stephan d

I love the lazy afternoon in a time long past feel to this.  My only criticism would be that the distant building looks in sharper focus than the nearby blossoms and that takes the feeling of depth away.

I am surprised this phot hasn't received more comments and higher ratings.  Perhaps it is one of those that (a) must be viewed large, (b) requires a well calibrated monitor or © is best seen in a larger print on matt paper?  The tonality and mystery of the vague and  dimly lit objects is just great. 

As someone who spends his entire life with companies developing technologies that seek to mitigate Climate Change, this image is particularly effective because it puts the sun right between a bleak firey future and a happier blue sky one. Since much of the debate will ultimately center on our choice between solar power and fossil fuels this image may be far more representative than it seems at first glance.

In looking more closely at some Iris photos today, it suddenly ocurred

to me what the life of a tiny bug might be like wandering into a gateway

such as this.

Just as I was leaving Point Reyes for the evening I caught sight of a set

of antlers in my rearview mirror. Turns out there were more than one....

8 Second exposure of the waves crashing through the famous portal at

Big Sur

Pushing the shadows makes for more noise but was the only way to get

close to the full dynamic range here

Days end at Lake Josephine - Not my usual style but this seemed too

peaceful to mess with.

My favorite from five days of what seems like nothing but

waterfalls - Glacier National Park

Bear cubs at play in Glacier National Park. I was thinking about

picking up 100-400 for this trip and when I saw these guys I really

regretted not having it as the 200 was a bit too short.

Sitting here on Russain Ridge and watching the sun set over the

Pacific is one of my favorite spots.

One of the most beautiful lakes I have ever seen -- my photograph

fall falls short of what my eyes could see. I must schedule a

second visit to this Canadian gem.

One of the benefits of digital photography is that on a cold rainy

winter day you can always pull up and work on an image from a

beautiful sprng evening...

Sparkling a royal diamond blue, this succulent captures its elixir

of life. Actually a fortunate coincidence, since I didn't catch the

water reflection until I looked at this in PhotoShop.

Playing with neutral density gradients on a winter evening in Point

Lobos, Carmel California

I was playing around with longer exposures (to soften the wave

effects) and got a nice fireworks effect from a bigger wave.

I liked the three dimensionality created by the background

highlights. Comments welcome.

One of the few places still lush and green at this time of the year

in this part of California. I liked the way that the arched

branches completed the circle started by the flow of the rocks.