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Sunday, July 10, 2005
East Beach SunsetThis is looking back at East beach from Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara. I like the single glowing cloud. It really makes the sky a lot more interesting. |
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Mission Palms at NightAlways lookin' for a different angle on a subject. Especially one as photographed as the Mission. |
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Monday, May 16, 2005
Gathering StormI lived in the desert for about five years and I never got used to the heat. But, there are advantages to everything. The strange desert weather made for some truly awesome storm clouds. You could watch them build and start the down-pour at the end of the valley while standing in the sun where you were. |
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Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Sunset Cloud ShadowsMore sky shadows. Like the shot from yesterday, this was a particularly interesting sky, and I was happy to have my camera with me. :-) |
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Monday, April 25, 2005
Moring Cloud TrailsThis was a particularly interesting sunrise. One of the times I was really happy I was carrying my camera with me everywhere.This photo made me think quite a bit about the position of the clouds in the atmosphere. If you take a look at the contrails, they appear to be casting shadows up on the clouds. This is a result of an optical illusion. The contrails are at a higher level than the clouds. They appear closer because they are much denser than the high altitude Cirrus clouds. The clouds are made of ice crystals, blown in the wind like grains of sand. And, being thin and wispy, you see more blue sky through them which contributes to the illusion. All other things equal, your brain is wired to see a bluer object as being further away. Like a mountain in the distance, when there is more atmosphere between you and the object you are viewing, the object appears bluer. There are actually two layers of clouds, one right below the trails and another, much thinner and hazier one, quite a bit lower. This accounts for the double shadow. |
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Saturday, April 2, 2005
Santa Barbara HarborSunsets and water are a great combination. This shot was from an evening walk by the Santa Barbara Harbor. |
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Friday, April 1, 2005
Sunset PalmsI particularly like the texture of the clouds in this one. |
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Monday, March 28, 2005
Santa Barbara SunsetLike I said before, we don't get a lot of clouds around here, but when we do it is quite a show. And I'm very thankful to live in such a beautiful place. |
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Friday, March 11, 2005
Sunset PalmsI guess this is why they call it Palm Desert!The bright thing in the sky is a sliver of the moon. It appears small in the photo because it was taken with a wide angle lens. |
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Thursday, January 6, 2005
Santa Barbara FireworksFireworks on East Beach in Santa Barbara.celebration 3 | East Beach 6 | eve 1 | fireworks 4 | new 1 | palm 3 | palm tree 35 | silhouette 27 | tree 47 | year 1 |
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