completely beautiful. The Gothic architecture was very photogenic and the Sara Duke Memorial Gardens were gorgeous. I greatly enjoyed my time here, and would be very happy to receive a letter of acceptance come March :)

Chapel from the outside, Tall!

Red Bridge

Duke architecture (IR filter)

Night shoots (pictures not guns)

Trucks, lit by the city lights

Night shoots are always fun. The Perseid meteor shower was roughly August 9 -12, I tried to get some cool meteor shots but met with limited success. I still took advantage of the night sky, and the fact that we were still pretty close to the made for some cool lighting.

The next night I was able to catch some cool photos of lightning over the dry Rio Grande river, and ran away from a big angry dog protecting the irrigation bank.

Star trails

Lightning storm over the river

Lastly I found this super nice time lapse video of the Perseids by Kai Gradert I think everyone should see, Enjoy!






60 Seconds Timelapse of the Perseid Meteor Shower in Joshua Tree Park from Kai Gradert on Vimeo.

Time lapse

Something I'd like to try sometime is making a good time lapse. Before I get my own done here's one to provide some inspiration, and it's completely magnificent. Love it.

Mountains in Motion: The Canadian Rockies from The Upthink Lab on Vimeo.