Sunset Over Malibu, California
A night vantage point offered me a view of the Southern California coastline.
Many attributes define as as human. We can make tools, we are self-aware, we have language. Surely we are also human because of our ability to enjoy a beautiful sunset.
Capture Date: Jan 25, 2015 05:46 PM•Views: 387
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Droning On Beneath the 6th Street Bridge
Sometimes it's quiet beneath the 6th Street Bridge, just east of downtown Los Angeles. Sometimes there are people just hanging around, with nothing better to do than climb the lampposts and watch themselves, as a drone records their derring-do.
That was the case a few days ago when two of us brought our cameras with us to see what was up – literally – below the bridge. I like this photo. Exposure and composition had to be made on the fly, so to speak. The look is monumentally urban, and the scene calls to mind King Kong atop the Empire State Building. (Actually, we'd happened upon a video shoot.) By the way, if you'd like a private tour of Los Angeles with me for a few hours or a day, or to join me on my next scheduled tour of the city, contact me.
Capture Date: Dec 22, 2014 01:05 PM•Views: 395
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The Open Road
Photographed on a bike ride after I'd pedaled up several hundred feet above the Pacific Ocean, in the hills of Malibu, Southern California.
Capture Date: Dec 17, 2014 01:00 PM•Views: 195
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Leader of the Pack
A great pyrenees leads a herd of sheep along Highway 395, along the east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
Capture Date: Oct 19, 2003 07:41 PM•Views: 409
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On the Brink - Big Chico Creek, Chico, California
The meaning of a photograph can be obvious to me before I press the shutter release. Here is the meaning I gleaned after, rather than before, I made this photograph: Aren't our lives like these leaves? Aren't we often, and perhaps always, balanced on the brink of falling into the unknown? Life, whether as complex as that of a human being, or something as simple as a leaf, is changeable, and in the scheme of things, emphemeral. Capture Date: Jun 2, 2007 02:21 PM•Views: 282
When I made this photograph, my camera was balanced on the railing of a foot bridge. The leaves in this photograph achieved temporary equilibrium on the edge of the dam at the base of the amazing Sycamore Pool. Filled year-round by the waters of Big Chico Creek, Sycamore Pool is an enormous, concrete, municipal swimming pool in the town of Chico, California. To me, Chico is paradise lost. I'm not sure anyone else noticed these leaves; they probably caught my attention because I've seen leaves balanced like these on other occasions, in other places. This is the fir No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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A Rose by Any Other Name...
Photographed in Orinda, California.
Capture Date: Jun 3, 2007 02:52 PM•Views: 231
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The View from the Summit of Mount Diablo, California
Mount Diablo stands as an isolated, 3,849-foot (1,173 m) landmark, visible from much of the San Francisco Bay Area. On the day I made my trip to the summit, the view was impressive, although distant landmarks, such as Mt. Lassen, in the Cascade Mountains, and Half Dome, in Yosemite, were not visible. Capture Date: Jun 5, 2007 03:02 PM•Views: 227
I'm not sure why some humans - myself among them on occasion - enjoy "conquering" the summits of important mountains. I'm a little sorry, too, that a paved road winds its way to the top of Mt. Diablo. While the old visitor center on the summit is impressive, it would not be so without the accompanying view. Considered, like many imposing mountains, to be a sacred place, Mt. Diablo has served in Native America mythology as a seat of creation. Perhaps making the journey in my little pick-up truck (with my pbase friend - Rosemarie ), rather than on foot or on my bike, made for a more mundane visit. Certainly I enjoyed the view, which here looks sou No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Alone, Not Lonely - Portland, Oregon
When I was a child I thought being alone was the equivalent of being lonely. Yet there is a difference between enforced and voluntary isolation. Capture Date: Jun 11, 2007 09:30 PM•Views: 225
Mike, whom I met as darkness fell over the city of Portland, does not fear being by himself, nor does he mind a lack of companionship. With his life stripped down almost to the essentials, he carries all that he owns on his back. His one luxury appeared to be a mini-boom box. When we met, Mike was listening to the radio. "Do you know this song?" he asked with a smile. I did (in fact it has a rather special meaning for me.) As he headed into the night, his bedroll on his back, I did not know if Mike embraced the lyrics of the song or turned his back to them. "Desparado" Desperado, Oh you ain't getting no younger. Your pain and your hunger, They're driving you home. And freedom, oh freedom. Well that's just some people talking. Your prison is walking through this world all alone. No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Sneak Attack!
An annoyed crow dive bombs an unsuspecting eagle, in a residential neighborhood in Astoria, Oregon.
Capture Date: Jun 12, 2007 11:35 AM•Views: 225
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Clammers south of Cannon Beach, Oregon
When a clammer spots a hole, or "dimple" in the sand, she or he will utilize a three-foot long piece of four inch diameter PVC pipe, capped with a handle, to help capture a clam. The trick is to then position the pipe over the top of the dimple and begin pushing the pipe deep into the sand. Placing a thumb over the tiny exhaust hole drilled into the top of the pipe creates suction on the trapped sand and water below. Pulling upward brings a column of beach sand trapped in the tube. Capture Date: Jun 13, 2007 09:27 AM•Views: 164
Removing a thumb from exhaust port allows the sand to fall free. With luck, a shiny brown clam shell will be extracted from the sand. No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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A Dreamscape Near the Mouth of Tillamook Bay, OregonCapture Date: Jun 13, 2007 11:28 AM•Views: 206No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Ghost Boat
Sometimes we come to an understanding of something by a bit of indirection. Sometimes what we think we see is merely an illusion. Capture Date: Jun 13, 2007 08:41 PM•Views: 209
This is the "Maranantha," shown in reflection - and flipped upside down - while docked in Depoe Bay, Oregon. No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Harbor Seal at tide pools near Otter Rock, OregonCapture Date: Jun 14, 2007 07:50 AM•Views: 152No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Sea Anomone, Oregon Coast Aquarium
A large anemone, firmly attached to the glass, is illuminated by a shaft of sunlight.
Capture Date: Jun 14, 2007 12:49 PM•Views: 152
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Beneath the Coos Bay Bridge
Many of the 1930's era bridges in the state of Oregon, USA, are triumphs of architecture. That includes the undersides of this bridge, which to me resembles a Medieval cathedral.
Capture Date: Jun 15, 2007 02:14 PM•Views: 203
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