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2013-04-16 03:57:26 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

Something a bit moody for the day..

2013-04-16 03:32:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

California Poppy

2013-04-15 04:12:36 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Sometimes the best toy is the box it came in...

2013-04-07 22:55:25 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

Angry Birds...

2012-10-19 03:48:24 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 20 +1s)

First time in a long time that I was able to get out and shoot, did a day trip through Valley of Fire National Park.

2012-08-14 02:04:08 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

They're Back!.... at the haunted abandoned Linda Vista Hospital...  #lindavista +Photo Nights LA 

2012-08-13 23:48:42 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 21 +1s)

Still working through some of the shots from the old abandoned Linda Vista Hospital... #lindavista +Photo Nights LA 

2012-08-13 16:41:00 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 35 +1s)

Another shot from the old psychiatric ward area at the abandoned Linda Vista Hospital, taken later in the day with different lighting and a different lens than my previous color version I posted. #lindavista +Photo Nights LA 

2012-08-13 16:40:45 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 28 +1s)

One of the more interesting rooms at the old Linda Vista hospital. #lindavista +Photo Nights LA 

2012-08-13 16:40:18 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 31 +1s)

Hmmm.. The old Linda Vista Hospital seems to have a dark sense of humor.. #lindavista +Photo Nights LA 

2012-08-13 16:39:51 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 26 +1s)

Another shot from the old Linda Vista hospital shot yesterday.. it's a little over the top, but then again whoever decided on that color yellow for it was a little over the top to begin with!  #lindavista +Photo Nights LA 

2012-08-13 16:39:25 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 26 +1s)

Got a ton of shots I have to go through, but figured I'd post at least one from today's Google+ PhotoWalk at the old Linda Vista hospital. Had a great time wondering all over the place.... This is part of the psychiatric ward area...  #LindaVista   +Photo Nights LA 

2012-06-28 00:46:15 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 11 +1s)

Came across this by accident during a drive - I spotted it out of the corner of my eye. It was down at the bottom of a steep canyon, but I found a trail that went down to it. Only problem was I was not dressed for it, and it was in the mid-90's temp wise, and a bit humid... But by chance I had my camera with me so I hiked down there anyways. By the time I got there I wanted to jump into the pool below... even more so after the hike back up! I'm going to have to go back to that area in the spring or fall when the temps are better, looks like lots of potential..

2012-06-24 19:42:33 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 21 +1s)

Some older downtown buildings.. #artdecowalk  

2012-06-24 18:17:54 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 16 +1s)

Well, if you already have too much lens flare, whats wrong with too much color.. too much glare.. too much sharpening.. too much, yeah.. but it all still seems to work in an odd way.  From the +Los Angeles Photography #artdecowalk  

2012-06-24 15:50:16 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

It's not Art Deco, but there is a tiny bit of it reflected... so does that count?.. Taken on the +Los Angeles Photography  #artdecowalk this Saturday.

2012-06-24 04:06:23 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 27 +1s)

Just something I came up with after today's Art Deco tour of downtown Los Angeles organized by +Kathryn Brown  +Lorne Thomas Leufvén  +Rob Lopes  and  the Los Angeles Conservancy.  Still have lots to play with.. But figured I had to post up at least one tonight.   Had a great time with everyone, and look forward to the next one.
#artdecowalk

2012-06-16 03:50:48 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Light painting from a year or two ago, out near Racetrack Playa in Death Valley...and a bit of playing around with PS6.

2012-06-09 03:59:49 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 31 +1s)

This one sums up a few things I enjoy all in one photo.. Exploring the solitude of the remote area in my 4x4 and the rough dirt road... The promise of the approaching hills and what I may find.. and the thrill of the impending storm.

2012-06-09 03:43:13 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 24 +1s)

First one processed in CS6. Who doesn't like a rainbow? Something about this one kept drawing me back to it (other than the rainbow) I think I just like the combination with the yellow street stripe. This one was actually taken with my Canon S95 and not the 5DII....shhhh don't tell anyone!  8-)

2012-06-08 04:34:19 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)

There is never enough time to process photos...this one is from back in March... Eureka sand dunes in Death Valley National Park.   And I really don't like the black bar thing that Google+ does with vertical shots... ah well.

2012-06-05 20:01:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

2,000 Kick Ass Photographers on Google+

Part 2 of 4 (Ev-La)

Part 1 of 4 (A-Ev) here:  http://goo.gl/Z333g

This is the fourth time since joining G+ almost a year ago that I'm sharing my photographers circle.  I shared it with 500 photographers, 1,000 photographers, 1,500 photographers and now 2,000 photographers.  I have to break my circle up into four 500 photographer circles as that is the G+ limit.  Each day this week (Mon.- Thurs.) I'll share a different circle.  Today is the second circle and includes photographers with the last name's Ev-La. 

A few notes about these circles.  I always get hated on when I share them by people.  Inevitably if I include 2,000 people, I will leave 50,000 people out.  This is not intentional or personal.  This circle is not "the best" photographers on G+ or in the world.  It doesn't meanif you are... more »

2012-05-27 15:07:54 (65 comments, 30 reshares, 73 +1s)

Another shot from yesterdays flag placing ceremony at the Los Angeles National Veterans Cemetery which my son participated in.. Over 80,000 flags were placed.

2012-05-26 17:37:14 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

My son Kyle at the Los Angeles National Cemetery flag placement ceremony. Each year the scouts place a flag at each and every marker, recite the name and salute them

2012-05-22 14:02:37 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 32 +1s)

Sorry I have not posted in awhile.. lots of other issues going on the last few months. But I did get out this last weekend on a short trip to Saline Valley in Death Valley National Park. On the way out the North pass through the Inyo mountains we were treated to the sight of the recent winter storm clearing the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains...

2012-05-22 03:00:42 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Legend has it that this is the truck Tex Watson used to escape from Barker Ranch a few days before authorities caught up with Charles Manson. (one of two Power Wagons used by the Manson Clan) It only made it as far as the town of Ballarat (mostly a ghost town) where it broke down and he abandoned it. Tex made it back to Texas before being captured.. and just like Tex Watson in prison, the truck has been sitting there ever since.

2012-05-22 01:32:05 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

The Trona Pinnacles from this last weekend.. not much I could do with the sky, but then the bleakness does kind of fit it. A few hours later what was supposed to be a 3 day trip ended on the first day when a bearing failed in my rear axle, resulting in the differential destroying itself... But at least I got a few photos..

2012-05-03 16:48:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

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 Hidden Treasure: 360 talented photographers to discover
    a fully validated circle of photographers
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360 photographers plus myself and a couple of relevant pages.

Validation process
This circle has been validated to the max. If you're in this circle you met all of the requirements and showed a nice selction of images in your stream. I personally checked more than 520 profiles to bring you this circle of hand-picked photographers that deserve more attention. I also had the help of +Margaret Tompkins in assembling the temporary circle forvalidation and +Manuel Votta for helping me to verify some of the requirements.

The main reasons for exclusion:
• The circle announcement wasn't shared.
• I sa... more »

2012-03-30 12:36:02 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Eureka sand dunes and a small rain storm from a trip a few weeks ago. The cool weather made the hike up to the 700+ foot tallest dune a bit easier.

2012-03-24 21:17:48 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

The Outer Limits

2012-03-24 21:18:09 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

"Soul Consoling Tower"

2012-03-20 04:26:42 (43 comments, 54 reshares, 204 +1s)

Sorry I have not posted in awhile.. lots of other issues going on the last few months. But I did get out this last weekend on a short trip to Saline Valley in Death Valley National Park. On the way out the North pass through the Inyo mountains we were treated to the sight of the recent winter storm clearing the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains...

2012-05-03 16:55:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

COLBY'S PHOTOGRAPHIC CIRCLE OF INSPIRATION

I have finally put together my 1st circle of photographers that I personally find inspiring. Nearly every genre of photography is represented here. These are individuals that are constantly providing photography work that speaks to me. They are hand picked and all active on G+. It includes full time professionals and amatures alike...all that create compelling photography. Everyone in this circle has less then 30k followers (although a few are very very close) and many have just a few hundred. Please enjoy...I know I have!

If you like what you find in this circle, please share it with your followers to help these individuals reach a wider audience. I will share more circles of those I find Inspiring in the future.

2012-01-24 23:44:12 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Ok you lazy bums..Public Service Announcement time.. since I just refreshed mine, it's time to insist you prepare for the coming zombie apocalypse. I just refiled and treated my emergency water supply, now I'm good for the next 5 years. Don't be a cheap ass and then be caught with your pants down when the next emergency hits, spend a mere tad and sit comfortable sipping cool aid while your neighbors slay each other for a drop of water while the city burns around them. I keep mine in a metal outdoor shed, well away from just about anything that burn or can fall on it.. (not to mention the metal may help in case Iran gets a bit feisty and decides to test something in our area). And if you are thinking of coming to get mine, I better know you ( and really like you) other wise I've got other prepared measures to deal with you lazy scum! 8-) So get off you ass and get prepared. Refill and treat... more »

2011-12-21 15:13:42 (12 comments, 2 reshares, 28 +1s)

Grabbed this shot one day heading back from (at the time) one of my job sites in Central California... decided to take back roads instead of the 5 back to Los Angeles.

2011-12-20 15:55:16 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

This is a strange one.. it's a 3 shot HDR taken out at the Trona Pinnacles. The dirt is a bland grey in this area, and as a result picked up the blue from the dusk. At first I thought I did something wrong with my processing, but no matter how I processed it, it would be blue. If I corrected the white ballance for the blue, then the sky was all wacky. So blue it is.. and in the end worked out kind of well, adding to the already alien look that the Trona Pinnacles has.

2011-12-18 19:45:20 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 23 +1s)

Been busy with work and the holidays, but I thought I'd sneak one in.. found this one going through the archives and thought I'd see what I could do with it.. now normally you'd want rainbows in color, but I wanted to see what I could do with them in black and white...

2011-12-17 22:30:48 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 24 +1s)

Well, had some time while migrating in the background my MP3 files from the Amazon cloud to Google's Music Cloud (Google's player on Android is 1000 times better and slicker than Amazons, not to mention the Google Music uploader is way better than the primitive Amazon bloatware one.. Google just gets it while Amazon is clueless... but that's another story) so I'm catching up on some processing..
This is a texture detail from the stairwell at Pasadena City Hall, taken during the Google+ Photowalk a few weeks ago..
#PasadenaPhotowalk +Los Angeles Photography

2011-12-07 15:08:29 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 23 +1s)

Sunrise - Saline Valley, California.
Grabbed this shot one early morning after a small storm had passed through the night before. I was actually originally hoping for clearer sky's because I knew it was going to be almost a full moon setting around sunrise. I did manage to get the moon to peak through for an instant when I took this wide angle shot, but by the time I changed lenses to get the original shot I was hoping for it went and hid, and I did not see it pop clear again before it fully set behind the mountains. You can also just make out my "assistant" for that morning in the distance, while I was setting up he kept nudging me from behind trying to get me to feed him. I have to say even though friendly.. he was a real ass about it... 8-)
This is one of the many rock drawings built over the years near the hot springs. A larger version is on my website, you can better see my... more »

2011-12-07 02:48:42 (7 comments, 3 reshares, 40 +1s)

Sneaking in another one for #TreeTuesday, curated by +Christina Lawrie +Tree Tuesday
I kept driving by this tree, just at the edge of Bishop, California in mid-November while I was hunting fall color around the area, and it kept amazing me with it's color - however most of the day the light was wrong. On my final way out of town for the day the light was just about about right.. I wanted to stay longer and wait for a bit more warmer sunset light but had to get back to L.A., so I grabbed this one.

2011-12-07 03:06:55 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 35 +1s)

Something for #TreeTuesday, curated by +Christina Lawrie +Tree Tuesday

I shot this back in mid-November up along the June Lake loop, but didn't get around to processing it until this weekend.. thought it be a good one to save for posting today.

2011-12-05 14:47:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Something for #MonochromeMonday curated by +Siddharth Pandit
An abandoned house along the old route 66 in California.

2011-12-04 18:36:32 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

2011-12-04 16:47:18 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 37 +1s)

Another shot from old Route 66 in California....

2011-12-04 04:32:25 (10 comments, 6 reshares, 26 +1s)

Tourist photo part 2 - the view of the bridge from the dam...see my previous post..

2011-12-04 04:05:12 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Ok, I can be a Tourist.. I admit it.. If you get a chance, check out the view from the new Hover Dam bypass bridge - officialy now known as the Mike O’Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. It's just amazing.. you can walk out on it and look right over the edge of the railing.. all the way down.
3 shot HDR @12mm on a full frame... and I have to admit a bit of a dirty secret - I removed the shadow of the bridge.

2011-12-03 21:08:37 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Route 66, California

2011-12-03 05:10:25 (9 comments, 2 reshares, 18 +1s)

Ok, so does this count as "Winter Wonderland" for #PasadenaPhotowalk +Los Angeles Photography ? Just how far can we push that creative part? At least no photographers were run down for it, despite everybody wearing black in the middle of the street at night..8-)

2011-12-03 04:21:08 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, via the Google+ #PasadenaPhotowalk

2011-12-03 03:21:03 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 14 +1s)

Wow.. I must have been pretty tired last night when I posted that picture of the city hall.. it was terrible and sloppy! Sorry but I had to delete it now that I'm somewhat more awake. Here's a proper version of it:

Pasadena City Hall courtyard, from the Google+ #PasadenaPhotowalk