Three, for smiles ..

[DemoTex]

"Room with a View"
Shot in the Sonoran Desert, west of Tucson. I shot this through a 1905 wavy-glass window from my Greenville, SC, house. Just happened to have it in my truck!
Tucson Mountain Park
Arizona



"Snowbow on the Crater Buttes"
Deschutes National Forest
Oregon



"Moon over East Butte"
East Butte fire lookout shot from China Hat Butte. I was at the back of my truck, hearing a mountain lion close by. My relief guy at the lookout and I were talking by cell phone. He cranked up the gaslights for my shoot.
Deschutes National Forest
Oregon

[SaveOurDemocracy]

1. Always beautiful and interesting shots!

Thanks for sharing.

[NCTraveler]

2. Beautiful. Nt

[democrank]

3. Searching for an appropriate word....

Stupendous!

[ornotna]

4. All very nice

I do really like that third one though, that's a great photo.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear DemoTex!

Of course, these are just wonderful.

They did make me smile.

Thanks for sharing them!

[DemoTex]

7. Thanks, Peg ...

I am sure you have NEVER seen these before!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Of course, I could be wrong...but I thought I'd seen them!

There might be some very similar ones about.........

[ismnotwasm]

6. Gorgeous

Thank you

[kentuck]

9. Brilliant!

As always.

[genxlib]

10. Those are awesome

The third one really strikes me.

The square format makes me think it would make a great album cover. I am showing my age to actually remember when cover art mattered.

Nice work!

[DemoTex]

14. Actually ..

In 1967 I was bassman for a big band, the Auburn Knights. We were holed up making an album, and the recording engineer cut us for a break so that he could go out with his Nikon and shoot a full eclipse of the moon. At that point, I suggested that our album be called "Full Eclipse."
His pics were great. That was our album cover. "Total Eclipse."
True story.

[Tess49]

11. "Moon over East Butte" ... Amazing!

[catchnrelease]

12. Whoa!

Love 'Room with a View'! Well, all of them really, but that one the most. Excellent!

[Hekate]

13. Mother Almighty those are gorgeous. Where is that coffee table book? I'm in love...

...with all of them, but #1 knocks my eyes out.

[DemoTex]

15. #1 is my favorite, too.

Hell, I carried that 112 year old window all over the desert.

[Lyricalinklines]

16. Wow! I'm sure glad I checked here tonight!

My first thought seeing the first was mixed media on metal and stunned to learn it was photo! Wonderful idea and stunning results! Thanks for sharing!

[littlemissmartypants]

17. Thanks DemoTex. It is always so nice to hear from you. ♡ eom

[KatyMan]

18. Always always love your pics DemoTex

Thanks!

[montana_hazeleyes]

19. They are all awesome.

I'm in love with the second one most.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

20. Wow - you took these???? Last one is phenomenal !

[DemoTex]

21. I did.

I won an Emmy for a PBS documentary. It is the real deal! Probably the only Emmy ever hiked into a wilderness fire lookout tower for presentation!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. How cool !! Where do you live in Tx? we are

in central TX. What is your favorite place? Looks like you travel a lot.

Is that a US forest service shirt? I worked on an assignment with them for 15 months in DC

[DemoTex]

24. Haven't lived in Texas since '03. Then, Dallas.

But I was one of the original DU members. April 2001.

But I have been around! I flew 250+ air combat missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. I was editor of a major international aviation magazine. I was an airline accident investigator (ALPA), and an airline captain.

And I was a US Forest Service fire lookout for eight seasons. I am taking 2017 off, to be with my 16 year old dog in his last years. That is a Coronado National Forest Fire Batallion 55 shirt.

[spanone]

23. BRAVO!!!!

[Delphinus]

25. Thanks!

These are great!

[panader0]

26. I've lived in Tucson and the Deschutes area (right on the river)

Beautiful shots man. Invitation to Sierra Vista area and the Huachuca Mts.
remains open.

[MLAA]

27. Talent

So this is what real talent looks like! Thx for sharing. I needed a little uplifting after reading news for the last hour 😬