This photo was from our trip to San Diego a little over a year ago.
Magazines and books often select more then one photo to mock up for cover consideration. We had been on a bit of a losing streak lately missing out on what could have been exciting covers for National Geographic Adventure and Via Magazine. Maybe now our luck is changing!
San Diego wildflowers.
This is another colorful burn area in San Diego County. The purple flowers you can see along with the California Poppies is Parry phacelia. Parry phacelia if a fire follower.
California Poppies.
O my gosh, these hills are amazing! These incredible hills are a result of the San Diego wildfires this past fall. The burnt hills around San Diego are very colorful right now, and will probably get better in the days and weeks to come. I was fortunate enough to visit the Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve in 2003 which was a peak year - frankly, these are better, partly because of the shear numbers of poppies, but in addition, these hills are much more photogenic full of rocks and other cool subject matter.
I have two people who I owe a big thanks. (more…)
The Borrego photo I posted a couple of days ago was the second best sunrise from our recent trip- this morning in San Diego was definitely the best! (more…)
This dark, gloomy photo of the Imperial Beach Pier kind of summed up my mood when I realized I some how lost the extended keywords to about 400 images! Key-wording is about the only aspect of being a photographer that I don’t really like. I now discovered something worse; re-key-wording the same images! LOL. O well.
Giant Panda at the San Diego Zoo. (more…)
This is a Peacock at the San Diego Zoo. And I thought the Wood Duck were colorful! (more…)
A visitor and gorilla share a brief glance at the San Diego Zoo.
The Pier at Imperial Beach, California. I had all but given up on sunset when this bit of color appeared just before dark and saved the evening.
This is the San Diego Skyline captured a little before sunrise this morning, just a few hours ago. We have made two other very short trips to San Diego in recent years, and are hoping to add to our coverage of San Diego Photos on this trip.
Enjoying the sunset in Chula Vista, California. (more…)
Having spent most my life in Alaska, a place without Raccoons, I must admit I had never seen this common mammal. (more…)
Yep, while camping at Santee Lakes, we even took the time to rent a paddle boat. Yeah, we’re dorks, but they were fun. As you can see we kept the life vests in a very safe place - couldn’t have them getting wet!
I did find time to photograph other birds at Santee Lakes beside the Wood Ducks, including this Great Egret. (more…)
I have been trying to capture photos of these colorful guys in colorful reflections - I love bright colors, but this might be color overload!
Getting a photo of a Wood Duck was high on my wish list for this trip. Today I captured many! (more…)
