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Kind of an interesting shot from a couple weeks back. I was actually aiming for a better shot of the bee, which was floating in and out of view.
My big Xmas gift from my partner: a new finch feeder for our backyard. The idea is to attract birds that let me practice taking pics and, in particular, practice my focus skills.
Always wanted to shoot this sign. Such a bold promise! Color version after the jump.
These guys were in a tree outside my house. Shot the photo at ISO 400 and gave the photo a big crop and there's some noise as a result. Not sure how to best clean that up without losing sharpness in the birds.
There are huge flocks of wild parrots all over Pasadena and South Pasadena -- they're not tiny birds.
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--S.H.
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My partner and I spent the day hiking Mt. Waterman and were making the long twisty drive home as it was getting dark out. Then two things happened...a gorgeous sunset erupted and we made our way through a section of forest that had been especially scorched by the Station Fire in 2009.
This isn't a pose or portrait. I shot it during my team's game (I sat it out) when one of the opponents was rushing our goal. I got two pretty good shots -- this one and the one after the jump that shows why our goalie was getting ready to make a stop.
The San Gabriel Mountain front range. Looks better larger. Click here. That's the Angeles Crest Highway slicing across the left side of the image.
Taken from the Burma Road trail in the reserve, located in Palos Verdes at the very end of Crenshaw Boulevard.
Surfer at Abalone Cove Reserve in Rancho Palos Verdes. Click above to see larger.
See those white rocks at bottom right? That's the "Devil's Chair" in the Devils Punchbowl Natural Area in the high desert north of Los Angeles. If you click above and then look closely you'll see fencing on the top of the upper slab of white rock -- it's a 3.8-mile hike from the parking lot to an overlook atop the chair.
I like the photo for the shapes -- five ridgelines, each a little different than the others with a hint of the Mojave Desert floor at the very top. The photo was taken with my Nikon D5100 and the Nikon DX 35mm 1.8 lens, which is super sharp.
Extreme closeup of a captive great horned owl taken with my Nikon DX 85mm micro (as in macro) lens. A couple more shots after the jump.