the website of Mark S Bailen. . . writer, illustrator, and fake-nature photographer
Even a fake-nature photographer knows that it’s fun to shoot tall skinny trees from a worm’s eye view. The tree on the left is a real ponderosa pine that I shot a few months back at Mt. Lemmon. And the one on the right is a fake pine tree in the Seoul airport. Pretty awesome, Korea!
variations on a theme
in a sad little corner in the Target in Tucson, the outdoors is on sale. . . Lots of clay pots and plastic chairs and gardening implements. I guess this is what outdoors means these days.
It was over 100 degrees at the Tuscon Zoo, and many of the animals, including the brown bear, anteater, sloth, jaguar, and lots of others, were hiding “inside” where they had air conditioning.
I didn’t mind though. The enclosures, although empty, had fantastic fake rocks!
maybe the heat was getting to me, but looking back at my photos from the Tucson Zoo, I found a lot like this. . . I call this, “a study of canopies.”
I was obsessed with this lovely fake rock, and didn’t notice the rhino photobombing. . .
also in the background, a nice theme-park cabana, with a slide. . . Score!
Nature guide at the Tucson Zoo tells people about leaving animals in wild places, inappropriate pets, and the illegal trade of exotic animals. Luckily we don’t have to worry about these problems today.
