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Wordless Wednesday 10/52 A Pink Spring

March 8, 2017March 7, 2017Posted in Close Up Photography, Flower Photography, Flowering Trees, Nikon, Photography, Pink, Project 52, Trees, Wordless WednesdayTagged Backyard trees, Close up Photography, Flowering Trees, Nikon, Photography, Pink, Raining Pink Pedals, Spring, Wordless Wednesday71 Comments

Flowering Plum Tree Blossoms

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm| Canon 500D Close Up lens| Delkin Digital Film| PS CC 2017, Nik Suite, On1

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Hiking the Cristianitos Trail

March 3, 2017March 2, 2017Posted in California, Close Up Photography, Landscapes, Nikon, Pets, PhotographyTagged California, CATS, Cristianitos Trail, Flowers, Landscapes, Maine Coon, Nikon, Photography, San Clemente, trails, Wildflowers54 Comments

He-Man and I spent a long week-end visiting my son Big Baby Boy and his fiancé the Dark Haired Beauty down in Southern California. They moved to a new apartment just before Christmas and one town over to San Clemente and we were looking forward to seeing the area, and their apartment.

The area is gorgeous, and their apartment and complex are really nice. They’re happy and we won’t worry about them anymore than normal which is a blessing!

On Saturday afternoon the Dark Haired Beauty and I spent an hour getting our nails done after we had a full, rich breakfast with the guys, and a walk around Dana Point Harbor.

We had a super rich dinner at Morton’s Steakhouse, and hoped to hike on Sunday morning but, we woke up to a rainy day. There was a break in the rain late Sunday afternoon so we high-tailed it to the Cristianitos Trail which is right in their neighborhood. From the trail-head to San Clemente Summit is only 1.4 miles. I stopped to take some photos on the way up.

Spring is in bloom there! I was so surprised to see Lupine this early in full bloom along the trail.

There were huge bushes of Pride of Madeira with new buds. I’d love to go back when they’re in full flower in a few weeks, but know that’s highly unlikely.

The southeasternish view. There are sandbags all over the trail to help keep it from eroding from rain runoff. The clouds were pretty great.

I stopped to catch the sun just before it dipped below the mountains.

From here we made the final push up the hill to the summit. The clouds blocked the sun so there was no color. The image is boring so I won’t share it. We hiked down in near darkness. Fortunately, I brought along my headlamp.

May I present Battle Cat. Big Baby Boy’s and Dark Haired Beauty’s Maine Coon.

He’s a little over a year old, and still has a few more years before he’s full grown. I didn’t realize this breed can get so BIG!

It took him a full day to approach me. I pretty much ignored him hoping that might bring him around. Once he figured I was okay he followed me everywhere, and slept with me for a few hours Sunday night. 🙂 He’s so soft, and cute. I wonder how big he’ll be the next time I see him?

I’m terribly behind reading blogs again. I’ll be catching up! Rain is forecast for Sunday. I’m sure to make headway then. 🙂

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm| Delkin Digital Film| PS CC 2017

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Wordless Wednesday 9/52

March 1, 2017March 1, 2017Posted in Birds, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Life List Birds, Nikon, Photography, Project 52, Wordless WednesdayTagged Birding, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Life List Birds, Nature, Nikon, Pacific Loon, Photography, Project 52, Shore Birds, Wordless Wednesday25 Comments

Pacific Loon

Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm @460mm| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2017

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Wordless Wednesday 8/52 Sea Worthy

February 22, 2017February 21, 2017Posted in Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Life List Birds, Nature Photography, Photography, Project 52, Seabirds, Wordless WednesdayTagged Birds, Birds in the Wild, Life List Birds, Nature Photography, Nikon, Pigeon Guillemot, Seabirds, Wordless Wednesday28 Comments

Pigeon Guillemot/cepphus columba

Pigeon Guilemot

Nikon D300s| Nikkor 300mm f/4| SanDisk Digital Film| PS CC 2017

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Waterdrops, Plips and Plops

February 20, 2017February 20, 2017Posted in Abstracts, Nikon, Off Camera Flash, Photography, Splashes, Water dropsTagged Nikon, Off camera flash, Photography, Speedlights, Waterdrops49 Comments

This past week-end it rained. A lot. So, in between storms He-Man and I headed to the nearby hills for a much needed walk. Sticking to the paved roads avoiding the muddy trails we walked up the hills and down to stretch out our legs a bit. Elevation gain was about 250 ft, and mileage was only a couple of miles, but it felt great to stretch our legs, and be outside.

The grass on the hills is tall and green, and there are spring flowers popping up here and there. I saw clover, wild mustard, and even some droopy, rain soaked Daffodils.

Sunday I was a bit stir-crazy so set up to shoot waterdrops again. This time instead of using the faucet which was hard to regulate I set up my C-stand and boom arm and taped a medical dropper to it filled with water. It presented its own set of issues to deal with.

Once the eye-dropper ran out of water it had to be refilled and taped back on the boom arm. I marked the spot with tape, but it didn’t always line up with my pre-focused spot so, I had to refocus every time I filled up and remounted the eyedropper. Also there was a bit of wiggle room with the taped eyedropper so the drops didn’t always land in my pre-focused spot.

I didn’t get many keepers, but it was a fun way to pass a couple of hours on a rainy Sunday.

Plip Plop Drop