February 2010
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Merced NWR with Dave
This post is a bit late, but that night I started to get chills/sick, so I went to bed. Anyway, I’m still ‘kicking’, other than a nagging cough (again). Dave Miller wanted to visit the Merced NWR and since I practically live there, well maybe just once a week, I was the unofficial guide for…
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The Day of the Goldfinches
I made a few minor changes to my backyard pond. Some of the birds couldn’t figure out how to come to the water. In the process of trying to hide the plastic, I used large rocks to line it. As I looked at the pond it looked more like a rock quarry than a pond,…
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Yosemite Falls
Since photographing Tunnel View was a bust at sun rise, as I suspected, I drove down to the valley to try and find the place on Southside drive to see and photograph Horsetail Falls at sunset. Since I passed it up I stopped by Swinging Bridge to photograph Yosemite Falls in the morning light. As…
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The Raven and the Deer
While I was trying to take a nap I couldn’t resist taken a picture of this Raven and then later on this Mule Deer at the El Capitan picnic area…
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Cloud on Horsetail Falls
As I was waiting until sunset to capture the Horsetail Falls, I spotted this single cloud right on top of the falls. I thought I’d convert the color image into black and white…
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Horsetail Falls at Sunset
Well, I had an opportunity to get out to Yosemite to try and capture the famous, natural firefall, ‘Horsetail Falls’ at sunset. Where to go though. Through a few e-mails from Dave Miller from “Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond” blog, I decided on Southside Drive instead of the more famous Nothside Drive location. Figuring I’d…
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The New Backyard DIY Photography Blind, Pond and Waterfall
Last year I wanted to build a small DIY photography blind in my backyard. I had an old play house that my kids used to play in. It worked, but I had to sit sideways and shoot. Not very comfortable. I need something larger and I also wanted to add a small water feature. I…
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Orange-crowned Warbler and Friends
I finished my new photography blind and pond/waterfall a few days ago. I’m going to take some pictures and post them at a later time, but I just had to try it out! I was able to capture an Orange-crowned Warbler flying around our Orange tree. They look like a hummingbird at first. It’s not…