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.

Manifold Suns Setting...

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Shot with:

• Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
• Lens: Tamron AF 70-200mm f/2.8 Di LD IF Macro

and the
Acratech GP Ballhead

These ballheads are awesome, Check 'em out at bigheadphoto.com!

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".

A bit out of the ordinary...

I mostly post landscapes up here, but got a couple shots of "Buddy" today (my wife's parent's dog for those few of you who read this but aren't my immediate family ;-) that I liked so I thought I'd show some versatility here...