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2013-05-19 22:43:31 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Time lapse of the clouds over Joshua Tree National Park. Captured with a GoPro Hero3 Black Edition.

2013-05-19 22:38:05 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

2013-05-16 04:33:34 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

2013-05-18 16:28:58 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Thanks to +Karen Hutton, the internets came along for the photowalk.

2013-05-16 02:20:47 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

Playing his own tune.... 

2013-05-16 03:39:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Added photos to Google+ San Francisco PhotoWalk with Thomas & Trey! All skill levels are invited - Grand Prize: Google Glass!.

2013-05-13 20:53:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Sunrise. Stayed at a campground named "Jumbo Rocks". I think they got the name right. It looked like the neighborhood for the Flintstones and the Rubbles. Joshua Tree National Park, CA. 

2013-05-13 15:56:49 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Rain approaches from across the desert. One can smell its arrival ten minutes before the drops reach your skin.

2013-05-13 15:15:39 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Not a bad view for ten dollars a night. Sunset over Joshua Tree National Park, California. I love the clouds in the desert.

2013-05-06 04:44:13 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Time to hit the road again. Civilization is causing my mood to be less civilized. I'm heading off to the desert for a few days. Load my beast, built a playlist or two, then tell work to survive until I get back. I'm looking forward to seeing more stars at one time than I've seen in the last five months combined. Wish me luck and let me know if you get into this kind of mood sometimes too.

2013-04-15 13:49:10 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes. No reward is offered. They are gone forever.
Horace Mann 

Seacliff Beach, Aptos, CA

2013-04-12 04:32:46 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 29 +1s)

I had to repost this because +Barry Blanchard got me in a donkey mood. Sleeping  at the beach this weekend, hoping to catch a nice sunset.

2013-03-17 23:41:22 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 21 +1s)

I need to get out of the city for a while... I need to go where the stars live.

Taken Christmas Eve 2011, in Death Valley.

2013-03-14 17:38:56 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan 

2013-03-10 13:54:30 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

クルマは丸目がカッコいいと思う。　DUTSUN510　Ginza, Tokyo

2013-03-09 20:52:45 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. - Frederick Douglass

2013-03-08 18:08:45 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 26 +1s)

I need to get myself somewhere with much less cell phone coverage. Taken last year around this time. Half-dome and a nice snowy day.

2013-03-08 17:27:02 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Work has been taking up all my photography time lately, but I managed to get this one while taking product shots for my day job.

2013-01-26 03:01:46 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Happy Birthday +Barry Blanchard. Taken while showing others one of his "spots", the Davenport Crack.

2013-01-23 17:50:53 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

I want my "ignore" button back in Notifications. First they took away my ability to scroll back through people that added me beyond the last 10 or 20, now this. If I wanted a crappy interface, I would go to facebook.

2013-01-20 19:55:32 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

Here's the result of my first sunset time-lapse using my GoPro camera attached to one of my tripod legs. Love to know what everyone thinks. I already know the horizon isn't straight, I'm working on improving the mount.

2013-01-19 20:14:39 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self. –Ted Hughes

2013-01-19 18:03:16 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

Caught these two while shooting the sunset at Pescadero Beach. This is a "second body" shot. I usually shoot sunsets with my D800e on a tripod, and use my D4 with a longer lens to catch other moments while waiting for the sun to set.

2013-01-19 17:36:36 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 28 +1s)

+Barry Blanchard, caught in the act at Pescadero Beach.
 Yes Barry, size does matter.

2013-01-19 17:27:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Photography rockstar +Michael Bonocore, staring into the sunset. I believe +Barry Blanchard was photographing the sunset reflected in his glasses at the same time. +SmugMug 

2013-01-19 16:59:13 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

Ducked out of work early to catch the sunset at Pescadero State Beach with the usual suspects including +Barry Blanchard +Cameron Siguenza +Chris Chabot +Cynthia Pyun +roma g +Natalia Stone +Ed Sweeney +E.E. Giorgi and many more.

2013-01-07 02:10:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Based on the forecasts, today had a good chance of being a washout, photo-wise. Luckily for those who to the optimistic path, it all worked out in the end. 
Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco from the morning of Jan 6th, 2013.

Taken with a Nikon D4 and a 24-70mm at 48mm. 1/800 sec at f/2.8. Processed with Lightroom 4, Nik Silver Efex Pro and Nik Dfine.

2013-01-07 01:17:19 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 29 +1s)

Storm painted skies over the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco. Thanks to  those who gave me the motivation to get up and see this sunrise this morning.

2013-01-07 00:00:14 (6 comments, 2 reshares, 17 +1s)

Based on the forecasts, today had a good chance of being a washout, photo-wise. Luckily for those who to the optimistic path, it all worked out in the end. Once again, everyone went low, so I went high. 
Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco from the morning of Jan 6th, 2013.

2013-01-05 06:05:55 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 34 +1s)

Another view of tonights beautiful sunset from the site of the old Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California. While everyone else is drinking and dining, I'll upload a few photos...

2013-01-07 01:43:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Added photos to San Francisco Bay Area Long Exposure Photowalk.

2013-01-05 05:43:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

A whole lot of photographers at Sutro Baths this evening. I was happy to be amongst them. The sunset also proved a cooperative subject.

2013-01-03 03:17:11 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

Sometimes the last few drops of light are the sweetest. This one was deep into the blue times.
Thanks to +Barry Blanchard and +Ed Sweeney for getting me out there, even if we shot from different locations.  Bonny Doon Beach, Northern California. 

2013-01-03 02:12:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Others had taken the high ground, so I staked my claim on the waterline for my last sunset of 2012. I think my next house needs more scenery in my commute. Bonny Dune, California.

2013-01-02 16:06:08 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 26 +1s)

Re-sharing this New Year's Eve sunset in B+W. Along the Northern California coast near Bonny Doon, CA.

Nikon D4, 24-70 at 24mm, 1/15th sec at f4.5, hand held. Schneider graduated filter, Lightroom 4.3 and Silver Efex.

2013-01-02 01:54:27 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 28 +1s)

Sometimes I just see a sunset in Black and White. This is from one of those times. Earlier this evening, Bonny Dune, California.

2013-01-01 05:47:13 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

Here's +Barry Blanchard taking photography to another level, or is that altitude.  We arrived together, but I chose to shoot from the beach and Barry took the high ground. That's one way to keep the salt spray off your lenses. Don't worry +Ed Sweeney, I got one of you, too. 

Bonny Dune, California

2012-12-21 20:13:45 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 27 +1s)

A more "Summery" view of Yosemite.

2012-12-21 20:12:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 22 +1s)

2012-12-21 18:42:45 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

I love when the storms come over Yoesemite....

2012-12-21 16:52:49 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

Sometimes they get a bit of snow on the roads inside the park. This shot was taken on Highway 120 inside the park, on the way into Yosemite Valley. The park had been closed for the first time in 13 years. We wanted to stay, but the camping areas were under seven to fifteen feet of snow and the park was without power, so they sent us away. We did get a beautiful day of shooting in before we had to leave.

2012-12-21 16:49:36 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

Bridal Veil Falls on a good run off day.

2012-12-21 16:47:46 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

Yosemite's best season is winter. Don't tell anyone. I may be heading up there tonight, since it's the first day of winter.

2012-12-18 20:08:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

The Devil's Golf Course, Death Valley National Park

2012-12-18 19:48:28 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 17 +1s)

This is the view I think of when I hear the term National Park. Yosemite's Half-Dome.

2012-12-18 19:46:04 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 25 +1s)

Re-shared my shot of Upper Yosemite Falls on a Summer Night for the National Parks Community. 
Yosemite National Park, California.

2012-12-16 19:23:31 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

Made it into Lightbox on my first try, Woohoo! Thank to everyone for their +1's and #save 's.

2012-12-16 18:49:15 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Hi, I'm Mike, and I'm based out of San Jose California.  I love travel and photography, and use both as an excuse to get me out from behind a keyboard and screen. I'll shoot anything...

2012-12-16 17:19:54 (17 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

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2012-12-13 23:25:31 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Spin that wheel...