That’s the Spot!
I’ve never seen a dog so proud of eating dirt You know that “slow kid” on the playground, eating dirt in the corner? Sometimes, I think …
18 Feb
Hamburguesa Completa
Hamburguesa Completa
Hamburguesa Completa in Madrid hamburguesa completa
16 Feb
Yashica Electro
Yashica Electro
Yashica Electro I bought an old 35mm film camera, the Yashica Electro, on eBay. It wasn’t so much important that it’s film – I rather enjoy …
04 Feb
2013…
2013…
Homemade Spinach and Feta Stromboli Can’t believe it’s 2013 already – not only that, it’s *February* 2013. Wow… So anyway, this year I haven’t made an official …
14 Nov
Shawanda
Shawanda
First post in a while… can’t say I’ll be doing this again regularly yet, but I know I’ve been bad. My New Year’s Resolution lasted …
15 Jun
Bumblebee
Bumblebee
Bumblebee Didn’t come out the best but I didn’t want to get “too” close… I’ll see if I can redo this one
14 Jun
Butter Lettuce Growing in the Garden
Butter Lettuce Growing in the Garden
Butter Lettuce Growing in the Garden
11 Jun
Dew on Tomato Plant
Dew on Tomato Plant
Dew on Tomato Plant Kind of a cop-out today, unfortunately. I’m behind on work so I pulled this from my macro shot collection that I took …
10 Jun
Tiger Lily Doesn’t Like Me
Tiger Lily Doesn’t Like Me
Tiger Lily My allergies have been killing me lately, and when I looked closely at this Tiger Lily, it’s practically flipping me off with its stamens. …
09 Jun
Pohutukawa Bloom
Pohutukawa Bloom
Pohutukawa Bloom Bloom on a Pohutukawa tree, reminded me of an anemone in this macro shot
08 Jun
Watered Flowers
Watered Flowers
Watered Flowers I don’t know what type of flower this is (they are all over my work complex) but I caught this just after it had …
05 Jun
Dew on Rose Petals
Dew on Rose Petals
Dew on Rose Petals I like how the dew condensed nicely here, following the contour of the rose petals
04 Jun
Spittlebug Nymph
Spittlebug Nymph
Spittlebug Nymph next to a dime, for scale I changed the theme on my site back to “Autofocus” for now, as the photography theme that I …
03 Jun
Dew on Spiderweb
Dew on Spiderweb
Dew on Spiderweb It was a bit foggy in the morning, but it worked out well – found some nice dewdrops and water formations (more to …
02 Jun
Snail on a Flower
Snail on a Flower
Snail on a Flower I was a little disappointed this morning – I had hoped for a nice sunrise. I usually get to photographing stuff in …
01 Jun
Macro Pink Knotweed
Macro Pink Knotweed
Macro Pink Knotweed A few days ago I posted a pseudo-macro shot of pink knotweed in my yard. I say pseudo-macro, because as I mentioned in …
31 May
Pink Flower Macro
Pink Flower Macro
Pink Flower I don’t know what this is, to be honest. It’s probably some kind of weed (it was growing among weeds in my backyard) but it had …
30 May
Lavender
Lavender
Macro Lavender So, I posted a picture of the lavender a few days ago when I noticed that it started to open. With this new macro …
29 May
Water Droplets on Pink Rose
Water Droplets on Pink Rose
Water on Pink Rose Petals As you can see, I’m definitely having fun and getting use out of this macro lens! It’s pretty cool the detail …
28 May
Desert Plant Macro
Desert Plant Macro
Desert Plant Macro of a desert plant near the Pacifica pier – Pacifica, CA
27 May
Macro Pink Rose
Macro Pink Rose
Pink Rose This was a small pink rose growing in my front yard. This is the first picture I’ve taken and uploaded with the 100mm macro …
26 May
Pink Knotweed
Pink Knotweed
Pink Knotweed This is (I think) “pink knotweed,” which is an ornamental plant native to Asia. It’s growing well – almost rampantly – in several areas …
25 May
Old Wooden Fence
Old Wooden Fence
Old Wooden Fence I wouldn’t say there is anything particularly “special” about this fence, but I like it – and I’ll also be getting rid of …
24 May
Pink Rose
Pink Rose
Pink Rose This is another example of pseudo macro, as I took the shoot about 1′ away with my 1.8 prime, and cropped in on the …
23 May
Water Beads
Water Beads
Water Beads It’s kind of funny (in a neat way) what the world looks like when you get a little closer… I’ve always liked the idea …
22 May
Old Wooden Bridge
Old Wooden Bridge
Old Wooden Bridge One of my future DIY projects, this old bridge arcs over what was previously a pond with a small waterfall, but what is …
21 May
Lavender
Lavender
Lavender Opening I love my garden, and I have a huge problem with neighborhood cats digging in there – sometimes they’ll destroy the plants, other times …
20 May
Cobwebs and Rust
Cobwebs and Rust
Cobwebs and Rust Without realizing it, I suppose I’ve started a sort of “series” on the railings in my backyard – more accurately, I should say, …
14 May
Cobwebs on the Railing
Cobwebs on the Railing
Cobwebs on the Railing It’s hard to believe, but it’s been almost three months since my last post. It’s amazing how fast life can pass by …
19 Feb
Deer
Deer
Deer Couple of deer while hiking – it was actually more difficult to see in the picture than in real life. I did post-process and bring …
18 Feb
Christmas Hike
Christmas Hike
Christmas Hike Christmas Day, 2011 – taken in Pacifica, CA on a hike
17 Feb
What Is This?
What Is This?
What is this? I have no idea – it reminds me of wheat. These are all over my office complex, so I grabbed a shot …
16 Feb
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn OK I lied – have a couple more that actually were from the end of last year (Novemberish). Scheduling seems to be working though, so …
15 Feb
Sunrise, Redwood City
Sunrise, Redwood City
Sunrise, Redwood City This is the sunrise in winter, just over the salt flats that are across the parking lot from my office building. As the …
14 Feb
Unfortunate Holdup
Unfortunate Holdup
Fall Well, sorry for the filler – this is rather unfortunate. I am at work and realized that my scheduled post for yesterday never processed. I …
09 Feb
Dusk, Kauai
Dusk, Kauai
Dusk Dusk, in Kauai. Not much to say today, it’s been busy. Will have a proper post for tomorrow
08 Feb
Playing it Safe
Playing it Safe
Marriott Waterfall I’ve got a few “backup” pictures today from Kauai – having another issue with my main storage drive at home so I can’t access …
07 Feb
Tauranga, New Zealand
Tauranga, New Zealand
Clouds Over Tauranga I’ve got a couple more from Mount Maunganui for you today – this first image is an HDR composition of the clouds that …
06 Feb
Hiking Mount Maunganui
Hiking Mount Maunganui
Lambs on Mt Maunganui Today there are two shots from Mount Maunganui. This place was, of course, incredibly beautiful. There were little “secrets” all over the …
05 Feb
Australian Water Dragon
Australian Water Dragon
Australian Water Dragon in B&W I’m having some problems with my image uploader today, so I hope this comes out alright. Today’s picture was one of …
04 Feb
Edwin Fox – HDR
Edwin Fox – HDR
HDR Edwin Fox I don’t know that I have much else about the Edwin Fox to show you, but by now you may be getting tired …
03 Feb
More of the Edwin Fox
More of the Edwin Fox
Edwin Fox Side Sheathing I have a few more pictures of the Edwin Fox today Edwin Fox and Inside the Edwin Fox
02 Feb
Clouds over Picton, NZ – HDR vs. Standard
Clouds over Picton, NZ – HDR vs. Standard
HDR image of clouds over Picton, NZ Today is a bit of a comparison. When I photograph the clouds or the sky, generally there is a …
01 Feb
Ship’s Cove, New Zealand – HDR
Ship’s Cove, New Zealand – HDR
Ship's Cover, New Zealand – late afternoon If you wanted to learn more about Ship’s Cove, Wikipedia has a little blurb. We got lucky – the …
31 Jan
Aboard the Edwin Fox
Aboard the Edwin Fox
Aboard the Edwin Fox – pt.1 While traveling through New Zealand, we had the unique opportunity to check out the maritime museum for THE Edwin Fox. …
30 Jan
Classics (Day 30)
Classics (Day 30)
Winner, winner, chicken dinner… I don’t recall the specifics of this meal – if I can find the picture of the menu that I took, I’ll …
29 Jan
Sunset Over the Tasman Sea
Sunset Over the Tasman Sea
Sunset over the Tasman Sea Today’s post is short and sweet – just a picture of the sunset we saw when cruising over the Tasman Sea
28 Jan
Burnie, Tasmania
Burnie, Tasmania
Burnie, Tasmania Today’s shot is a triple exposure HDR of Burnie, Tasmania. This was an absolutely incredible place, and actually reminded me a lot of my …
27 Jan
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Redux
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Redux
Sydney Harbour Bridge – HDR, but from a different angle This is another shot of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, except it’s from a different angle than …
26 Jan
Sydney Opera House – pseudo HDR
Sydney Opera House – pseudo HDR
Sydney Opera House – pseudo HDR Today’s picture is a “pseudo” HDR shot of the front of the Sydney Opera House. By pseudo, I mean that …
25 Jan
Starting the Journey
Starting the Journey
Sydney Opera House, HDR Something I found interesting in yesterday’s post was that even though I had set the image to be “full size” within the …
24 Jan
Starting Some Down Under Posts
Starting Some Down Under Posts
Sydney Harbour Bridge – HDR this will be a little interesting – I’m starting to post up my Australian and New Zealand pictures, and I’m also …
23 Jan
Through the Trees
Through the Trees
Walking through the trees in Yosemite Taken in late summer, 2011, I wanted to show the sheer size of these beautiful trees… they really are incredible …
22 Jan
Day 22, a two-fer
Day 22, a two-fer
Sand…Lucy, at The Tides resort The featured image from today’s post is Lucy. I can’t remember what type of bird she is, but she was very …
21 Jan
Flowers and a Shy Little Spider
Flowers and a Shy Little Spider
Shy little guyCalla lilieslittle white flowers So I am trying to get multiple pictures working the way I want to, but to me it seems a …
20 Jan
The Kauai Shore
The Kauai Shore
Kauai Shore You can see here the nice, dark, volcanic rock on the Kauai shore near Poipu Beach. The sun came out a bit, but the …
19 Jan
Flowers on Kauai
Flowers on Kauai
Today we have two pictures – a red… hrm.. the name escapes me. Think it has something with lava in it. Aside from that, we …
18 Jan
Wicklow
Wicklow
Wicklow area outside of Dublin, Ireland If you’ve seen the movie “P.S. I Love You,” you may have heard of the Wicklow area. It’s outside of …
17 Jan
Koi Pond
Koi Pond
Koi Pond on Kauai With the exception of a few, the pictures from here on our should be pretty chronological. This picture was something I am …
16 Jan
Pohutukawa Tree
Pohutukawa Tree
Red Pohutukawa Tree The Pohutukawa Tree, also referred to as the Christmas Tree (or New Zealand Christmas Tree) is beautiful and unique tree known for its bright …
15 Jan
Day 15! A little purple…
Day 15! A little purple…
Purple Flower I’m not really sure what this flower is – but it’s certainly vibrant. I took this shot in Kauai, near Poipu Beach. I’ve got …
14 Jan
After the Storm
After the Storm
Near Poipu Beach on Kauai, after a stormy night I must admit, I love this picture. I love it for many reasons, but mostly, because it …
13 Jan
Sunset at Poipu Beach
Sunset at Poipu Beach
Sunset at Poipu Beach The sunset at Poipu beach was incredible – there were (naturally) a few while I was here, but I think this was …
12 Jan
Yes, this is dog
Yes, this is dog
Bonez, my brother's buddy For those needing a reference, click me. This is my brother’s dog – I’ve got a few shots lined up over the next …
11 Jan
Sunset over the Bay of Plenty
Sunset over the Bay of Plenty
Sunset over the Bay of Plenty, from the MS Volendam This is a panoramic shot, stitched together from two exposures. It was actually a little difficult …
10 Jan
A Simple Rose
A Simple Rose
Peach Rose There really isn’t too much to say about this picture, but I enjoy it. It’s one of the first ones I ever took when …
09 Jan
Tokyo Streets at Night
Tokyo Streets at Night
This is another one from my Tokyo trip – I’m still organizing some files but I’ve taken some great sunset shots lately that I’ll be …
08 Jan
Painted Petals
Painted Petals
The wrath of the flower girl Today is day 8. I know you’re not counting, but I am… Anyway, I began by processing this picture normally. I …
07 Jan
Waves on the Rocks (Day 7)
Waves on the Rocks (Day 7)
Waves crashing over a rocky beach in Kauai Today is the 7th day of my 2012 photoblog challenge, and I’m slowly finding my pace. I chose …
06 Jan
Fire in the Sky (Day 6)
Fire in the Sky (Day 6)
Sunset over Pacifica, CA pier I took this picture the other night, actually (Jan 4) but since I had already posted my shot for the day, …
05 Jan
Day five!
Day five!
Powerscourt Gardens, Ireland I took this picture while wandering through the Powerscourt Gardens in Ireland, just outside of Dublin / Enniskerry. It was the week of …
04 Jan
Day four…
Day four…
Sakura Hotel, where we spent the rest of our stay We’ve got one more from 2010 here, when I wasn’t doing any blogging. I really liked …
03 Jan
Day threeeee
Day threeeee
Yellow leaf on pavers, Tokyo I should have known that everything wouldn’t go smoothly – even with precise planning! That’s what always makes me so nervous …
02 Jan
Day two!
Day two!
Small bird in Kauai First off, let me start by saying that I don’t plan on counting every day that I post (i.e. “Day two!”), but …
01 Jan
Gotta start!
Gotta start!
Well, I still hope to be completed with all of the backend stuff by the end of tonight, but regardless, I need to make sure …
30 Dec
Boo!
Boo!
Looks like GoDaddy wiped out parts of the db before everything was migrated – rather strange since I didn’t actually *cancel* with them yet… oh well. Think …