Shaver Lake, Minus the Lake
For the past year, Southern California Edison was draining Shaver Lake so that contractors could add a liner to the dam. I guess it’s supposed to cut back on erosion and leakage. I recently saw some pictures of some of the ruins from the lake bed so I drove up Monday afternoon to hope to [...]
Change is Good?
It didn’t start off as a total re-design on all of my photography sites, but it just happened that way. It was bothering me that my top header was really too big for my tastes. I’m always telling other people (on other forums) that the pictures should be the focus, not the other fluff. So [...]
My Top 10 Pictures From 2011
It was a pretty slow year, photography-wise. I made a few trips to Yosemite, a few trips to the Merced NWR, one trip to the eastern Sierra to capture the fall colors. I visited a new location as well, the Great Valley Grassland near Gustine, CA. So with all of that, I thought I’d post [...]
Merry Christmas
Just wanted to say Merry Christmas to everybody here! The manger scene is a scratch-built building using balsa wood, plastic sheet and ordinary twigs and sand. I included two grain of wheat lights for lights made to look like lanterns and hand-painted the 4-inch figures.
Being Level or Looking Level?
When I started posting my landscape pictures on the internet, I would occasionally hear, “It’s not level” or the “Horizon isn’t level”. That was fine in most cases because I didn’t have a level on my camera or tripod. Fixed in post (Photoshop). I finally bought a level that attaches to the hot-shoe on the [...]
Lake Yosemite at Sunset
I drove out to Lake Yosemite in Merced to photograph the Lunar Eclipse that morning. I also planned on photographing the moonrise that evening from the same location. I should have just stayed at the park all day! I went back around 3:30 and parked at the back side of the lake, at the Old [...]
Lunar Eclipse at Lake Yosemite
I just couldn’t resist getting up early to try and photograph the Lunar Eclipse here in Merced. I thought the old theater would be a interesting subject because it’s one of the Merced landmarks. I got there around 5:30 and realized that by the time the full Eclipse were visible, the trees and buildings may [...]
Thanksgiving at Yosemite
One thing is for sure, sometimes it takes a while to decide if I want to post some of my experiences or photos. This is one of them. Some of you know by now, my wife booked us (me and the kids) room at the historic Mariposa Hotel Inn for Thanksgiving. She woke me up [...]
Sunrise at the Merced NWR
I haven’t visited the Merced NWR since October, I thought I’d take a drive and see how the conditions were. My “mission” was only to see how the pools were filling up and if I happen to take a few pictures along the way, it’s icing on the cake. With that in mind, I got [...]
Leftovers
No, this isn’t a post about Thanksgiving leftovers! We actually didn’t have any leftovers because we spent Thanksgiving at Mariposa and Yosemite the next day, but that’s for another entry. I posted my favorite fall colors last month. I was going through them and “found” a few more images, so I thought I’d share them [...]
I post all of my new nature pictures, random thoughts, and even my family pictures here. Some of those pictures never get posted to my 