Ice Bottles, Carrabassett River, Maine. Formations between ice layers or on the edges of open water are the result of extreme freeze-thaw cycles. John Orcutt January 27, 2018 Instagram You Might Also Like Historic Pillsbury Grain Elevator, between Felt and Ashton, Idaho. Like distant ships on the horizon, grain elevators in the American West appear in the wide-open landscape long before reaching them. Happening upon these magnificent structures, one thinks about the engineering, the transport of materials, the labor and perseverance that it must have taken to construct them.Frank Gohlke, master of the Texas landscape, expressed his feelings about these extraordinary buildings with these few sentences: “I was frustrated by the discrepancy between the ordinariness of the facts surrounding the grain elevators and the intensity of my emotional responses to the objects themselves. …. The dignity of grain elevators, the precision, intelligence and grace of their formal language, their majestic presence within the landscape all seem to confirm the faith that, given the right circumstances, we will make visible the best that is within us”. #orcuttphotography #bestofthegemstate #historicidahograinelevators February 16, 2022 Ice Plant on the Pacific Coast at The Sea Ranch in California about 90 mikes north of San Francisco. Photo was made a few years ago and I am posting it as a reminder that spring really does happen. Happy Spring! #thesearanch #pacificcoastphotography #pacificocean #californiaspring #naturephotography #iceplant May 4, 2019 The Grand Teton photographed from our backyard in Driggs, Idaho last evening. A great light show as the sunlight moved up and down this spectacular mountain. This was the last exposure I made just before the setting sun dropped below the horizon casting the scene in complete shadow. #grandteton #bestofthegemstate #tetonvalleyidaho #driggsidaho #orcuttphotography July 15, 2022
Historic Pillsbury Grain Elevator, between Felt and Ashton, Idaho. Like distant ships on the horizon, grain elevators in the American West appear in the wide-open landscape long before reaching them. Happening upon these magnificent structures, one thinks about the engineering, the transport of materials, the labor and perseverance that it must have taken to construct them.Frank Gohlke, master of the Texas landscape, expressed his feelings about these extraordinary buildings with these few sentences: “I was frustrated by the discrepancy between the ordinariness of the facts surrounding the grain elevators and the intensity of my emotional responses to the objects themselves. …. The dignity of grain elevators, the precision, intelligence and grace of their formal language, their majestic presence within the landscape all seem to confirm the faith that, given the right circumstances, we will make visible the best that is within us”. #orcuttphotography #bestofthegemstate #historicidahograinelevators February 16, 2022
Ice Plant on the Pacific Coast at The Sea Ranch in California about 90 mikes north of San Francisco. Photo was made a few years ago and I am posting it as a reminder that spring really does happen. Happy Spring! #thesearanch #pacificcoastphotography #pacificocean #californiaspring #naturephotography #iceplant May 4, 2019
The Grand Teton photographed from our backyard in Driggs, Idaho last evening. A great light show as the sunlight moved up and down this spectacular mountain. This was the last exposure I made just before the setting sun dropped below the horizon casting the scene in complete shadow. #grandteton #bestofthegemstate #tetonvalleyidaho #driggsidaho #orcuttphotography July 15, 2022
