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Aerial Panorama of Point Loma, Cabrillo Monument and San Diego Bay Aerial PhotographyBeautiful Views of San DiegoPanoramasSan Diego

Aerial Panorama of Point Loma, Cabrillo Monument and San Diego Bay

This is a highly detailed aerial panoramic photo of the southern end of Point Loma, with Cabrillo Monument and both old and new lighthouses visible. The original Cabrillo lighthouse is seen atop the bluff, while the new lighthouse is down near the water's edge next to the green lawns. North…
May 11, 2015
Aerial Panoramic Photo of La Jolla Cove and Scripps Park, San Diego Aerial PhotographyBeautiful Views of San DiegoLa JollaSan Diego

Aerial Panoramic Photo of La Jolla Cove and Scripps Park, San Diego

Panoramic aerial photograph of La Jolla Cove and Scripps Parks (center), with La Jolla's Mount Soledad rising above, La Jolla Shores and La Jolla Caves to the left and the La Jolla Coast with Children's Pool (Casa Cove) to the right. The undersea reefs of Boomer Beach are seen through…
April 29, 2015
Aerial Photographic Survey of San Diego Marine Protected Areas for Lighthawk Aerial PhotographyCaliforniaSan Diego

Aerial Photographic Survey of San Diego Marine Protected Areas for Lighthawk

I recently made a special flight with my pilot friend Steve Parker in collaboration with Lighthawk. Lighthawk's mission is "to accelerate conservation success through the powerful perspective of flight". On this flight, we were trying to produce new aerial images of several Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) along the San Diego…
April 26, 2015
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La Jolla Birds

La Jolla birds as of this morning. I had until 8:45 before catching the end of Sarah's practice so I went down the coast highway. There were some waves in Encinitas but nothing special. Spectacular clearing mist at Torrey Pines at sunrise. In La Jolla the light changed much and…
February 7, 2015
Surfer’s View of Scripps Pier Perfect Sunset, Solar Alignment, La Jolla Beautiful Views of San DiegoSan Diego

Surfer’s View of Scripps Pier Perfect Sunset, Solar Alignment, La Jolla

Twice each year, the sun sets perfectly centered in the long thin window of the Scripps Research Pier pilings. Photographing this event is frankly rather formulaic and straightforward, to the point that people pack the narrow space on the shore between the pier pilings well before the sunset to ensure…
August 12, 2014
Lunar Eclipse Sequence, Juniper and Standing Rock, Joshua Tree, 2014 Astrophotography and Night ScapesDesertJoshua TreeThe American Southwest

Lunar Eclipse Sequence, Juniper and Standing Rock, Joshua Tree, 2014

For the eclipse of April 14/15, 2014, I wanted to depict the course of the eclipse across the sky with some recognizable landscape features in the foreground to anchor the composition. As the day of the eclipse went by, I watched the weather reports and decided Joshua Tree National Park…
June 9, 2014
Lunar Eclipse Sequence over Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park, April 2014 Astrophotography and Night ScapesDesertJoshua TreePanoramasThe American Southwest

Lunar Eclipse Sequence over Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park, April 2014

The lunar eclipse of April 14 and 15, 2014 was a wonderful event to see. I went up to Joshua Tree National Park to photograph it for two reasons. First, the weather forecast in the high desert was for clear skies and, for the most part, the skies were indeed…
April 29, 2014
Lunar Eclipse Blood Red Moon Sequence over Joshua Tree National Park Astrophotography and Night ScapesDesertJoshua TreeThe American Southwest

Lunar Eclipse Blood Red Moon Sequence over Joshua Tree National Park

This is the first of my photographic efforts shooting the lunar eclipse the evening of April 14/15 2014. I spent the entire night out under the stars in Joshua Tree National Park, where I often shoot when looking for clear skies and stars at night. I photographed several compositions and…
April 17, 2014
High Resolution Panorama of San Diego City Skyline and San Diego Bay Beautiful Views of San DiegoCaliforniaSan Diego

High Resolution Panorama of San Diego City Skyline and San Diego Bay

Here is another recent panoramic photo of San Diego, photographed on a beautiful spring afternoon. This one spans nearly the entire width of the bay, and includes the yacht marinas of Shelter Island in the foreground. I photographed this with a top quality 300mm f/2.8 lens and high resolution camera,…
March 20, 2014
Milky Way over Sky Rock Petroglyph, Volcanic Tablelands, Bishop, California Astrophotography and Night ScapesSierra Nevada

Milky Way over Sky Rock Petroglyph, Volcanic Tablelands, Bishop, California

Milky Way over Sky Rock Petroglyph, Volcanic Tablelands, Bishop, California. I made this image several years ago but neglected to share any images from that evening's photographic efforts on my blog. I have made many visits to the Volcanic Tablelands, at all times of day, to explore the rocks, admire…
February 27, 2014