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Nikon D700| Nikkor 17-35@ 32mm| f22| 1/40 sec| ISO 200| Tripod| California Wetlands
I hope you coast through your day!
Coastal Wetland Landscape
Category: California
Pigeon Point Bluff Sunrise
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The window next to my computer faces south. Running east to west are the Santa Cruz mountains. On the other side lies the Pacific Ocean. All this week just before sunrise the southern sky has had some beautiful color so I decided to get up early to drive over the hill to Pigeon Point for the sunrise. There were clouds in the sky which gave me hope that this morning would be another beautiful sunrise.
This morning just before the sun rose over the mountains this is what it looked like:
I wasn’t disappointed. This was worth getting up early and driving 47 miles to see.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 17-35 @35mm| f22| 0.3 sec| ISO 200| Manual Mode| Tripod
“Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship-never.” ~Charles Caleb Colton
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Last night around 3 AM my daughter sent me a text message. Feeling that dread one feels when there is a call at 3AM I said, “This can’t be good.” The text said, ” You have to be home in the morning!” :):):)”
I replied via a text, “R U Okay!?!??!!!!”
She called me straight-away after that and said, “I’m engaged!” I said, “Obviously you said yes!” We hung up after agreeing on time for her to come over. I couldn’t get back to sleep!
I couldn’t wait for her to get over here so I could give her a hug, and kiss, and of course see her ring.
Both Baby Girl and John are radiant. They’re beaming smiles are ear to ear.
He whisked her away after he finished work last night and drove her blind-folded, blind-folded! to Santa Cruz; the place of their first date and proposed there.
No date yet…they’re still floating from the engagement. I am thrilled for them both!
Nikon D300s|Nikkor 50mm|1/400 sec| IS0400| Manual Mode| Tripod
American Bittern
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Sunday afternoon I spent with Rainey and Dali photographing birds and waterfowl. Late in the day we saw a Bittern and an Eurasian Wigeon. The lighting and weather weren’t ideal; the sky was getting darker both due to time, and it had been stormy the night before so the sky was still overcast and flat. Monday the sky was blue, and the sun was shining so we decided to go back in the afternoon to take advantage of the better light. The Bittern was there in the same place we’d seen it before tucked in the reeds under an overpass with the late afternoon sun warming his back. This shot was taken from the overpass looking down on him/her.
I uploaded Lightroom Beta 4 to try it out. I’m a bit lost since this is the first time I’ve ever tried LR, but I have to say the highlights and shadow recovery sliders are pretty good. The white feathers around his neck were pretty blown out due to the late afternoon sun beating right down on him. LR did a great job of bringing back the detail in his feathers on his shoulder, and neck. I’m going to be using LR4 for the next several weeks. I’ll be sharing my thoughts and feelings about it as I learn it.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 80-200 @200mm+ Tamron 1.4x TC| f8| 1/50sec| ISO 500| Manual Mode|hand-held
Dreams…
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…”but you never know, traveling, around what bend;
The dreams will curve to an end,
And what will happen then.”
I hope you have some time today to slip away to dream, to hope, and plan.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 80-200mm + 1.4x TC| f8| 1/1250 sec| ISO 500| Manual Mode| Hand-held| texture by Delany Dean
California country-side a day after a storm
“Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips.” Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Hope you feel loved today!
Nikon D700| Nikkor 80-200 @ 155mm| f8| 1/640 sec| ISO 500| Manual Mode| Tripod
Black-crowned Night-Heron
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When in range the 70-300mm VR really is a good lens! (click photo to view it large. It looks awful compressed to this size!) We had an overcast sky yesterday, but for a few brief moments the sun peeked through the clouds and lit him nicely just as if I ordered it.
This is my best Black-crowned Night-Heron to date. I wish all the birds I chase were within range of my lens.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 70-300mm @ 300mm| f7.1| 1/500 sec| ISO 500| Manual Mode| Hand-held
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