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2013-05-22 00:46:15 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

Afloat

Hung out with this guy one afternoon a few months ago in Maui :)

#maui #hawaii #honu  

2013-05-21 01:31:48 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

That Point Reyes Boat

On the way to the Drake's Beach photowalk a few months ago, we made the obligatory stop at the grounded Point Reyes in Inverness for some quick pictures and a tasty sandwich from the Inverness Store :)

#pointreyes #inverness

2013-05-19 18:29:46 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Has anyone figured out how to add a photo to an album and then share that photo so it links back to the rest of the album like it used to instead of creating a new album with just the one posted picture in it?

2013-05-19 18:27:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Follow Me

Snorkeling in Maui with Honu's

#maui #hawaii  

2013-05-16 03:47:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Welcome to Lahaina

1846 Statistics
Foreigners and Natives ~ 3557
Houses ... 1096   Dogs ... 528

#lahaina   #hawaii  

2013-04-26 14:16:28 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

Oneloa Reflections

At the south end of Oneloa, there are some nice tide pools, which make for some great reflections.

I hope you are having a good day, wherever you are :)

#oneloa #maui #hawaii #sunrise  

2013-04-25 04:32:16 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

The View From Coyote Creek

This past weekend we decided to go backpacking in Henry Coe State Park. 4.3 miles and 1,800 ft later we arrived at a nice camp site next to Coyote Creek. This is only one hour from San Jose, but because you are over a ridge or two, there is no traffic noise and we only saw a few planes, so out of flight paths as well. The park is 140 square miles, so you see more wildlife than people.

After setting up camp and exploring the creek, we came back to make dinner and watch the wildlife moving around. I got the camera set up for star trails and this is the result. The weather was perfect so I was able to watch the stars from tent, no rain fly needed :)

#henrycoestatepark #startrails  

2013-04-18 04:58:56 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 29 +1s)

Oneloa Sunrise

#oneloa #maui #hawaii  

2013-04-06 01:53:56 (13 comments, 1 reshares, 44 +1s)

Oneloa Sunrise Long Exposure Edition

Got up early and walked out to the ocean; set up the camera, opened the shutter and watched the world go by.

#oneloa #maui #hawaii  

2013-04-02 01:58:58 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 33 +1s)

Horseshoe Bay Puddles

A stormy Easter I spent in Marin. The upside of storms is that they leave behind puddles :)

#horseshoebay #goldengatebridge #reflection  

2013-03-30 03:24:59 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Facial Expression Does Not Match Shirt

In Lahaina, Hawaii :)

#hawaii #lahaina  

2013-03-21 03:45:38 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 28 +1s)

Hot Creek Geological Site

During my ski trip to Mammoth Mountain last week, we made a side trip to Hot Creek Geological Site on the Owens River just East of Mammoth. This a really interesting site, with warm spots in the river. You can see various springs bubbling up of various sizes. People used to swim in the river, which isn't allowed anymore. Apparently the temperature of the springs can change quickly and then you get cooked alive...doesn't sound too fun.

There are a few trails to walk and we saw some folks fishing. We walked back up to the bluff along the river and I snapped this picture looking West into the afternoon Sun and Eastern Sierra. Such a great view from over here.​

#easternsierra  

2013-02-20 05:35:33 (9 comments, 3 reshares, 28 +1s)

600 Seconds

The death-bed of a day, how beautiful!
- Philip James Bailey

The last shot from this past weekends photo-venture out to Drake's Beach at Point Reyes. This is a 10 minute exposure, that I finished up after the rest of the group started heading for the parking lot. The last fading colors of the Sun are revealed in a longer exposure.

#drakesbeach #pointreyes #sairaminthebay

2013-02-05 03:31:02 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 31 +1s)

Eternal

And so it had been for billions of years. The Sun would set. And the Sun would rise. The waves would roll in, thundering against the shore. As the salt laden air brushed against his face and rustled his hair, he thought, how lucky am I to witness even one of these cycles.

#sunset #sutrobaths #sanfrancisco  

2013-02-03 18:02:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

This is a neat hack

2013-01-25 05:10:20 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 33 +1s)

Going Up

On the way to the rendezvous at Portsmouth Square last weekend, we walked past the Transamerica Building. Standing at the bottom and looking straight up, your mind starts playing tricks on you...

2013-01-18 01:47:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Mavericks is on for this Sunday!

2013-01-18 01:46:16 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 11 +1s)

Mavericks is on for Sunday!

2013-01-16 04:29:17 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 24 +1s)

Hi, What's Your Name?

From a great visit to the Aquarium a few weeks ago.

+Monterey Bay Aquarium #monterey  

2013-01-14 04:51:23 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Taste The Rainbow

The Rainbow Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta) has some of the most colorful bark you will find on a tree. Patches of outer bark are shed annually at different times, showing a bright green inner bark. This then darkens and matures to give blue, purple, orange and then maroon tones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_deglupta

My submission to the Plus One Collection 2012. Raising money for another great cause this year. More info here: https://plus.google.com/u/1/+IvanMakarov/posts/h7A4z7eTdNz

#hawaii #plusonecollection2012  

2012-12-16 22:49:03 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

FYI

2nd Annual Winter Solstice Photowalk @ Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur
22 December 2012

2012-12-22 16:51:56 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

*CANCELLED:
 2nd Annual Winter Solstice Photowalk @ Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur*
22 December 2012

Assuming the world doesn't end on the 21st, you are all invited to the 2nd Annual Winter Solstice Photowalk in Big Sur, CA at Pfeiffer Beach. Here's the plan:

1. 11-1PM: Meet at Big Sur Deli at noon-ish for lunch. http://bigsurdeli.com/ I will be there a little early if you want to enjoy a brew. 36.2368, 1217698

2. 1PM: Head down to Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park to check out McWay Falls. http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=578. 36.1598, 121.6731. Look for California Condors along the way.

3. 2:30-3PM: Head to Pfeiffer Beach for sunset through the portal. Sunset is at 4:57PM. 36.2384, 121.8168. Unmarked turn-off to the beach is at 36.2401, 121.7770. Will probably be lots of other photographers, get here early to claim your piece of sand.

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2012-12-13 04:01:12 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 56 +1s)

Mists of Time

From last weekends photo adventure.

#santacruz2012 #davenport #somewherenorthofsantacruz  

2013-04-02 16:14:59 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 35 +1s)

Shrooms!

Meanwhile in The Forest...

#dinosaursmakeradpets   #santacruz2012  

2012-12-08 04:17:59 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Erosion

And in the end, the Sea always wins.

#somewherenorthofsantacruz

2012-12-07 05:01:40 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

iPhinity

#fitzgeraldmarinereserve

2012-12-05 04:59:10 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Merced Leaf 2

From this past October in Yosemite. The Merced River was low and there were plenty of colorful leaves scattered around. It was fun walking in the riverbed.

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.
- Henry David Thoreau

2012-12-04 05:40:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Telephone

Alfred? Yes, be a good sport and bring two more martini's to the Library please...

#villamontalvo

2012-12-03 05:47:18 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 32 +1s)

Shadow and Light

From the spooky forest at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve.

#fitzgeraldmarinereserve  

2012-11-29 03:10:05 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 29 +1s)

Stuck

#wildlifewednesday by +Mike Spinak and +Morkel Erasmus 

2012-11-29 02:56:35 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Misplaced

Apparently a piece of farm machinery fell onto the beach at Shark Fin Cove from the fields above. I wonder how long until the sea claims it.

2012-11-27 07:10:36 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Shark Fin Cove Sunset

From this past Saturday night.

Nothing is withheld from us what we have conceived to do.
- Russell Kirsch

2012-11-26 05:36:13 (12 comments, 1 reshares, 27 +1s)

Elemental

Last night a bunch of folks converged on Shark Fin Cove just South of Davenport for sunset and some steel wool spinning after dark. I never get tired of seeing this, it is so cool.

+Swee Oh +Brian Bach Sørensen +Cynthia Pyun +Mitchell Weinstock +Mike Spinak +Ed Sweeney +Luc Asbury +Ricardo Lagos +George Krieger +Margo Krieger +Barry Blanchard +Peter Adams 

2012-11-22 06:29:57 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

Unique

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.
- Bill Nye

2012-11-20 04:31:44 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 30 +1s)

Contrast

When the bold branches
Bid farewell to rainbow leaves -
Welcome wool sweaters.
- B. Cybrill

Autumn at Montalvo Arts Center

  #montalvo #leaves  

2012-11-16 03:07:23 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 29 +1s)

Fitzgerald Dreaming

A few weeks ago a few of us met up here again. For some reason I keep coming back to this place. I think it must be the variety of things to experience in such a small area.

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living.
- Henri Poincaré

#fitzgeraldmarinereserve  

2013-05-04 20:01:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 36 +1s)

Merced Fall

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
- Albert Camus

#yosemite

2012-11-10 05:46:21 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

Settings

Santa Cruz, CA

2012-11-06 06:20:07 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

O'Neill Coldwater Classic

The surf was rockin' this past Sunday at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz. Great waves, 78 degrees and sunny, what's not to like?

#steamerlane #santacruz  

2012-10-29 05:19:20 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Los Altos Hills Star Trails

My first go at star trails. After taking some test shots, I set the camera to take 30-second exposures until I stopped it. A few hours and a bottle of Merlot later I had 246 images captured. I used the awesome StarStaX software to combine the images into this final image. Not too shabby!

#startrail  

2012-10-16 05:44:41 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 33 +1s)

Santa Cruz Sunset Last Night

There is nothing is more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees will find no more beautiful example of development in all that book which, alas, musicians read but too little - the book of Nature.
- Claude Debussy

2012-10-12 03:48:46 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Perspective

2012-10-06 04:00:22 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

Half Dome

Pics from the rest of the trip, it was quite an experience, so much fun! Sometimes it's fun to come back to these after awhile and relive the trip while processing the photos. You get to experience it all over again from the comfort of your chair :)

#yosemite #halfdome  

2012-09-29 17:52:25 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Vernal Miniature

2012-09-27 04:52:39 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

End of the Day

The death-bed of a day, how beautiful!
- Philip James Bailey

#russianridge #california #sunset  

2012-09-22 04:01:51 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

Endeavour

Snuck out of work and went to the nearby landfill hill to catch a glimpse of Endeavour as it flew by Moffett Field. Unfortunately it flew further away than we thought it would, but it was still cool to see in person. I put together a collage of all my pics as it flew by.

#spottheshuttle #ov105 #moffettfield #endeavour  

2012-09-21 14:08:21 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

Published! Woot!

2012-09-21 02:41:28 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 14 +1s)

Particles

Fire is so cool :)

2012-09-20 04:21:11 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 17 +1s)

Coming Into Focus

A California Banana Slug (Ariolimax californicus) creeps into my depth of field.

I wonder what we look like to them?

#WildlifeWednesday by +Mike Spinak and +Morkel Erasmus

2012-09-17 04:45:09 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Autumn

And I'm lost behind
The words I'll never find
And I'm left behind
As seasons roll on by
- Chris Cornell