Desert Hawks...

It's been a slow season and sitting around the the desert heat is starting to get to the guys :D ... someone had hair clippers...

"if you guys do hawks, I'll shave my eyebrows..."

Oasis Landscapes...

A few from various wetlands in the Nevada Desert...

Pahranagat Lake

Comins Lake Sunset...

Grass with a twist...

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

Pahranagat Dragonflies

I stopped briefly at the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge yesterday and the dragonflies were just swarming - I've never seen such abundance of these bugs...

All shots with the K20D and the Tamron SP AF 70-200mm, mostly @ 200mm with the Pentax-F 1.7x TC.

Cave Lake Reflection

Cave Lake Nevada, 0630 this morning...

Two from Nevada

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

Vulture Tree...

I came upon these turkey vultures this morning alongside the road - very photogenic (if they weren't so ugly)...

The basking tree...





Preening...


Catching some rays...

All shot with the Tamron SP 400mm F4, on a tripod f/7.1, 1/2000 sec., ISO 400 (last is f/9 & 1/500)

A bunch of new pics up...

Keep scrolling down - I threw up a bunch of pictures this morning... You can click a pic to see a larger version...

Some flowers (novel yeah?)...

Shot these a month or so ago, but I've been shooting too much and processing too little lately (and I even worked a few days - rare enough lately)...

I believe this first flower type to be "Bird's Eye Gilia"...

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And here it is in a mix with California Poppies...

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the interior of a California Poppy...

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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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