Another reason to take creative liberties with my images… This past July, Haines residents Jenn Walsh and Jessica Kayser Forster are likely first women to climb Cathedral...

Macro Propeller

Posted in: Botany, Creative, Flowers, Macro Photography, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants | April 12, 2015 at 10:00 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Take a closer look at this flower’s elegant geometry! A white circle in a pentagon, surrounded by five asymmetric petals – like a fan or a propeller. This is the...

A Back Yard, Jagged Peaks, Seals on a Buoy, Red Sail, Truly Snow-Capped, Mordor and Purple Mountain Majesties

Posted in: Alaska, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Panoramic, Photography, Scenic, Travel | March 20, 2015 at 6:11 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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(I believe this is the longest post title I’ve ever used!!) Mid morning into late afternoon (and well into the night), we traveled through the Revillagigedo Channel, Clarence...

From Different Backgrounds

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Commercial, Creative, Macro Photography, Macro Stacking, Nature, Object Lighting, Photo Retouching, Photography, Plants | March 6, 2015 at 8:32 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Stretching out a bit with some creative editing of this image. The first thing I thought of about this was umbrellas, hence the “rainy” ones, then I just got carried...

Purple Shamrock

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Commercial, Creative, Flowers, Macro Photography, Macro Stacking, Nature, Object Lighting, Photography, Plants | March 6, 2015 at 3:46 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Hoping this Oxalis Triangularis, aka Purple Shamrock, aka Love Plant, will take root. It’s pretty foliage and tiny white flowers make it a good choice for containers, borders, or indoors....

13-Minute Fire

Posted in: Colors, Commercial, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | March 3, 2015 at 4:03 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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On the way home after a day of skiing, a friend and I were driving back to the cabin. She and I had been listening to some great (I...

Sunset on the Behm

Posted in: Alaska, Colors, Commercial, Creative, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photo Retouching, Photography, Scenic, Travel | December 5, 2014 at 6:56 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Behm Canal in the Misty Fjords in the Tongass National Forest...

Sunup

Posted in: Alaska, Colors, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | November 16, 2014 at 4:56 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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To the right, the higher mountains bask in a purple glow. Thousands more will soon feel that same warmth. Sometimes, nature keeps things perfectly simple!...

Buoy, Channel Marker, Beacon…

Posted in: Alaska, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | November 15, 2014 at 4:53 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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… can only mean one thing… land ho coming up… meanwhile, still watching for the sun…...

What Lies Beneath

Posted in: Alaska, Colors, Commercial, Creative, Landscape, Nature, Photo Retouching, Photography, Scenic, Travel | November 15, 2014 at 4:46 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Everything is big in Alaska!! a slight alteration… additional editing… busting away from the norm… = BIG FISH!!...

Turn Around and Look

Posted in: Alaska, Colors, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | November 15, 2014 at 4:42 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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It never ceases to amaze what the slightest turn of the head can yield!...