Andrea B. Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 [from the Desert Wildflower Safari 2016] Outside Las Vegas: on the Way to Pahrump, Nevada You do have to wonder what this barbed wire is keeping in - or out? It's not chickens, although there is a chicken ranch nearby. Smoke Signals As well as poles, wires, contrails and a few wisps of cloud along NV St Hwy #160. Tacos El Chero Very good! Even better in IR. Homage to the Car Windshield: first seen in Norway, now passing through Pahrump. We hurried on after stopping for tacos & fuel. Link to comment
Cadmium Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Wow, these are all excellent! Link to comment
Andy Perrin Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Lovely, Andrea! (I couldn't read the title without thinking, "Something about Pahrump — Pa rump pump pump pump, rump pump pump pump.") Link to comment
colinbm Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Looking good Andrea, nice variety B)Col Link to comment
OlDoinyo Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I find the mountains behind the barbed wire intriguing--a sort of "forbidden land" theme. Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 Yes, me too!I have another photo of the barbed wire where it is in focus, so I think I will try a stack with everything in focus. (First I need to renew my stacking app. Somewhere I have either Zerene or Helicon.) Link to comment
Bill De Jager Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 You do have to wonder what this barbed wire is keeping in - or out? It's not chickens, although there is a chicken ranch nearby. Cattle, which are ubiquitous across the American west. Land such as shown in the photo is very poor range, so each cow or bull may require a hundred hectares or more to get enough edible forage. That means you won't usually see them, but the fence is still needed to keep them off the road. Love the photos! Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Thanks, Bill. I don't see as many cattle as I used to out west in the deserty areas. That's a good thing, imho. So much habitat was destroyed in those cattle run days and it is still recovering. Let the cattle go live in Texas or Indiana. :D :D :D Link to comment
nfoto Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Interesting memory refresh from our 2012 trip, Andrea. I had forgot the taco. Perhaps I ought to post my pictures of the same scenes, if nothing else to demonstrate the often overlooked fact that no two photographers see a scene the same way .... Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 We didn't see Tacos El Chero in 2012. When Michael & I traveled to Death Valley this spring, we ate there. :) Link to comment
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