Cyanpixel Photography
My view of Lemhi County, Idaho, and the world beyond.
Jan 01, 2026
Welcome to the 19th edition of my “Best Images” books. This one could be the travel edition. The book has photos from state and national parks in Utah, Arizona landscape, Idaho surprises and favorite places in Norway.
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Dec 01, 2025
October is a great time to visit Norway. Crowds are gone. Dramatic rain clouds, golden leaves and mountains topped with fresh snow are in abundance. Pack for anything from warm to snowy days. That’s just Norway. Click here for more photos.
Aug 21, 2025
Maybe I’m not too horrified to see that I haven’t posted anything here yet this year. We’ve been on the road a lot and are planning more outings in our used used RV. These photos are from a trip to Utah earlier this year. We visited several state and national parks. We were...
Dec 30, 2024
Welcome to the 18th edition of my “Best Images” books. This one features planes, trains and automobiles, but the northern lights are the star of the book. A PDF of this year’s edition can be found by clicking here.
I think it is best downloaded so pages can be viewed in the...
Oct 15, 2024
I’m sure glad I didn’t have a deadline for posting photos from the Reno Air Show, which I attended with family on Oct. 5. What a spectacle. I made almost 2,500 images and that’s just for fun. Click the link below for a gallery of some of my favorites.
Even after watching a few...
Aug 30, 2024
Members of the River of No Return Photo Club traveled to a private car graveyard to make some photos. I could have stayed there for a week and not have given my Nikon a full workout. Photos have been converted to black and white.
Vehicle...
Aug 20, 2024
A Heber Valley Railroad excursion included a bonus appearance by a long line of pristine Model A and B automobiles participating in an event sponsored by the Utah Valley Model A Club. I hadn’t traveled on their train since 2003. The experience was just as great, especially since we...
Aug 17, 2024
Gathering these pictures began a few months ago. We knew Freyja would be leaving us soon. It’s always too soon even when expected. Born in October 2009, she made it to almost 15. That’s a feat for a golden retriever. The average lifespan is 10-12 years. We credit our vet, Dr. Andrea...
Jul 22, 2024
Details are like discovering a new spice in a fine meal. Abstacts force the viewer to look at the world in a surprising and different way. The grand landscape is so addicting, so dazzling that it is difficult to see anything else. Abstracts and details make me slow down and breathe...
Dec 27, 2023
Welcome to the 17th edition of my “Best Images” books. A PDF of this year’s edition can be found by clicking here. I think it is best downloaded so pages can be viewed in the two-up (side-by-side) page view. You also may be able to control-click/right-click/whatever you...
Nov 06, 2023
Considered the jewel of Baja California’s Spanish Mission, Misión San Francisco Javier de Viggé-Biaundó (Mission San Javier for short) is the second of a series of Spanish colonial religious outposts stretching from Loreto, Mexico, in Baja California Sur to Solano,...
Sep 22, 2023
After nearly 60 years, Reno-Stead Airport hosted its last National Championship Air Races in September 2023. Tremendous growth in the Reno area means the event needs a new home, expected to be announced in the coming months. I’ve attended the event for the last two years. We expected this...
Jul 16, 2023
I’ve been reading social media posts about people commandeering window seats on flights. So far, I haven’t had to battle for the seats I have booked far in advance. I have a strong preference for the window seat. I love photographing the land and oceans as we fly from one place to...
Jun 25, 2023
Friends for more than 50 years, Peggy and I have gone on several girls trips together — Santa Fe, Sedona, Portland — you know, the easy-to-get-to places. With significant birthdays this year, we gave in to better financial judgment and went to Iceland. We started planning in December...
The last of three beaverslides, an old-fashioned structure used in haying before baling became the preferred method, met its demise April 20 following several days of strong wind. The Doubletree Ranch in Lemhi County, Idaho, used three beaverslide hay stacker into the 1960s. This last survivor...
Dec 30, 2022
Welcome to the 16th edition of my “Best Images” books. Here’s a PDF of this year’s edition. I think it is best downloaded so pages can be viewed in the two-up (side-by-side) page view. You also may be able to control-click/right-click/whatever you do in Windows to view...
Sep 21, 2022
Smoke from California wildfires drifted across the Reno-Stead airport, making it difficult at times to see the action on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. This was my first time attending the STIHL National Championship Air Races. I took advantage of any bit of blue sky I could find. Otherwise,...
Jun 23, 2022
Members of the River of No Return Photo Club who showed up to the June 22 meeting were challenged by VP Beth to photograph nine elements of photography while in one location. The nine were light, shadow, line, shape, form, texture, color, size and depth. There was a bonus round for focus,...
Jun 08, 2022
Like many who grew up in the Twin Cities years ago, I watched “Axel and his Dog,” a local kiddie program. Clellan Card portrayed Axel Torgeson, complete with a scandihoovian accent. He’d close the show by quoting his own version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Time to...
Apr 16, 2022
I’m a fan of the Spring Baking Championship. Bunny cake doesn’t hold a candle to what those bakers can create. Through the years, bunny cake looks pretty much the same. Not every cake was photographed. I was often rushing to get to work following Easter brunch.
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Feb 12, 2022
It used to be that Valentines were something that filled a shoebox decorated with a pasted-on paper lace doily and construction paper hearts. Everyone in our grade school classroom was supposed to give a Valentine to each fellow classmate. It didn’t work out that way. The popular kids had...
Jan 30, 2022
Gerda the Aussie has always known snow. she takes it in stride, or leaps and bounds. Freyja, a golden retriever, grew up in California, suffering foxtails in her ears and paws. She prefers the miniature snowballs that accumulate in her paws.
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Dec 30, 2021
Welcome to the 15th edition of my “Best Images” books. Here’s a PDF of this year’s edition. I think it is best downloaded so pages can be viewed in the two-up (side-by-side) page view. You also may be able to control-click/right-click/whatever you do in Windows to view...
A version of this story originally written for friends was published in the Contra Costa Times in 2009
By Cindi Christie
This time of year, people watch their mailboxes or front porches with great anticipation of holiday gifts arriving. For me, December brings a real sense of...
Dec 06, 2021
As a storm approached Salmon, Idaho, late in the day, the trees seemed to glow. It was as if they were on fire, but I have seen enough real fires to know that was not true. The camera that was with me was an iPhone 13. It accurately captured what I saw.
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Aug 11, 2021
I’ve been lucky enough to meet a few elephants on assignment or on my own. They are marvelous animals and deserve to thrive in the wild. Performing Animal Welfare Society in San Andreas, Calif., is where I met Pat Derby, now deceased. She had a passion for rescuing elephants. The first to...
Jun 10, 2021
As the hot weather cranks up, it’s time for some liquid refreshment. Exploration of Idaho continued this spring with a visit to Upper Mesa Falls and, just about a mile and a half down the river, Lower Mesa Falls. You’ll just have to imaging the roar of the water as it crashes to the...
May 20, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has many people saying they feel like hermits. Months of staying home, avoiding others, going incognito with even the most stylish of masks, shopping online, and watching much less of the world go by outside the front door. That’s nothing.
Richard Zimmerman, best...
May 03, 2021
he way people communicated visually with each other before the advent of ink and paper has fascinated me. A roadside attraction along the Salmon River offers a geology lesson and pictographs found in the rock formation. An interpretive sign presented by the Salmon-Challis National Forest...
Mar 20, 2021
River rocks near the Lemhi River are almost free from their cocoon of ice and snow. (© Cindi Christie/Cyanpixel)
I often see a graphic describing the many seasons of Idaho and other states that have a real winter. Fool’s spring? Second winter? Snow is giving way to brown grass with a...
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