Category Archives: small town

A CHECKERED PAST

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Thomas Bethune

The old aircraft were nice to see at the Tillamook Air Museum, but this drew my aesthetic attention. Big mouth jet. Big gulp.

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HUMBOLDT MACHINE WORKS, 2010

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Thomas Bethune

When I took this photograph the business had already closed its doors, and soon it was to receive a makeover. I have not gone back to photograph it as it is now. I think the morning light (or is it … Continue reading →

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A FEW MORE THOUGHTS ON MY PHOTOGRAPHIC LEARNING CURVE

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Thomas Bethune

CALUMET SAYS HOWDY, Las Vegas, NM May 2010. I returned to Santa Fe in the spring of 2010 for a several week long stay that I called my Santa Fe meditation. I spent most of that time by myself and … Continue reading →

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GRAND DELUXE EXPRESS WAITING AT LAMY, NEW MEXICO

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Thomas Bethune

The Grand Deluxe Express at Lamy, New Mexico, 2007 The very first time that I went to the Amtrak Station in Lamy (Santa Fe), NM was May 28, 2007. This was on the same trip to the southwest that I … Continue reading →

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Downtown Arcata on a Quiet Morning

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

I took this with the 17mm tilt-shift lens on a July morning in 2016. I reprocessed this using a graduated filter instead of dropping the blue luminance to darken the sky. By doing so, I eliminated the fringing that was … Continue reading →

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PEBBLE BEACH

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Thomas Bethune

Castle Rock from Pebble Beach, Crescent City.

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SPANKY’S

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Thomas Bethune

This is another from Williams.

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PREPARING FOR THE PIANTE EXHIBIT

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Thomas Bethune

Bayside Community Church, 2016 I love going back to photographs that I had worked earlier. I usually give images time to ferment in my mind before I actually print or exhibit. This image is an example of what occurs upon … Continue reading →

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A TWILIGHT VIEW OF THE ELEVATORS

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Thomas Bethune

I took this image the evening prior to the image that I posted here yesterday.

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I AM NOT BLOGGING MUCH THESE DAYS

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Thomas Bethune

Although I am not posting often, I am almost always working on some aspect of my  photography. On a near daily basis, I work on images either in Lightroom or in Photoshop. Lately, I spent lots of time scanning my … Continue reading →

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