Daniel Binkard: April 2012

16 April 2012

Clouds over Kane County, Utah, April 16, 2012

Clouds over Kane County, Utah, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

This aerial scene includes a canyon, jagged though it may be, to act as a straight line counterbalancing the curved mass of clouds opposite it. Those cloud shadows below are great fun. They look like they're not far below, but then again, they are far below. This is one of those times when I feel comfortable with the light at high noon, or thereabout.

From Las Vegas to Lake Powell, April 16, 2012

Artwork at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Panorama at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Clouds over Coconino County, Arizona, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Clouds over Kane County, Utah, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Clouds over San Juan County, Utah, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Lake Powell at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Lake Powell horseshoe bend at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Streambed in San Juan County, Utah, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

15 April 2012

Titanic, April 15, 2012

Titanic model at the Luxor, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

The Luxor has a great exhibit about the Titanic, and a big model of the ship in the lobby. I can't countenance pulling personal artifacts from an ocean grave, but I took a look. One hundred years, almost to the day, since the sinking, and it's a haunting experience to look at the iron hull, the china, and the personal effects of people who died there.

Evening in Las Vegas, April 15, 2012

Buildings and clouds in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Waterfront and structures at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Contrail viewed from the Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Evening sidewalk in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

14 April 2012

Clouds over Coconino County, Arizona, April 14, 2012

Clouds over Coconino County, Arizona, April 2012. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

I don't always fly, but when I do I try to take photos. The first time I went up in a plane at age six, I was entranced by the thick clouds when we rose above them. I thought it was snow at first. Clouds continue to fascinate me, and this photo is mostly about clouds. I like the sense of scale shown by the similar cloud shapes as they recede into the distance. The empty spot in the middle, showing some of the Arizona landscape, keeps the scene from being just about clouds.