Friday, December 31, 2010

Frosty Morn...

as usual, click for a larger version...

Fractal Frost

Highway in the High Desert...

Highway 50, east of Majors Jct...

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Highway in the High Desert ~ Hwy. 50, Eastern Nevada.

Monday, November 29, 2010

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

Sunday, November 28, 2010

More Santa Cruz Morning shots...

As usual, click for larger...
Wave Break at Day Break ~ Santa Cruz, California

Monday, November 15, 2010

Santa Cruz Sunrise!

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

Santa Cruz Harbor Sunrise

Saturday, November 06, 2010

skis as art...

Mounted new bindings on new skis yesterday...


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

from the shoulder of Mt. Wheeler...

another from the Great Basin National Park...

Friday, July 30, 2010

Great Basin National Park...

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

_MG_7708

Friday, July 23, 2010

Another from that sunset...

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

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...

(click the image for a larger view)


Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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...

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Saturday, March 06, 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010

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...















Sunday, February 14, 2010

Sunday, February 07, 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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...

(click a photo to see a larger version of it)

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.