Flower Streamers

It's as if the flower is celebrating with streaming casts of color

2014

It looks like the sun is burrowing through the top of this mountain when in reality it is rising between twin peaks. The partial sun-dog is a bonus to a shot I'd been spending years locating.

Cloud Ball

A cloud ball surrounded by color and form.

2014

I've always wondered about the ratio of happy accidents to discarded pics. One thing is for sure, if you wait for perfection, you're bound to miss a few. It sounds reasonable to me that one great shot for every ten marginal ones beats the odds.

Structured Shadow

There is a nice tension between the dark shadows, the steel form,
the soft gravel, and the warm light.

2014

These can be the hardest shots to get because looking directly into the sun is not an option

but looking into the view finder is.

Green Leaf

Sometimes I have to let the image speak for itself.

2014

Ever wonder how to move a house? 

A few of these and a wide berth. 

New Shot, Old Subject

In honor of posting this shot last year on this day,
I am posting a new version with my new camera.

Today, my photo is exploding on Tumblr (www.jaxoncohen.tumblr.com). I'm new to all this and most of my posts get no more than a handful of likes. This post is different. Why? Simple. All it takes is one content agitator to highlight a work and boom! 

Why this particular post? Couldn't tell ya. All my work is equally significant and beautiful to me. I take pride in everything I do. So I thank lensblr-network for re-blogging this post. It's nice to know that when people actually see my work, they like it.

Golden Cloud Fountain

Cloud shapes fan from the horizon to the sky above
in a cascade of color.

2014

I often find objects on my walks that tell a story. This shoe was left at the playground, where the concrete edge of the road met the gravel pit. It's as if the child bolted into the fun, never to return for the shoe. It tells of both the child's memory as well as the memories of childhood; how we could literally run out of our shoes because they fit so poorly and our bodies were that powerful at that time. It also speaks of a child, so enveloped in the moment, a missing shoe doesn't even register when it's time to go home. 

The Coolest Thing I've Seen?

Today I was handed this tiny piece of exceptional origami.
It might be the coolest thing I've seen.
United as One ...

2014

Out here in the West,
even our robot mailboxes brandish sidearms. 

Squirrel Power!

Why are there no squirrel superheros?
And the powers of Super Squirrel Man?
Fast, agile, ballsy, and super annoying.

Under Squirrel Man's watch,
no one escapes notice.

2014

In this shot, I see a popcorn kernel, exploding from the pan and racing towards the lens. There is that brown nub in the center that sure looks like an opening popcorn seed. It doesn't take much to see the white flower as the exploding soft part and the yellow flowers as the visual trail of oil.

Addictive Nature

Addiction is an environmental condition.

2014

It almost seems as if the sun, clouds, and mountain are attempting contact. You can just make out a wrist,  hand, and finger, reaching for the light.

Sunrise Streaks

Subtle sun-streaks cast from tiny clouds,
hovering over a mountain peak.

2014

One can only assume a powerful rainstorm caught someone prepared to ward off the water but unprepared for the accompanying micro-burst.

Colorful Cloud-Bubbles

Pouring moisture creates
bubbles of color.

2014

This picture reminds me a of dragon of fire and light, diving for cover behind the mountains.
Or maybe I just see things while standing in church parking lots.

Fractal Flower

Fractal Design:

So many petals produce
flowers within flowers.

2014

I'm doing what I can to be who I am.

Extreme Cloud Edges

A passing storm produces
a unique eye with extreme edges.

2014

See the bee? 

This sunflower matches this bee perfectly.

Or is it the other way around?

Mountain-Rise

The sun washes over the mountain peak
and illuminates the moving clouds.

2014

Love makes discounting people difficult.

Hate makes ignoring them impossible.

False Sun

It appears the sun shines from within this cloud.
This is a reflection of the rising sun,
set behind the camera's eye.

2014

I have been exposed to many different facts about the reality and mechanisms of the universe.

 Religion, philosophy, and all kinds of ideas have filtered through my mind in an attempt to convince me of what's really going on.

But in all this time... 

I've never forgotten the truth of love:

vulnerable intentional participation.