The life and times of a true knucklehead – No photos to be used without permission
I have been trying to photograph a Belted Kingfisher for quite some time now. She has proven to be quite elusive. She always announces her arrival with a loud heckle, but the second she sees me she bolts. I will get a decent photo if it’s the last thing I do…
This year we had Labor Day at Jon & Kathy’s. Of course the focus is always on the kids especially with our new family addition Ethan.
Did my usual morning thing. Coffee in one hand camera in the other. Noticed 2 hawks go back and forth diving into the field. So I ran out there and attempted to get a little closer. I don’t know if it is a Coopers or Redtail Hawk.
Found a bug in our trash, so I shot em. Needless to say it looked nothing like this to the naked eye, but on a macro level all the details come to light.
August is a busy month as we celebrate Rick, Jon & Ethan’s birthday. Wedding anniversaries for the Yuen’s, Kung’s & us. This year we went to NOLA in Palo Alto.
Been wanting to come here for quite awhile, so after my Canon Macro class (right across the street) we had a lovely dinner.
Next week Saturday I will be attending a Canon Live class on macro photography. How appropriate that today I would come across a dragonfly in the backyard. I shot em with natural & artificial light.
Caught this huge fly fornicating on my guava tree so I caught em and shot em.
MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro with a MT-24EX flash.
This year’s reunion was here in San Francisco. Friday night was the dinner party at the Hilton by SFO.
The family was so big I had to shoot a 2 photo pano. I had forgotten to bring an omnidirectional light modifier and only had a softbox. No stress there.
Saturday was the picnic at Frontierland in Pacifica.
Our neighbors Paul & Brenda were gracious enough to invite us to their cabin at June Lake this past weekend.
Sunday was church day in Lee Vining.
While the others were at church, I shot some beat up old houses nearby.
Then it was on to Mono Lake. A very unusual place. Highly recommended, just go there when the light is good.
Back to the cabin for happy hour.
They call this the Jesus rock (above). Can you see the profile?
We also took a very relaxing trip on rafts into June Lake. I almost died as I tried to jump into the raft and went face 1st into the 3 ft deep stream. What do friends do when you have a life threatening experience, point & laugh or grab a photo? They did both.
We stopped by Yosemite on the way back home. 1st stop Tuolumne Meadows.
After a lovely lunch we headed up to Olmstead Point. We had a wonderful weekend.
