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Mono Lake at Sunset

Sunrise on Soda Lake, Carrizo Plains NM

The guy in the campground who spent $50 to go to Bodie at 5 am said "why bother going to South...

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Uploaded on Jul 10, 2009

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Shot during our spring desert outing. Such a sweet, sweet, and relatively (for Central California)...

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Uploaded on Jul 9, 2009

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sun*stars in the tidepools

Misty says.....don't eat watermelon snow!

I'm not sure if I saw these little sun*stars in amongst the kelp when I shot this image--it's been...

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Uploaded on Jul 6, 2009

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"Watermelon" snow is caused by algae that grow in cold environments; the most common is...

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Uploaded on Jul 5, 2009

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Don't eat the watermelon snow

Lake Helen melting out

Misty (Princess) says....may all your pets be safe from the fireworks, and don't eat any yellow (or...

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Uploaded on Jul 4, 2009

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Lake Helen at Lassen Volcanic National Park. I was really captured by the color of the melt water...

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Uploaded on Jun 30, 2009

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Calochortus (Mariposa) Lily

California Pitcher Plant Flower

A very cute quarter sized, short -- within a few inches of the ground, Calochortus. Lavender with...

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Uploaded on Jun 30, 2009

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Oh, I've been waiting a long time to get a decent shot of one of these in bloom. ;-) Shot with a...

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Uploaded on Jun 29, 2009

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water beetles

Purposeful

Anyone know what these water beetles are likely to be? They're small, about the size of a pea...

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Uploaded on Jun 29, 2009

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I've seen these purposeful movement images from other people from time to time, but I only...

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Uploaded on Jun 27, 2009

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sonoma mountain sunset

Blue Time

Trying to follow this tutorial but I ran into a problem......I don't know what some of...

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Uploaded on Jun 17, 2009

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Moonrise over Sonoma Coast hills. I removed a not-very-obtrusive line of power poles that runs...

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Uploaded on Jun 15, 2009

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Ground Brodiaea fiddled

salmonberry reverse processed

The last of the strange processing (I think) for awhile. Back to natures gifts as nature intended...

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Uploaded on Jun 12, 2009

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For lack of better terminology I call this one "reverse processed". I zero'd out clarity...

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Uploaded on Jun 11, 2009

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fiddling in the mustard fields

Fiddling with the Vineyard 2

More fake-n-bake digital manipulation. ;-)

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Uploaded on Jun 7, 2009

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The same place and time as the last "fiddled vineyard". Almost the same fiddling--I just...

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Uploaded on Jun 7, 2009

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Fiddling with the Vineyard

Tule elk calves

Can you see the fiddling???? ;-P Be sure to let me know if you like or dislike the effect. I just...

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Uploaded on Jun 4, 2009

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This guy seldom took his eyes off the people who stopped and got out of their cars---one can't tell...

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Uploaded on Jun 4, 2009

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