Time For a Cool Refreshing Drink

When we landscaped part of our backyard some years ago one of my priorities in the design was to include a small garden pond.It's not very big as far as ponds go. It's about five feet across and about two and a half feet deep.What it lacks in size in easily makes up for by the amount of wildlife it attracts. We have insects,snakes, birds, squirrels and butterflies that all come in to use it. In springtime there is a chorus (if you can call it that) of frogs that come to it to breed. This morning I sat by it waiting for a Douglas Tree Squirrel to come and get a drink from it. After a bit of a wait a young female scurried past me and down to the pond for a cool refreshing drink. She didn't even flinch as I made several exposures of her drinking up her fill. What a wonderful way to start out today. God's love and blessings to you all, chris

Monochromes

Sometimes you are given cold gray light instead of the warm soft light of a late afternoon.Last Thursday several times during the day the sun disappeared due to the fog. I started looking for repeating patterns and graphic compositions to play with.Waves and boats tended to be the main themes. The end result is some very simple monochromatic images. I really liked how the final images turned out. God's light and love to all, chris

Playing Tourist or This Has Been Done Millions of Times Before

On Thursday I went down to the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to photograph the U.S. Navy's Flight Exhibition Team the Blue Angels. Naturally while I was there I couldn't resist photographing the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. It has literally been photographed by millions of tourists and photographers since its completion in April of 1937. The bridge's main suspension span is 4,200 feet long and the overall length of the bridge from abutment to abutment is 8,981 feet long. Approximately 110,000 vehicles use it on a daily basis. That is a lot of cars and trucks. So here are some images of the Golden Gate Bridge. God bless, chris

Blue Angels

Yesterday I went down to the Golden Gate Bridge to watch the Blue Angel's practice for their air show today. The Blue angels are the United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron.They were formed in 1946. The name Blue Angels comes from a bar in New York City that a group of the squadrons pilots visited. The squadron flies six F/A 18 Hornet aircraft with a seventh as a spare though my favorite is actually their logistics and supply plane a Marine Corps C-130T Hercules, nicknamed "Fat Albert". My favorite images of the day were Fat Albert framed by the Golden Gate Bridge. Conditions for photography for the most part were pretty poor with moments of great light thrown in. There was a lot of haze in the air and the fog was almost always overhead. Still it was a nice way to spend an afternoon. God's precious love to all, chris

Under the Bridge

I felt a little gritty today. A container ship coming in under the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay this afternoon. God's blessings, chris

Work in Progress

I have been working towards creating a Douglas Tree Squirrel with fall colors in the background behind the squirrel. I was up and at it early this morning again. I'm making progress and I'm having a lot of fun doing it! They are such cute little critters. God's love and blessings to all, chris

Fall Squirrels

I need to get out more! This morning I was out in the front yard photoblind going nuts with the Douglas Tree Squirrels.I'm trying to get some fall colors into the background behind the squirrels. So bear with me for a few more days of squirrel images until I get it right.I loved the soft lighting and the sharp detail. I just want more color behind them. Blessings to all, chris