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Friday, September 29, 2006
Breakwater Sunset
This evening we took a nice sunset walk on the breakwater around the Santa Barbara
Harbor. The clouds were beautiful and the lights on the water made for some great photos.
It's finally getting to that time of year where we have enough moisture in the
air to make some interesting clouds.
'Course the huge wild fire doesn't hurt the
sunsets either. It's about 35 miles from us, but it still looked like it was snowing
here one day from all of the ash.
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Friday, June 9, 2006
Duck Taking Flight
I think these are the same ducks from our last trip to
the gardens! I think she said something to insult the Koi.
Because the Koi jumped out of the water near her and
made her take off like this. Of course I can't say I
blame her. The Koi was twice her size!
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Thursday, May 18, 2006
Nojoqui Falls
Sometimes I like to play with Photoshop a bit!
It has been really hazy this year, not very conducive to scenery
and architecture photos of Santa Barbara. (although I have been
thinking about some cool evening photos through the fog).
But the wet weather has it\'s benefits. Nojoqui Falls, just up
101 from Santa Barbara, is only a trickle
in the summer and on dry years. This is a
photo I took a few years ago, but all the greyness
in Santa Barbara has been making me think
about the need for a trip somewhere north of here.
Not that I really need much of an excuse to go
exploring with my camera! :-D
Oh, by the way, there is some debate as to how
you pronounce "Nojoqui". Some people insist
it is na-ho-KEY or no-ho-KEY, but most locals pronounce it
nah-WHO-wee and that is how I learned to say it.
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Happy Beach Hound
This guy was having a really good time!
'Course who wouldn't have a good time running
on the beach in Santa Barbara at sunset?
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Saturday, April 15, 2006
Alice's Ducks
We had another nice walk through Alice Keck Park
Memorial Gardens today. (Commonly mistaken as just
Alice Keck Park. As in Alice Keck's park, but her name was
Alice Keck Park, and it is her Memorial Garden.) I only
point this out because it was not entirely clear to me
until today. Actually, I guess I just never thought about it
before today.
So, on to the Ducks. They were chasing each other
around the pond the whole time we were there.
Ahhh, spring is here! :-D
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Saturday, February 18, 2006
San Fernando Fountain
This is an interesting mission. It is at a bit of an unexpected place
right in the middle of a city, just north of LA.
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Friday, February 17, 2006
Santa Barbara Mission Twilight
This was a long exposure. The exposure
time made the reflection much more interesting.
it gave the effect of the sharpness near the bottom of the
image getting blurry near the top where the water
was falling from the top of the fountain.
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Sunday, January 22, 2006
San Diego Water Fall
This is a shot from a couple of years ago.
We used to celebrate my best friend's
birthday in La Jolla (pronounced Lah-HOY-ya. It is right outside of
San Diego for all you non-Californians.)
On this particular birthday she wanted to go to a botanical
garden we had heard about, and it was beautiful!
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Saturday, December 24, 2005
Santa Barbara Beach Panorama
(click to see a bigger version)
Ok I got a new toy! This is actually seven images
stitched together in a panorama by a cool little
tool named PTGui.
Actually it is quite powerful. I am a bit fanatical
about image quality and size. I usually work with
16 bit originals from my scanner and the this
tool can work with them which is rare.
To truly appreciate this image you have to realize
the full resolution version is over 500 megabytes
and could easily be printed almost nine feet wide.
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Thursday, October 20, 2005
Old Sea Center
Just went to the new Sea Center recently, it is very cool.
This one burned down but they had been planning on remodeling anyway.
If you are ever in the Santa Barbara area this is a great place
to learn about the Ocean, especially if you bring kids!
This shot was taken the same evening as this one.
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Monday, October 17, 2005
Bounding Beach Vizsla
Dogs are wonderful creatures. And, it's hard to take a bad
picture of one of them. This is a Vizsla doing what they
do best. They are a tracker, retriever, pointer kind of
huntin' dog and they are extremely high energy.
Of course you would never see my hound dog
doing something like this. She would explain that she is
far too dignified for that. She would continue to explain that she is a scent
hound. So once she leads you to where the tennis ball is, it is
YOUR job to go and get it. Besides, she has not been excited about the
water at the beach since she realized someone ruined the recipe
with too much salt. We have been known to have some high energy
romps on the beach though.
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Sunday, August 28, 2005
Stearns Sunset
Ahhh, the end of summer. I don't have to go to school
tomorrow, but I can't believe it's over already.
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Monday, August 15, 2005
Basking Seals
More "Sea Bassets!
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Friday, May 27, 2005
Lake Los Carneros
There are some places that you can live right next to and never
know they are there. The Monarch
Butterfly Overwintering spot
in Santa Barbara is one of them, and this is another.
I know I am not the only one that is surprised by this place.
Last week at the Art Walk I listened to a "Local" tell his
friends from out of town that this was the bird refuge, right down the
street from where we were standing (which, of course, it is not).
Where I was standing to take this picture, I had my back to the
101 Freeway about 50 feet away, right near the Los Carneros exit.
But, due to the rolling land and the
trees, you would never have any idea it was here.
Fortunately there is a good adult education program here
that has some excellent nature hikes.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Lantern by the Lake
I like this lantern, it is very raw and natural looking.
There are quite a few of them at Lotusland.
Which apparently
is not very Zen :-) In a real Japanese garden there would be only one.
But I can see why she liked them.
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Sunday, May 22, 2005
Butterfly Beach Sunset
The weather around here in June is known as
"June Gloom." The fog comes in over the water
before dawn and
we usually don't see the sun
until about 4:00 in the afternoon. Sometimes
the beach is totally covered all day.
There can be a wall of fog right by the beach
that looks thick enough to touch.
The fog in this image is not quite that crazy.
It was an amazing evening. I had to wade pretty far out
in the water to get the angle of the sun behind the trees.
And, I was not really dressed for swimming at the time.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Day at the Beach
This is actually from last summer, but it felt so much like summer
around here yesterday I was feeling in the mood.
That water is looking better and better at 90 degrees with
no A/C!
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Thursday, May 12, 2005
Fountain Daisies
In the Cannery District in Monterey there is a beautiful
fountain. It is a sculpture of several dolphins leaping in the air.
This is the pool around the fountain. You can see the silhouette
of the dolphins reflected in the pool.
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Saturday, May 7, 2005
Santa Barbara Sandpiper
These guys are fun to watch on the beach, sometimes they seem to
forget they can fly as they run from the waves.
I particularly like the perspecive of this shot. I got
down more at his (her?) level and it made for a much more
interesting photo.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Leadbetter Catamarans
Leadbetter beach is a popular tourist beach in
Santa Barbara. Usually these catamarans are
just lined up on the beach waiting for someone
to come along and rent them. You can see their
masts in this photo
taken very near that same spot.
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Saturday, April 30, 2005
Sunset Run
This was taken from above, on
Stearns Wharf,
which gave it the interesting perspective.
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Monday, April 11, 2005
Zaca Wide Angle
Another view of Zaca Lake. Actually, the
same view,
just a wider angle lens. :-D
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Monday, April 4, 2005
Laguna Beach Sunset
I was enjoying the sunset with a good friend, talking about cameras and
snapping pictures. It was a really good day!
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Monday, March 28, 2005
Santa Barbara Sunset
Like 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 25, 2005
Floating Pads
The thing I like the most about this
picture is the refraction happening at the edge
of the lily pads where they touch the water.
the surface tension of the extremely still water
is grabbing the bottom edge of the pads. Which is causing the
surface of the water to bend. This creates a
refraction, like light going through a lens, giving you the bright edges
around the shadows in the bottom of the fountain.
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