photographing the early summer in an open landscape - movement implies time

Went to Eastern Washington on Wednesday. I am very interested in the textures and patterns of the open landscape there. Layers of patterns from the tiny to the monumental - the idea of shifting focus. The motifs  all move over different periods of time, with erosion, seasonal growth as well as the instantaneous movement of the wind or flight.

there are things that intrigue me about the image of the trout lilies mixed in the grass. Like some of my paintings earlier this year the image speaks of how we see and search for what we want to be the motif even in a wealth of compelling detail - detail that we want to make into background but which is not quiet. the grasses represent a struggle both in this years growth and in lasting gestures of the older blades which seem to reach out.
​the gallery below the struggle of new growth  of lupines at high altitude, wild sun flowers in the wind by ancient sage and a dragon fly on a tiny cat tail.

In this photo of an eroding basalt cliff I used about 8 layers in photos shop to show the different areas all in their best light using different adjustments and levels. I used the magic lasso to separate out even the corners and boost the color a little more there to bring them forward  just a little more -  much in the same way I would in a painting. the cliff is on the western edge of the Columbia river basalt that  flowed in layers from  6 to 17 million years ago and shaped the region.

I felt I had to show this one out of the gallery because it looks so small in the gallery format. I am using weebly, which is easy, but not perfect as a web design tool. But then, how to get a tall rectangle on to a wide rectangle format...