Photo of the day

Its getting to be that time, when the evenings are cooler and a glass of wine on the balcony is a most welcome end to the day.    

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Hiked to the summit again today – my sixth time for the month. Nature does small things so well…. and then finishes off the day with the grand and the majestic.  

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This was a big weekend for variation, and this day as a matter of fact, a big day for the variety of images. First we start on the the seashore near Carmel, California where I had both cameras fast at work, one doing the close up thing, the other the telephoto thing. From what I’ve […]

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Sunset this time – including a panorama The panorama is a stitch of 5 separate images. You can see the larger image here.

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Back on the trail again – second day in a row. Today was also the second day that I got to try out the discovery about my manual focus macro setting on my “marginal” Olympus 5060 zoom. Seems to me that what was once marginal, is now full functional, at least in the manual mode. It’s […]

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The drought of lightning images that is.  I’d post a link to the last set that I took last year, but I don’t have them up yet.  I should get going on those, it was a cool rare late October storm.  At any rate, there have probably been some good storms here as of late, […]

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Thousands Flee – North of Albuquerque – Ash breaks through 35,000 feet. The New Mexico Volcano has a unique translation from the Spanish.

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Actually, the photos really make up a “report” on the conditions that I ran into while hiking on Saturday. There were no flowers, no real high drama, and other than the fact that one had to be continually cautious for the last several miles, it was a great day for a hike. The full story […]

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Start with a self portrait taken at the golden hour And then check out how the pilots always have the best sunset rides… Then add the panorama for full effect. In just a couple of weeks it we cross over to daylight savings time – can’t wait. Full sized panorama here.  After it loads – […]

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You wouldn’t hardly know it was winter this weekend – highs in the 60’s, warm breezes.  I decided to take short hike on the back side of the mountain, looking of all things, for a single tree in the middle of the forest. We didn’t find the tree but on the way back into town […]

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