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For 1/640th of a second, the fish thought it might still escape...

At one time I thought I might be able to shoot wildlife with my 500mm mirror lens. After trying I realized this was not realistic. But the ring bokeh typical of mirror lenses would look really cool in shots of birds flying over water, so I faked it. To…

Yes, I quite understand. The biggest one got away. Mine did too. They always do.

... when on the fence is just too exposed!

Another pelican; they are almost all I have photographed lately.

Carnations floating in the water near the Santa Monica Pier on Valentine's Day.

I've heard there's an eclipse tomorrow morning which should be visible from the California coast just as the moon sets. Only two problems; it will probably be ligth before the eclipse, and the forecast calls for rain. Meh!

Zoom lenses aren't near as sharp as fixed focus, but when a pelican takes off almost directly below me, it would have been handy to be able to zoom out. So far, my best shot at a pelican, and it was ruined by me having too good a lens. If it wasn't f…

Just another seagull. They are the only creatures in the greater Los Angeles area who want their pictures taken.

I finally got around to converting my old D70 to IR. Apart from that the RAW images come out hot pink, I'm quite satisfied with the result. This image is modified using Capture NX2 and Photoshop CS3 to remove the pink and modify the resulting colour to…

I-10, somewhere between Santa Monica and Los Angeles.

Sometimes the seagulls tries to break open a clam or mussel by dropping it on the sand. This can take some time, and it gives me a chance to get some good shots of the gulls since they usually stay in one area for a while.

The clam broke open after being dropped several times. The gull was happy and had its meal, I was happy since I got some decent shots, but somehow I don't think the clam was entirely satisfied with the situation.

This is not really LA, but a stretch of coast near Pacific Palisades, looking towards Marina del Rey and LAX. The little streaks of lighting in the sky are airplanes on the approach to landing. It was so cold I forgot to adjust the white balance settin…

... only slightly enhanced. ;)