Pillow talk

Going up-ish


Reflection of the light over the escalators in the Bonaventure Hotel.

Lighten up

Look what popped up

Some wild California poppies growing in a field (as of March 27).

Growing where?


In the wilds of... downtown Los Angeles. (Specifically on the hill next to 4th and Hill.)

Buzzing

Bee pollinating (or whatever it does) amongst rosemary.

A rose by any other name


3/23/08

Orchids

From my step-mom's garden.

Sidewalk


Roof

Stacked tiles.

File under flora

A succulent cactus,
Birds of paradise,
And... let's go with... California poppies.

(The first two were in the garden, but the last was growing wild in a field.)

3/23/08

Cat eyes

Buck, 3/23/08

Down by the water

Near Pismo Beach, where these wetlands are separated from the ocean by the dunes.



3/23/08

Gossamer

Cobwebs inside a night lantern. 3/23/08

Night leaves

All these shots of these leaves lit by a parking lot light have not been adjusted on the computer. This is how they came out when shooting; only settings on the camera were changed. (That's not implying that I tend to do a lot of "post-production" tweaking, because I don't, but these I specifically left as is.)


Not easy being green

Shots from St. Patrick's Day at Pershing Square in downtown L.A., specifically the fountain that gets dyed green in honor of the patron saint of Ireland. Or something.








Screened


Direction

Night light

F/3.5, 1/30 sec

F/3.5, 1/1600 sec

Sunset over the docks

Port Long Beach from the downtown side of the river.

Oil derrick with Palos Verdes peninsula in the background.

Bridge to Terminal Island.

Giant cranes for lifting containers off cargo ships.

Jet stream in the sky overhead.
3/8/08