nature background – Overlooking the Owens Valley
This shot was taken from the Alabama Hills overlooking the Owens Valley and the White Mountains.
This was my first nature shooting expedition with my new Canon 50D using a Sigma fisheye 17mm film lens.
Photography by Brian Petersen at www.brianapetersen.com
Download the full size image at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpbp/3166104976
Yellow Rose Macro
The roses continue to bloom on Easter Sunday.
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb. So she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, [...]
green leaf with dew drops
A green fern in my garden Arabella after a rainy day. View on flickr and download here.
Wildflowers in Jina, Romania
Taken in the hills of Romania on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.
Download the full size image on my flickr page
Jina (Hungarian: Zsinna) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, in the Cindrel Mountains, 40 km west of the county capital Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographic area.
clouds sky nature background
The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
Their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent [...]
California desert road 14 off the 295
This is the 14 near the 395 in the Californian desert. The traffic lanes had been recently painted which helped for the vivid lines on the highway.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpbp/205760704/
blooming yellow roses macro
A beautiful set of roses from my garden, “Arabella.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpbp/2469575766
blooming yellow roses macro, originally uploaded by bpbp Brian Petersen.
Yellow Rose
After Good Friday I awoke with beautiful roses that had just opened. They are huge and they fit it the palms of your open hand.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
Let the sea roar, and all it contains;
Let the field exult, and all that is in it.
Then all the trees of [...]
clouds over the sierra nevada mountains
This was a wild cloud formation over the Sierra Nevada mountains
But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
“Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: [...]
clouds at sunset background
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Mt. Whitney
“Mount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m).[1] It is located at the boundary between California’s Inyo and Tulare counties, just 76 miles (122 km) west of the lowest point in North America at Badwater in Death Valley National Park (282 feet (86 m) [...]
