Black and White Arizona Sketches: On Fossil Creek
62The headwaters of Fossil Creek starts with Fossil Springs, a rare, naturally occuring spring in Northern Arizona. These photos were taken near the small mountain town of Strawberry, en route to Payson. The area is the 'back route' way to get to Phoenix--through the mountains--which makes no sense (and still doesn't to me entirely) until you realize the valley desert floor is nothing but a great big bowl.
The geology in AZ is very interesting, not for the least part that the rocks/sediments are exposed so much to offer an easy study. From this area, you can also view the Mogollon Rim--this was the escarpment--the rim/rock cliff of the vast ocean that much of Arizona was eons ago.
On this roadtrip, we made our way down to Payson, after a day of looking and taking photographs--to eat at a little Italian Bistro with excellent linguine and chocolate gelato.... That's another interesting thing about Arizona--there are all the odd cast about people who end up in the desert, so that there are these odd, authentic and very good restaurants, for example, in the most unlikely places.
The riparian areas are oddities in themselves--a welcome and green break from the desert landscape. Large sycamores, river tumbled rocks, cooling waters and carved out stream beds are all a part of this.
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Thanks, lafenty. Yeah, I love the wooded northern areas in AZ probably more than anything else. Thanks for stopping by...
Delightful pics of an area I have yet to explore. Black and white photography is very refreshing. Thanks
Thanks, Gypsy. It is worth seeing, definitely. Kind of a quaint little mountain area just above the desert... And yes, I love bl&wh for the shadows and emphasis. :)
2 and 6 are my favorites. Though all are wonderful. You have such a brilliant eye. The sixth one says so much. It becomes things in my mind. Thanks for sharing, Lita.
Thanks, WC....yeah, it kind of is reminding me (no. 6) of those huddled figures they found at Pompeii--something definitely about the human figure in that, I think. Thanks for the praise, :)..oh, and I've read your stories and am impressed--I'm just lapsadaisical about fanning, lol.
Thanks Lita, looks like a different world to me. Quite magical in a way. Well captured.
Absolutely! That's what I was thinkin'! I kept imagining who it might be.
Beautiful pictures, reminiscient of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. Black and white is the way to go in the desert.
Wonderful place, beautiful photographs. Seeing the bones of the Earth is always interesting.
Beautiful pictures. Arizona is full of wonder, indeed. Thanks for bringing these to light for all to enjoy.
Thanks, all... Yeah, Arizona is great for the dramatic landscapes--one right after the other. Ralph, Ansel Adams is high praise (maybe too high, :)), but hey, I'll take it!
I was gonna say Ansel Adams too, but Ralph stole my thunder. Truly gorgeous. My only criticism is in the captions. Like on that second one, you say, "Cool water flowing down hill." I'll be honest, I looked and looked and the water really didn't look any cooler than any other water I've seen. I mean, what, was it all snap and witty or something? Drive a better car than most water? I'm not really a photography critic, but, I'm just saying you might have tried getting the angle on its car or something to sort of butress your caption is all. Otherwise we just have to take your word for how "cool" it was.
(Yes, I'm bored and in an immature mood. Not so immature as to point out what the metaphor of that one rounded rock with the little nip of stone on top looks like, but immature just the same. Perhaps I need to go do something productive).
Beautiful pictures tho. I love black and white, photo and rendered art. :)
Points taken and taken well, Shades. lol My favorite sarcastic guy. Yeah, I was in kinda a hurry to get the hub up. ;) Also kinda following the example of an old landscape painter teacher of mine, being sorta Zen or something in my captioning. Ahhhh, you don't like it? I'll think about changing it. Thanks for stopping by and actually--brightening my day. Smart people always welcome!
Oh don't change it. I'm just messing with you because, well, because I lack focus and that's the sort of thing that comes out. lol. And I'm glad if I got to brighten your day a little.
And I was messin' with you, Shades, ;) If I wanna be Zen, then I better be--alll the way.
Lovely photos. Thank you.
Thank you, Anam Cara999. Btw, my partner, who is Irish, sometimes uses that phrase/name, Anam Cara. We both like b&w photography. Hmmmm. Did you know that? ;)
These are almost magical, there is a unique feeling about this place or is it your photographs?
Hopefully, both, WC. But I think there is a unique feeling about any water area in AZ, especially in the dry country. ;) Thanks very much for taking a look.
I was so happy to find this Hub Lita, the black and white give your photos a deeper stillness that quiets the spirit.
I work in color, less dramatic, but I favor craggly tree trucks and stark contrasts between rustic and soft, mossy textures... You are my find for the week, although I was searching for you for another reason, the name of the author of "The Harvest Tree"? You mentioned the book in a forum we were in?
Hi, Deborah-Lynn. I agree about black and white. I must do more work that way...it is just something about the shadows and a feeling of time, I think.
Ray Bradbury wrote the Halloween Tree. And it was made into a movie. He is good with invoking a feeling in writing. As an author, won the National Book Award. That particular book is all about this time of year and the traditions we've developed around it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Halloween_Tree
Thank you for coming by...maybe when some of the trolls out there get tired of what they're doing I'll come back to the forums, :)
lafenty says:
6 months ago
Beautiful photographs of a beautiful area. I grew up spending summers camping in the Payson area.