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Nike 6 Lowers Pro (32)

  

  

Poppy reserve  (14)

    

Vans Pro 08  (28)

 

Butterflies  (17)

    

 

Camellias  (8)

    

 

Wolves  (31)

 

     

Pelicans  (22)

    

Yosemite Color (46)

         
  Previous Monthly Updates:
     2008:
Chronological compilation of all the images as they are added to the web site. 

 

 

 

 

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.

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)

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.

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. 

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).

November

    Finished Boost Mobil Pro at Trestles  (46) and completed  Yosemite color  (46) and includes a panorama of the valley floor.

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)

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).

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).

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.

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.

May

Images of  Cambria (39) and Trestles Surfbout (20).

April

Images of  Spring Bulbs  (8) with On Location Panorama (1) and Bromeliads (11).

March

   Images of  Gulls (3), Egrets (3), Poppies (5), and Freesia (18).

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)

January

 

   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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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). 

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). 

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)

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). 

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.

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).

June

 Calla lilies (3), Epiphyllum (7), and Yosemite National Park (34).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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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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). 

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).

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).

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.

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).

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.

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. 

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).

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.

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).

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.

January

January includes images of pelicans in La Jolla (9), flying egrets (2) and some roses (4)  taken last summer.

     2004:

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).

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)

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. 

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.

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).

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.

June

June includes a gull in flight (1), butterfly (8), rose (1) , squirrel (1) and deer (1) images.

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).

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).

March

March is a strong month for  spring bulbs (7),  poppies (3),