Showing posts with label landscapes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label landscapes. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

2011 Firsts and Favorites

My top twelve (13) of 2011
Linda Lantzy~Idaho Scenic Images

Firsts and Favorites
Every year many photographers do a post on their top images from the previous year.
It's fun to look back on what you've done in the year,
but incredibly hard to narrow down your images to just a few.  These may not be my best images, but as usual, I seem to like the ones that I have a personal connection to.

Photography to me, is very much about exploring new places and having new experiences.
It is mainly those experiences that will elevate an image to make my top list of the year, and so as I've traveled this year, many of my favorites are not just from Idaho locations.

In January, a trip to Bellingham, Washington where I would leave my son to embark on the next stage of his life. Not really knowing what lie ahead, this predawn shot of the Bellingham pier reflects the transition and reflective mood I was feeling at the time.

My first visit to Rowena Dell in Oregon, and even though the flowers were dancing in the wind, I really like this scene.

Representing my favorite season, this autumn trail in Zion National Park was a very slow walk for me, as I had to stop and photograph each new bend in the trail.

Taken the day of the eathquake in Japan, a world away on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille, ID. I was thinking a lot about what was going on in Japan. I titled this image "Hope" and donated profits from the sale of this print to The Red Cross relief efforts.

A perfect spring evening that me and my dog sat amongst the lupine on Steptoe Butte,
waiting for Sunset on the Palouse.


 Arriving mid day at this popular photo spot in Grand Teton National Park,
I didn't expect to photograph at all. A steady stream of photographers were leaving as the rain started coming down. I decided to walk out to the ponds anyway, and after a short wait under a tree, it stopped raining and I had the place all to myself.


Standing amongst thousands of daisies in the pink morning light as the sun and mist rose above the Snake River in Island Park, Idaho. An amazingly beautiful place to start a day.

I love places like this. These rain water pools on the Arizona Strip could have entertained me for hours...even though I'd never seen the Grand Canyon only minutes away.

Silver Creek in the Central Cascades of Washington state slides through lush green forests and represents my love of the creeks and trees of the Pacific Northwest.

First time I've attended a balloon festival. Something that has long been on my to do list. Prosser Balloon Rally.


The first time I ever camped by myself. Pre dawn light over a pond on the Red Rock Lakes Wildlife Preserve in Southwest Montana.
I listened to coyotes howl and discovered my own independence.


Frozen frost covered trees along the Pend Oreille River in northeast Washington.
An atmospheric scene of calm and cold.

 A Sandstone puzzle on the rim of the Grand Canyon.
My first visit with some great memories created.

OMGosh that was hard!



Sunday, April 25, 2010

Catching up!

I meant to post about my two trips to Boise, and everything in between, but since I am so far behind, I am just going to do a brief coverage of the last few months.
This old house is one of my favorites from the New Meadows area in February,
 as is the solitary tree.
  Shoshone Falls was running really low,

 
This image might soon be for sale in the Capitol gift shop...


We took an early season walk to Snow Creek Falls on the edge of the Selkirk Range.
and hiked Mineral Ridge.

I spent several evenings photographing Lake Coeur d'Alene sunsets,

And this one after getting pummeled by a hailstorm...

From the foothills of the Coeur d'Alene Mountains...
Myrtle Creek near Bonners Ferry

One of my recent favorites is Beauty Creek
(yes, that's it's real name)
So, thats a brief run down on my shoots.

I am now being represented by Angel Gallery, here in Coeur d'Alene, and will have art in the Groove Studio in Bonners Ferry around the middle of May.

This steam train image made the final cut for exhibitions in
California and Australia. (the only two times I have submitted images to such events)
They both open this summer.

My new premium cards are available on my website,
in the gallery, and will be coming soon to select retailers around the region.


I donated Tugboat in the Mist
to the Au$um Auction benefitting the Coeur d'Alene Chamber, and held at the Coeur d'Alene Resort on May 1st.

I won the cover contest for the local phone book, that comes with a $500.00 gift card to the Coeur d'Alene Resort, so I might become a regular at Dockside over the next year.

This is NOT the winning image...just a shot of the Resort.

Until next  time....