Stacy’s Cow

Last week I had a post to which Stacy of Visual Venturing commented:

Woah! We don’t see stars like that in DC!! So awesome, Emilio 🙂

To which I replied:

You don’t get stars like this in Las Vegas, either. You have to get out where there is no ambient light from cities or towns. We have lots of desert around here. But around near my house it’s just like anywhere else.

And it continued:

STACY P. FISCHER says:

True that, Emilio. How long a drive is it for you to reach star-studded spots like these?

EMILIO PASQUALE says:

We drove over 3 hours on Lynn’s birthday one year for night skies. Coming home we killed three rabbits crossing the road in front of us and almost collided with a random cow on the road in the dark. But we’ve just recently found a place about an hour away. The Las Vegas Strip gives off so much light you can see the glow even up in the mountains about a half hour away!

STACY P. FISCHER says:

A cow?? Is there farmland out there in the hinterlands?? And an hour away – wow. So does that mean we won’t be seeing more photos from the Strip??

No, Stacy. It does not mean no more Strip photos! But yes, it does mean there is farmland out here in the hinterlands. The photo above is 63.21 miles away (according to Google Maps) which (also according to Google maps) translates to 1 hour and 1 minute away. But since no one drives the speed limit on the I-15 heading North out of Las Vegas, the trip is considerably shorter.

So, anyway, Stacy, don’t have a cow! Tomorrow I will post a photo from the Strip on Photos By Emilio. Just for you!

And Joe, sorry this image isn’t strictly black and white but it just seemed a bit too harsh without a slight tint. I’ll behave next week.

No Snow

Emilio, Photography

Remember in November when we went up to Zion 4 times in 4 weeks looking for fall colors? A 4 hour round trip each weekend just to find out autumn had been canceled up there? Well, seems like winter has been cancelled, too. We went up there January 2 for snow. You guessed it. No snow. But I couldn’t complain about the sky. What great clouds. And, when I saw the symmetry of the curved tree limb mimicking the curve of the mountain top, I was in heaven. Of course, my wife thought I was nuts. She didn’t see it until I processed the shot at home. Now, she loves the shot.

Though she still thinks I’m nuts!

Dinner For Twelve

Emilio

Mon Ami Gabi Restaurant (?) October 10, 2015 Fujifilm X-T1 23 mm f/2 at 1/20 sec ISO 200

I’m not really sure this was the Mon Ami Gabi Restaurant but it’s my closest guess. I was wandering around several of the Strip properties taking photos. I have to learn to take better notes.