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The newest stuff highlights groups of images by theme.
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Previous Monthly Updates: |
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2008: |
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Chronological
compilation of all the images as they are added to the web site.
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May |
Nothing like choppy waves, 20 MPH wind, and occasional
rain to highlight the
Nike 6
Lowers Pro (32) at Lower Trestles.
Roses (1) bloom profusely in May. |
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April |
The
Vans Pro (28) held at the end of March in Surf City.
Also visited
Poppy Reserve (14) in Lancaster, CA.
Finally made it Descanso Gardens to check out the last
of the
spring bulbs (12) |
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March |
Continuing rain and clouds in Orange County so went back
to Palm Desert to photograph
wolves (11).
Rain wiped out the prime week for
camellias (8) but
found a few during the second week of March. Went back
and posted some
silk floss (7) taken last fall.
Finished the month with images
butterflies (17) from San Diego. |
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February |
Started the month
with more images of
night heron (5) and
orchids (3)
and
Antherium (1) at Sherman Gardens. Also added
additional images of
pelicans (14) from a second trip to
La Jolla. Posted images of cactus garden at
Huntington Library (9) in San Marino, California and
wolves (21) taken at the Living Desert in Palm
Springs. |
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January |
Originally started
this web site with images of egrets and will start 2008
with more images of
egrets
(4) and
night heron (3). At mid month drove down to
LaJolla Coves to photograph
pelicans (6). Also found some great information on
digitally converting color to
B&W. |
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December |
It's
the time of year when many bird species are migrating
south thru Southern California. Starting with a few
"environmental" images of
hawks
(2),
egrets (4), and
night herons (4). Also prepared a quick summary of
proportions (5) of images, mats, and frames for
presentation. Including images of
Cheetahs (10) and
Lions (3) taken at Wild Animal Park , some
flying
pintails (2) and
egrets (2)
and
night heron (1). |
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November |
Finished
Boost Mobil Pro at Trestles (46) and completed
Yosemite color (46) and includes a panorama of the valley floor. |
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October |
Continued working on the Boost Mobile Pro at
Trestles (22) and starting
Eastern Sierra
color (35). Also working on the my last football
game of the season,
SAC vs Cerritos (34) |
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September |
It's football season again
starting with Santa Ana College
SAC versus Moorpark (43),
SAC versus Fullerton (21) and
SAC vs Orange Coast (23). |
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August |
The big event in Southern
California in late July (IMOP) is the US Open in
Huntington Beach which includes
men's (43) and woman's
women's (16) surfing in addition to most extreme sports.
On the opposite spectrum,
amaryllis (11) are doing their quick annual thing at
Descanso Gardens. Photographed a
finch (2) while at the gardens,
black
crowned night heron (3) and
egrets (2).
Finally, no sunflowers but a
Gloriosa
Daisy (1). |
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July |
Converted the "figure"
section to "flash". Started the month with an
image of a
Calla Lily (1)
and new section on
Day Lilies (5). Also getting back to finishing the
LBGP
Lemans (6) and
Speed GT (2). Accidentally created an
Audi (1) digital image "Location"
flash show
updated images from Cambria and Monterey. |
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June |
Images taken in
Monterey (39),
Waves (2),
Mav.Snaps (6),
Figure (21)
photography at the Weston Ranch, panoramic image taken
at a local park,
Peters
Cyn Pan (2),and
Lotus (7) at Echo Park. |
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May |
Images of
Cambria (39) and
Trestles Surfbout (20). |
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April |
Images of
Spring Bulbs (8) with
On Location Panorama (1) and
Bromeliads (11). |
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March |
Images of
Gulls (3),
Egrets (3),
Poppies (5), and
Freesia (18). |
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February |
Started new
section on
camellias
(10). New "flash slide show
with music" for
Champ
car racing. Takes a few minutes to load. Turn your speakers up.
Also added images of
orchids
(6),
birds (2),
cactus (5),
Leaf in branches (1), and
Pelicans (7) |
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January
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Starting the new year with mages
of a
Night Heron (6) in a Sycamore tree,
fungi (3),
winter (6), egrets (1), and new section on
vines (4).
Also images of
pelicans (4),
seals (4) and
waves (2) added to surfing section. Went back
to Yosemite 2002 and created a
Yosemite Valley Floor Panorama (1) from old images.
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2006: |
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December |
Images
of
winter (15)
Descanso Gardens (2),
and
lion cub
(1) at Wild Animal Park. Also
images of
autumn (6) and a
tufa panoramic (1). Bird season is once again upon us
in SoCal:
Blue Herons (3),
Egrets (13),
and
egrets flying panorama (1). |
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November |
Trip to
Eastern Sierra (43) and
Bodie Ghost Town (12), including some
deer (7) and
hawks (3), in late October. Also shot
SAC vs Cerritos College (21) and
SAC vs
Saddleback (29). |
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October |
Football season includes
SAC vs
El Camino (26) and
SAC vs Pasadena City College (32). Also added
images of
hummingbird (1),
Gloriosa (2),
Descanso (3),
roses (3), and
vine coil (1) |
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September |
Working on the
Boost Mobil Pro (45) held at Trestles mid month. Image of
squirrel (1) climbing through tree at Descanso. New
series on
sunflowers (7). Also new sections on
spiders (1)
and
Fullerton Arboretum (2). |
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August |
Surfing at the
U.S. Open (45). Also images of a
sunflower (1),
bees (2),
butterflies (2), and
black crowned night heron (1).
Completed 2 continuously running, with music, flash slide shows
Yosemite 06 and
Surfing. Also "hot spot" map of Yosemite. |
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July |
Primary focus was on
butterflies (13) at Exposition Park in downtown LA.
Also images of
water lilies (2)
lotus
(3), and a
rudbeckia (1). |
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June |
Calla
lilies (3),
Epiphyllum (7), and
Yosemite National Park
(34). |
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May |
Newly added images for May
include images of
green (2),
orchids (4), the
Body Glove Surf Contest (16) at Lower Trestles,
Butterflies (23) at Wild Animal park, and the
Long Beach Grand Prix (42). |
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April |
Images included
Van's Pro
Surf Contest (15)
and
Maui
by digicam (41). Maui images include a
water lily (2).
Images of birds include:
Egrets
(8),
Black
Crowned Night Herons (3),
and
Pelicans
(2). |
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March |
Capturing the beauty and feel of
Camellias
(11) can be challenging. Also photographed
gulls
(3),
egrets
(3),
ducks
(13),
night herons
(3),
Ibis
(6), and
Gerenuk
(2). |
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February |
Shot
a lot of images of birds on the cliffs of La Jolla.
While photographing
pelicans
(25),
egrets
(3),
gulls
(28), and
cormorants
(9), got a few grab shots of
whales
(2). Also some
orchids
(3) and
koi
(5). |
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January |
Early
January is an opportune time to photograph birds in
SoCal including
egrets
(5),
gulls
(14),
gulls
(4), and
cormorants
(2). Also, images of
lions
(4) at Wild Animal Park. While photographing
pelicans
(19) and
pelicans
(14) in La Jolla, got a few grab shots of
whales
(2). Also started an
abstract
(3) section, images of
green
(2),
orchids
(5), and a
digital rendered image
(1). |
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2005: |
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December |
Images include Palomar Mountain State Park of
autumn color (10) and at The Living
Desert of
hummingbirds (3) a few
scenics (2),
cactus (2),
butterflies (5),
and
Road
Runners (3).
(mages taken in San Diego include a
Pintail duck (1)
flamingos
(2),
egrets
(3),
night heron (1)
and
gulls (5).
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November |
Shot 5 junior college football games of
Santa Ana College
. Miscellaneous images of
egrets (6) ,a
gazelle (1)
and a
meercat (1) at Wild Animal Park, a
black crowned night heron (1), and a
digitally rendered image (1) of a football play.
Finally, fall color at
Palomar Mountain State Park (10). |
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October |
Junior college football images of
Santa Ana College
vs OCC (8),
vs Golden West (24),
vs Palomar (13),
vs Fullerton (8), and
vs S.D. Mesa (22).
Also posted images of
Rip Curl Pro Ladies Surf Contest (17) held in Malibu
and miscellaneous images from Wild Animal Park of
egrets (1).
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September |
Mid September is time for
Boost
Mobil Pro (23) at Trestles. Shooting junior
college football which includes Ana Ana College
SAC vs Palomar (7),
SAC vs Fullerton (8), and
SAC vs S.D. Mesa (22). Finished
images of
water lilies (6) taken at Mission San Juan
Capistrano. Also
digitally rendered (6) several images. |
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August |
Images
include
gazelle (8) taken at Wild Animal Park,
butterflies (9) taken at Exposition Park in LA
and the US. Open of Surfing on Saturday (13) and
Sunday (12).
Also a few miscellaneous images of
green (1),
amaryllis
(8) at Descanso,
wood (2),
water lilies (5) at Mission SJC, and a
digitally rendered image (1). |
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July |
Images
include
lotus (5) taken at my once a year trek to
Echo Park in downtown L.A. Also a few images of
water lilies (5) and
butterflies (9) taken at
Exposition Park in LA. |
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June |
Spent some time in
Monterey (24)
photographing at Garrapata, Point Lobos, Carmel River,
Westin Wildcat Ranch. I also captured images
of
Least Terns
(3) at Bolsa Chica and
Ephyllum (11)
in San Diego.
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May |
Images
at the Body Glove Surf Bout held at Lower Trestles at
the end of April. The weather was perfect which meant
difficult hard lighting. The surf bout has been divided
into the
men's round of 32
(39),
men's quarters thru finals
(22), and
ladies (16).
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April |
Wild Animal Park opened a new program named
Cheetah Run
(17). Captured more images of captive animals in the
Heart of Africa
(4) and a new exhibit,
Lion Camp (4).
Also a few
egrets (3),
poppies (4),
and a
sparrow (1).
Added assorted images of
roses (17)
most at South Coast Botanical gardens in Palos Verdes.
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March |
As early spring approaches,
spring bulbs
(11) are in full bloom in SoCal. This is also a
good time to photograph
nesting egrets
(21)
gulls (3),
night herons
(7), and
butterflies
(20). Additional images taken at
Upper Pond (5)
and
Heart of Africa
(4) at Wild Animal Park. Also images of Saucer
Magnolias (2),
winter leaves
(3),
Camellias (2),
and
orchids (6).
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February |
February includes
remainder of images of
pelicans (9)
in La Jolla from January, along with some
Cormorants
(2),
Camellias (4),
baby
hummingbirds
(1) in a nest and
other (2). New
sections on
tropical (4)
flowers and
orchids (10)
have been created.
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January |
January includes
images of
pelicans in La
Jolla (9), flying
egrets (2) and
some
roses (4)
taken last summer.
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2004: |
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December |
The mild autumn and winter in SoCal can produce some
really interesting images of
roses
(9),
weeds (1),
Silk Floss flowers
(3), a
bark pattern (1), and some
leaves (3).
Ending 2004 with a flying
pelican (1).
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November |
Finishing a new section on
roses
(8) photographed at Descanso gardens in October and
section on
sunflowers (6) photographed on a small farm in Orange.
Also adding a few images of
green (4) |
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October |
Football images include
SAC vs Saddleback
(21) and
SAC vs Orange Coast
(18)
football games.
Also finishing off the
Boost Mobil Pro
(7) from the month before.
Started a new section on
roses
(9) photographed at
Descanso gardens.
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September |
Starting month with photos of Santa Ana
College
SAC vs. Pierce
(21)
football game. Fall is
also prime time for
sunflowers (3).
The
Boost Mobil Pro
(22) Surfing contest at Trestles
was held mid month
and comments on
photographing surfing has been added. |
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August |
Images
from the
U.S. Open of Surfing
(12) held in Huntington Beach at the end of July.
The
X-Games
(10) were held the following Saturday.
Also some misc. images of
lilies
(1),
patterns (1), and some comments under
Techniques about
MP and print size (1) and
exposure latitude (1). |
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July |
Starting July with images of
Lotus
(7) taken at Echo Park in L.A., some
rose images
(2) taken at the mission in San Juan
Capistrano and misc. images of
lilies (4). Also added a page on
computer hardware configuration
for digital image processing. |
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June |
June includes a
gull in flight (1),
butterfly (8),
rose (1) ,
squirrel (1) and
deer (1) images. |
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May |
May centers around a trip to
Monterey (22) and includes selected images
from the
17 Mile Drive (2) , the
Monterey Bay Aquarium (4),
Point Lobos (6),
Asilomar State Beach (4), and
Big Sur / Pfeiffer / Garrapata (6). Also
added a images of
night herons (3),
egrets (1) ,fighting
ducks
(1),
Epiphyllum (4) and
spring bulbs (4). |
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April |
April started with
spring bulbs (11) at Descanso Gardens in SoCal.
Due to space limitations, began a 3rd database of
spring bulbs (5). Towards the middle of the
month, moved on to
Iceland poppies (2). Digital images added include
night herons (2), a
flying mallard (1),
great blue herons (2), a few
orchids (3), and
butterflies (5). |
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March |
March is a strong month for
spring bulbs (7),
poppies
(3),
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