Cool... Clear... Water...

 

("All day I face, the barren waste, without the taste of water...")

Bryce Canyon...

Frosty Morn...

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one second later...

More Santa Cruz Morning shots...

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skis as art...

Mounted new bindings on new skis yesterday...

Sunburst...

Low Country Drive...

Another Half Dome Moonrise...

Good timing in Yosemite...

Fortuitous timing allowed a chance to catch the moon rising over Half Dome, I had to setup quickly as the moon was climbing rapidly, but it all worked out...

Shot with the Canon 5D Mark II + the Canon 100-400mm L from "Tunnel View".

Wild Skies...

Here's a few from last week. Very un-californian skies... Mammatus Clouds!

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Grass with a twist...

I believe this grass tuft at Pahranagat Lake was sculpted by a passing dust devil...

Two from Nevada

Here's a couple shots from this evening along Highway 50, west of Ely Nv.

Knights Ferry (again)

Went shooting Sunday morning down by the Stanislaus River. Got a few I'm fairly happy with...

First some flora with the Tamron 90mm Macro...

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Then a couple with the DA 10-17mm Fisheye...

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Finally one with the DA* 50-135mm...

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Big swell hittin' the coast...

Shot last week in Oregon looking down on the Pacific...

Shot with the Pentax DA* 16-50mm f/2.8 @ f/8 on the K20D. Converted to B&W in Lr...

Alien Robot Flowers?!?!?!?!?!

Ok, I suppose they're just wind turbines...

Taken near Tehachapi California today.

K20D, Tamron 70-200/2.8, converted in Lr. I don't know how I settled on this tone for the monochrome conversion, but I kinda like it...

Sea of Clouds...

Shot this today on my way to socal for work... Actually, I took a fair drive out of the way up into the mountains to find an overlook where I could shoot back into the sea of low clouds which is the San Joaquin Valley of California in winter. I found the view from this point looking essentially north.

Shot handheld with K20D and the Tamron 70-200/2.8 @ 200mm.

Snow Day...

Back on the Dec. 23rd I took a drive on a beautiful day during a break in a cold storm... Shot quite a series that day, here's some samples...

All shot with the K20D and either the Pentax DA* 16-50mm or the Tamron 70-200/2.8, RAW, and processed to various extents in Lightroom.

This link should show all my uploads from that day...

one more from the last yosemite trip...

el cap...

More from Yosemite...

Had a fun day in Yosemite with the family yesterday... The colors are great this time of year. Here's a couple shots from El Cap. Meadow.

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