Walking around in nature with an open photographic mind, one can capture images that can be visualized as designs.
Here are simple photos of bark on tree trunks that display natural designs.
Tree Bark Designs
Tree Bark
Designs Created by Nature
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Photographing with a Bridge as the Backdrop
The Golden Gate Bridge, viewed from Baker Bridge at sunset, provides an excellent backdrop for taking a photo for people’s cards
Photographing with the Bridge as a Backdrop
Photographing Golden Gate Bridge
A photographer has set up the tripod to capture the Golden Gate Bridge on a cloudy evening at Baker Beach
Set Up to Photograph the Bridge
Waves Against the Golden Gate Bridge
High and calm waves at Baker Beach in the foreground add to the photo of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, in the background
High Waves
Waves at Baker Beach
Visit to Brevard, North Carolina
Brevard, NC, is best known for its natural setting as the “Land of Waterfalls,” its abundance of outdoor recreation options, including hiking and mountain biking, and its population of white squirrels. It’s also recognized for charming downtown with its unique shops and restaurants.
We visited Brevard in September 2025 and will be posting images from there. Here are the photos of its Main Street.
Corner Streets Brevard
Main Street Brevard
W Main Street, Brevard
Memories of Mexico City – Historic Center
As we conclude the posting of photos from our trip to Mexico City and its surrounding area, here is a collage of images from the historic center, with the flag of Mexico as its background.
Mexico City Historic Center
Adding Color
A protester’s tent adds a blue color to the foreground of a photo of a Government building in the historic center of Mexico City
Different Colors at the Government Building
Protestors at Zocalo
Tents of the protestors at Zocalo, a constitutional plaza at the historic center in Mexico City, restrict the ability to take full photos of the Cathedral and other buildings
Protest in front of Cathedral
Protesters at the Historic Center
National Palace in Mexico City
The National Palace is the seat of the federal executive in Mexico. Since 2018, it has also served as the president’s official residence. It is located on Mexico City’s main square, the Plaza de la Constitución.
While we could not take a full photo of the National Palace due to tents in the square in the historic center, here are some images.
Side View of the Presidential Palace
Advertisement in front of the Presidential Palace
Main Entrance to the Presidential Palace
Visit to Mexico City
We visited Mexico City, Mexico, in June. We will be posting a series of photos from that city.
Mexico City is the densely populated, high-altitude capital of Mexico. Home to over 22 million people, it is a ginormous metropolis that blends ancient history with modern innovation, making it one of the most unique cities in the world.
We stayed at the modern version of Mexico City at the JW Marriott in Polanco, and a renovated historic building for the Hampton Inn in the historic center, to photograph different images of this city.
Mexico Flag
JW Marriott
Marriott Sign
Hampton in Historic Mexico City
Hampton Entrance
Red Bridge at the Gardens
Now away from flowers, the iconic Meyer Bridge, which is located over the large pond in the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum, is one of the most well-known features of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens and is often a favorite spot for visitors to pause for photos and gaze at the beauty around them.
The distinctive red color of the bridge is authentically aligned with the hue of a traditional red bridge in Japan. Garden bridges in Japanese gardens have both a symbolic and a practical meaning. Bridges symbolize traveling and transition, and inspire mindfulness as one takes steps–literally and figuratively–to cross.
Red Bridge Between Trees
People on the Red Bridge
Inviting Walkway on the Bridge
North Carolina Zoo Visit
The North Carolina Zoo, formerly the North Carolina Zoological Park, is a zoo in Asheboro, North Carolina. It houses 1,700 animals of more than 250 species, primarily from Africa and North America. The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro is the world’s largest natural habitat zoo, covering over 2,800 acres.
We visited the zoo in March 2025 and will post photos here.
The welcome sign has metal statues of elephants. The regular jeep for safaris is out of commission, but merely for display.
North Carolina Zoo Sign
Statues of Elephants
Not Ready for Safari
Tide at Half Moon Bay
Half Moon Bay has some of the best beaches in the San Francisco Bay Area, with opportunities to swim, hike, explore tide pools, or relax.
Here is a photo of the tides at Half Moon Bay with the cliff in the background.
Tide at Half Moon Bay
Clouds over Mountain Ridges
After sunset images, we move to photos of clouds. Here is a picture of clouds over mountains viewed from Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina.
Clouds over Mountain Ridges
Lakeshore Reflections
Moving from images from the Kentucky trip back to North Carolina. Posting photos from Durham at a small rainwater drain pond, also known as a buffer pond – Lakeshore. A range of homes and trees cast reflections in the pond.
Lakeshore Reflections
Sunflower Groups
While there are photos with a single sunflower, here are images of groups of sunflowers.
Sunflower Composition
One Sunflower Surrounded by Others
Red Umbrellas
In this photo of a colorful beach shop in an English town, the red colored umbrellas draw attention.
Red Umbrellas at a Beach Shop
Red London Buses
Double-decker buses were popularized in Great Britain at the start of the 20th century and today the best-known example is the red London bus, namely the AEC Routemaster. By the mid-1920s there were about 20 different companies with buses driving all over the city. The largest of these businesses, The London General Omnibus Company (LGOC), sought to differentiate from their competition and painted their buses bright red.
While the building in this photo has a traditional design, the red bus strikingly adds color to the image.
Adding Red to English Architecture
Something Red
Red, being a color rich in symbolism, can play a crucial role in conveying meaning in photographs. Incorporating the color red into photography denotes passion and bold emotion. Red is a color that commands attention.
We will be posting images that have something red. In this hidden walkway in Charlotte, North Carolina, the red patio umbrella captures one’s attention. The two flags are eye-catching too.
Exploring Charlotte
Monochrome Images
Switching our posts for the next two weeks from color to monochrome.
Monochrome photography is an artistic type of photography that uses tones of a single color to colorize a photograph. Instead of having colors from all over the spectrum, a monochrome photo has just one color scale. All black and white images are monochrome images, but not all monochrome images are black and white.
Here is an image captured from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park in California, that is converted from color to monochrome making it balanced and visually appealing.
Cloud Formations over Yosemite in Monochrome
Cloud Formations from Glacier Point Yosemite