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Lighthouse in Iceland The northwest fjords in Iceland have quickly become one of my favorite areas of the country. People ask me all the time, "I'm going to XXXX country, where should I go?" That is one of the reasons I created the new Stuck On Earth -- for just that purpose. Now, when you zoom into Iceland, you'll see a big collection of images up in this area. Whenever you see clusters of pins in one area versus another, you'll get the general idea that one area has more photo hotspots than another. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Green Mountain, Red House "Is the house really THAT red?" my wife asks me. Yes, oh yes, it is... But now I am taking her to Iceland with me, so she can see these bright colors for herself... I don't know if it's a Scandinavian thing or what, but we just don't see colorful houses like this in the states. I think we either have brick, or white, or slightly off-white, or perhaps a light beige, or maybe something daring like a mauve-eggshell-white... I mean, I'm just as bad... mine in stucco. I don't even think my homeowner's association would let me paint it red. But, knowing Austin, with a bright red house, we'd probably have a few commies show up in Che Guevara shirts, wondering where the free pizza is... - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Nobody Needs Dramatic Sheep I've posted two Iceland photos in a row! This is unlike me...yes, but I'm excited about Iceland. And, this is one of the photos I made in the video above. I think people that rarely see sheep are fascinated by sheep. This is very confusing to people that spend a lot of time around sheep. I'm sure people in Iceland find that outsiders find sheep WAY too interesting. But, to us outsiders, we see these wonderful little white puffs, milling around... the gentle way they drift over the soft turf like clouds on a green sky... If you zoom in tight on this one, you'll see there are actually three sheep there on the left... the one in the back is just being a little sheepish. -Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Tree at the Serene Lake Queenstown, I miss you! The summer here in Texas has been bitter-hot. I remember the long run I had along your shores... comparing that with my 100-degree run here in Texas that just makes me want to curl up into a fetal ball and cry... When I was there in Queenstown, I took to waking up about an hour before the sunrise and brewing a whole pot of coffee. And then, I would just the take the POT in the car with me and drive around. The lake can be pretty still in the morning, and that is when I grabbed this one... I'm jealous of my friends Gordon Laing and Eden Brackstone who get to spend almost every day in these environs! - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Gentle Green Slopes to Rocky Curved Crags After you are driving around Iceland for a few weeks, you get so used to wild landscapes that it's hard to be objective. I force myself to wake up and be objective about the matter... and then, I suddenly come to my senses and I realize that scenes like this are entirely unique! So, that helps me to pop out of my truck and go on a short hike to get a good vantage point. And then I get back... process it many months later... and I am happy that I took the time to recognize it was indeed a special place. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Stone Steps in the City How do you guys feel about hyper-manufactured situations like this? I don't always know what to think. There are a lot of urban areas like this around Beijing where they create little natural-looking areas. They certainly look cool, and perfect in many ways. But, perhaps it is a little too perfect. No, that's not the right way to say it. I can't quite put my finger on it, but something doesn't feel right about it. It's almost because I can picture the designer deciding to put a tree in a certain spot or the selection of a certain shape of stone in another part. Maybe if the placement of items was truly accidental -- true randomness -- then it might look more natural.But I see a lot of this in China. They have communities with giant apartment blocks. The new ones are all very modern and nice. And in the middle of them are fountains, small groves of trees, paths, swings, and everything. There are families out mucking about and enjoying it... but I wonder if it "feels" as funny to them as it does to me. I sometimes feel like I'm on a holodeck.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Beachcomber Motel When I was in San Clemente, I walked up the road to visit the Beachcomber Motel. Even though I stayed in a friend's place on the beach, I was getting kicked out the last night. So I walked up here to check on accommodations. It looked quite perfect! I set up to take some photos, and management came out to stop me. I had to do some fast-talking to let them know I was not a threat. I have a certain boyish charm at times, but only at times. In this case, it just barely worked. I promised I would send the photos after I got them processed, which I finally have. And here it is.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Bright Morning, Stone Hut, Grass Roof This was taken around 2 in the morning, just as the sun was starting to rise off the horizon again. I found this place by happy accident. About 3 hours earlier, I took a gamble and drove up a random dirt road that spiraled up a mountain. I was doing my best to follow the sun by navigating around the topology, as best I could remember it. I had spent the last week or so driving around, up, down, and through mountains, so I was getting to know the area pretty well. I finally felt good enough to begin instinctively navigating around the landscape. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at Trey Ratcliff's travel photography blog, Stuck in Customs.
Horses on an Evening Meadow Every night before sunset, the horses would be let out of the corral for a bit of "personal" time. They spent almost no time at all on the Internet, and, instead, just meandered around this grassy meadow at the ranch. The grass looks nice eh? And there was no lawn-mowing necessary. - Trey Ratcliff Read the rest, including a discussion on some Topaz issues, here.

Lighthouse in Iceland


The northwest fjords in Iceland have quickly become one of my favorite areas of the country.

People ask me all the time, "I'm going to XXXX country, where should I go?" That is one of the reasons I created the new Stuck On Earth -- for just that purpose. Now, when you zoom into Iceland, you'll see a big collection of images up in this area. Whenever you see clusters of pins in one area versus another, you'll get the general idea that one area has more photo hotspots than another.

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
here at the Stuck in Customs blog." href="javascript:openLB(1624799451,'',XLarge,'',1024,680);">Lighthouse in Iceland The northwest fjords in Iceland have quickly become one of my favorite areas of the country. People ask me all the time, "I'm going to XXXX country, where should I go?" That is one of the reasons I created the new Stuck On Earth -- for just that purpose. Now, when you zoom into Iceland, you'll see a big collection of images up in this area. Whenever you see clusters of pins in one area versus another, you'll get the general idea that one area has more photo hotspots than another. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Lighthouse in Iceland


The northwest fjords in Iceland have quickly become one of my favorite areas of the country.

People ask me all the time, "I'm going to XXXX country, where should I go?" That is one of the reasons I created the new Stuck On Earth -- for just that purpose. Now, when you zoom into Iceland, you'll see a big collection of images up in this area. Whenever you see clusters of pins in one area versus another, you'll get the general idea that one area has more photo hotspots than another.

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
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