Category: Local Scenes

January 19, 2010

Saint Catherine’s Church Revisited

Filed under: Local Scenes - 19 Jan 2010

This is the last series of photos from my last trip to Hornitos California. I didn’t plan on photographing this church as I already have a shot from a few years ago, “Saint Catherine’s Church”. But, when I saw …

January 15, 2010

D. Ghirardelli Store in Hornitos California

Filed under: Family,Local Scenes - 15 Jan 2010

Took the kids to Hornitos yesterday. It was a great day. The kids played in the park and I even played a little basketball….as much as I could without moving.

Since underbrush and leaves have disappeared for the winter, it was …

January 13, 2010

A Swainson’s Hawk & Great Egret – Merced NWR

Filed under: Local Scenes,Merced NWR - 13 Jan 2010

This week I had hoped for a great sunset this evening because we had a rain storm last night. Unfortunately it never happened. I was able to capture a Swainson’s Hawk on one of those ‘AREA CLOSED BEYOND THIS SIGN’ …

November 16, 2009

Merced NWR at Sunset

Filed under: Local Scenes,Merced NWR - 16 Nov 2009

Took a quick drive the Merced NWR last week (I know I’m slow in posting) to try and capture the sunset. I planned on setting up at my normal location, near the observation platform, but decided to change it up …

March 12, 2009

Random Pictures from the Merced NWR

Filed under: Local Scenes - 12 Mar 2009

Took another trip out to the Merced NWR on Wednesday afternoon. The water is receding, but there’s still lots of shorebirds to see.

“Squirrel on a Stick”

“Striking a Pose”

“White-faced …

March 11, 2009

Yosemite Valley from Denair, CA

Filed under: Local Scenes - 11 Mar 2009

Who knew?!? I didn’t think it was possible to see Yosemite Valley from the central valley, but I was wrong…first time for everything ;-) !

Thanks to Tony Immoos (and others) I finally got a decent picture of Yosemite Valley (Half …

March 2, 2009

Killing Time at the Merced NWR

Filed under: Local Scenes - 02 Mar 2009

Both of my daughters had their gymnastics practice a few days ago. This time instead of sitting and watching for 4 hours, I decided to take a drive out to the Merced National Wildlife Refuge and see if I could …