Frosty Morn...

as usual, click for a larger version...

Highway in the High Desert...

Highway 50, east of Majors Jct...

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networking...

BTW, if you're so inclined, you can keep abreast of my recent photography (in case I forget to update this here blog) by visiting me on facebook (don't forget to click "like" while you're there ;-), and/or following me on twitter...

--josh

one second later...

More Santa Cruz Morning shots...

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Harbor Exit...

Santa Cruz Sunrise!

as usual, click for a larger version on the gallery site...

skis as art...

Mounted new bindings on new skis yesterday...

frosty...

high sierra fall...

from the shoulder of Mt. Wheeler...

another from the Great Basin National Park...

Great Basin National Park...

Went for a stormy hike today in GBNP... (click for a larger version...)

Another from that sunset...

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A Spectacular Nevada Sunset...

Driving home the other day on Highway 6 in western Nevada, I had to stop for just over 20 minutes watching the sunset evolve and shooting it.

To include the road in the shot I really needed a wider lens than I had with me, but settled for a hand held panorama... it worked...

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Photo featured on someone else's site...

Rick at TodaysPhoto.org asked if he could feature one of my recent shots on his site - it's up today... Check it out...

Sunburst...

Low Country Drive...

Bridal Veil Rainbow...

Another Half Dome Moonrise...

Fearless Deer...

Yosemite deer are the most relaxed I've ever come across - they were just lying there next to the walkways without a care in the word... Made for easy shooting...

Big Birds...

Around a bend in the road...

Some early season hummers...

It was totally overcast today when my son and I went for a walk, so most of the bird shots I got have a uniform white background in them. I was surprised to find manzanita bushes in bloom (just in this one microclimate) and hummingbirds feeding on them - I never got any shots of actual feeding, the nectar in a single manzanita flower must be very limited, and the birds were moving around very quickly from flower bunch to flower bunch... Lucky for me, this one chose a branch very close to the dirt road to base his operations from...

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Preparing for flight (look closely and you can see typical bird preflight preparation going on :D)...

Launching on a different sortie...


Taking a break in the bush...

All shot with the 5DII @ ISO 1600, 100-400L+1.4x Kenko TC (w/ taped pins), hand held, and cropped to varrying degrees and processed in Lr.