Ring-billed gull, Newport State Park, Door County, Wisconsin, September 17, 2008 (Pentax K10D)
This photo is from a day-trip up the peninsula of Door County, Wisconsin. Newport State Park is at the very end. We were on the shore of Lake Michigan where I was attempting to snap some photos of sea gulls “in flight.” I did have a few successful shots, but most were a miss or very much out of focus.
Series notes:
The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
Yahara Elementary School through cold fog, DeForest, Wisconsin, December 21, 2007 (Pentax K10D)
In the next to last week of December, 2007, we were in Wisconsin for a short pre-Christmas visit to our daughter, son-in-law and grandkids. We left for home a little bit early because of deteriorating weather predicted.
The photo is from the kitchen of the home they were renting the first year they were in Wisconsin.
Series notes:
The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, September 14, 2007 (Pentax K10D)
Old Faithful Inn is the largest log hotel in the world, possibly the largest log structure in the world. Initial construction was over the winter of 1903-1904 using local materials such as lodgepole pine and rhyolite stone. While rustic, it has boasted some modern amenities from the beginning. On it’s first opening in 1904, it had electric lights and steam heat.
Old Faithful Vicinity is, without a doubt, the most popular location in the park. I don’t know how many times we’ve been to Yellowstone, so certainly don’t know how many times we’ve been to the Old Faithful area. We saw Old Faithful erupt at least 4 times on one trip. I saw Old Faithful and the inn for the first time as an adolescent in the early 60s. On a couple of trips, we spent time in one of the lobby’s upper floors connected to the internet via our mobile wireless hot spot on our phone. It was one of the few places we could get online in the park.
Series notes:
The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
Upper Beaver Meadows Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, September 1, 2009 (Pentax K10D)
Beginning at the trailhead 2.3 miles from the Beaver Meadows Entrance Station in Rocky Mountain National Park, Upper Beaver Meadows Trail loops through meadows, ponderosa parks and aspen-fir forests. We only took this trail a short ways as we had other destinations planned for the day. Pine beetle infestation damage was apparent here as it was so many other places in the park.
Series notes:
The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
Storm clouds over May Creek Campground, Southwest Montana, July 31, 2010 (Composite image from Pentax K10D photos)
We had just returned from a hike on a trail from the campground that followed May Creek. It had been getting darker and darker as we got closer to the end of the trail on our return.
Series notes:
The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
Hoodoos above Mossy Cave Trail, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah – October 8, 2015 (Pentax K-3 II)
The Mossy Cave trail is an excellent hike for children, senior citizens, or others wishing to see hoodoos up close but without having to hike long trails up and down steep slopes. It is rated as an easy trail with a round trip distance of .9 miles2
Image editing to enhance the photo closer to what the eye “saw.” Images in this series are selected within a day or so of being edited and are either posted at the time or scheduled for posting at a later date.
Mossy Cave – Bryce Canyon National Park, National Park Service
Shenandoah Valley rest stop, heading north and east from Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park to Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, May 15, 2009 (Pentax K10D)
Our motorhome has only made it to the eastern states one time, in the spring of 2009. I had been off several weeks, my first job as a contracted instructor finished. I was pretty sure I would asked to come back, but wasn’t really sure when. It turned out that I got a call asking me to return while we were at the KOA campground in Harper’s Ferry, where we were staying while visiting family and exploring some of the sights.
In the photo, the Shenandoah Mountains are hidden by the morning fog.
Series notes:
The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
“Alexander Hamilton,” 1794, Marble, Giuseppe Ceracchi, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, August 1, 2015 (Pentax K-3 II)
Alexander Hamilton ( Wikipedia) is a marble bust portrait of Alexander Hamilton, done in the style of a Roman Senator, by the Italian sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi. Ceracchi also created many replicas, in both marble and plaster. The bust was later used as a model for sculptures and paintings.
Ceracchi created a terracotta model of Hamilton, from life, about 1791–92. This was then sent to Rome, where he created the marble version. As written to Hamilton in July 1792, Ceracchi was “impatient to receive the clay that I had the satisfaction of forming from your witty and significant physiognomy”. He returned to deliver the bust to Hamilton in 1794, but did not receive payment until later. On March 3, 1796, Hamilton wrote in his cash book: “for this sum through delicacy paid upon cherachi’s draft for making my bust on his own importunity & as a favour to him $620″
The Hamilton family kept the bust until 1896 when it was bequeathed to the New York Public Library along with the portrait painting of George Washington, The Constable-Hamilton Portrait, by Gilbert Stuart. Both were sold together, as requested by the will, on November 30, 2005 to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art for over $8 million.
A copy of the bust is now housed at Hamilton Grange, in New York City. The original is displayed at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.
