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List of 2009 Photos
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Los Cabos Trip
(View
Photos) December 3 - 15, 2009 This was an 11-day trip with Wanda McKown to visit my brother and his wife in Cabo San Lucas. We thought it would be great fun to get away from the NoCal December weather and do some snorkeling, camping on the beach, tennis, well, you get the idea. |
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Southwestern US Desert Trip
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Photos) November 2 - 15, 2009 This was a two-week road trip through the SW US during which I attended two photo workshops and explored much more. I visited five national parks along the way (Great Basin, Arches, Canyonlands, Zion, and Death Valley), Dead Horse Point SP, Monument Valley, Upper Antelope Canyon, and Valley of Fire SP. I wish I could have spent two weeks in each location! |
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Fall Color Photography
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Photos) October 22 - 24, 2009 These are photos I took while exploring the Lake Tahoe and Plumas County areas with a friend and with the Sierra Club photography section on an outing to Nevada City. |
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Moab, UT Hiking and Photography
(View
Photos) October 3 - 10, 2009 These are photos I took while hiking in the Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and the Dead Horse Point State Park near Moab, UT. Paul, Bruce, Moody and I covered some 50 miles of trails during our stay. The weather was perfect and, even better, we had great clouds most of the time. |
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Black Rock Desert Photo Shoot
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Video) (Requires Quicktime) September 25 - 27, 2009 This was a Sierra Club photo workshop led by Graham Stafford of the Great Basin Chapter. It was my first experience in this area and I have to say I am hooked! Graham did a great job showing six of us around one of his favorite places on earth. Driving the playa was an awesome experience (see the video). |
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Showers Lake Hike (View
Photos) September 12, 2009 These are some shots taken during a hike along the PCT from Carson Pass to Showers Lake and back. The weather was somewhat windy, overcast, and thunderstorms were often close by. |
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Angel Island Photo Shoot (View
Photos) August 29, 2009 These are some shots taken at Angel Island, CA during a photography outing of the Sierra Club's Motherlode Chapter Photography Section. We visited both the Immigration Station and East Garrison (Ft. McDowell) areas. |
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San Juan Islands Trip (San
Juan Scenic Photos)
(Family Photos) August 21-23, 2009 While visiting with my daughters and grandkids in Washington, we headed out for a long weekend of boating, kayaking and hiking in the San Juan Islands. We spent most of our time at Sucia Island and the last day at Cypress Island. Great fun... |
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Eastern Sierra Hikes
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Photos) July 17-20, 2009 These shots were taken during a series of four different day hikes we (Paul, Bruce, and myself) took while staying in June Lake off I-395. They include Gaylor Lakes (Yosemite), Gem Lake, Rock Creek Canyon, and the Saddlebag Lake loop hike. Moody and Rick joined us over the weekend. Good hiking, food, and beer (thanks Rich) was had by all. |
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Jug Handle Creek Farm Photography
Workshop (View
Photos) July 10-12, 2009 This workshop held at the Jug Handle Creek Farm near Casper, CA was sponsored by the Sierra Club Motherlode Chapter. We shot at the beach near the farm, the Mendocino Headlands, and the sand dunes in northern MacKerricher State Park. |
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Lake Tahoe and Desolation
Wilderness Hikes (View
Photos) June and July, 2009 These shots are from a number of different hikes and a back pack trip in the Lake Tahoe area, including the Desolation Wilderness, that I have done with friends during June and July. |
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Active Nicaragua Trip (View
Favorite Photos)
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Photos) May 22-31, 2009 This trip was set up through REI Adventures and included hikes to several volcanoes (active and dormant), kayaking in an Archipelago, sailing the Pacific, and touring many of Nicaragua's beautiful cities and parks. We had a great group of 7 people and great guides during our excursions. |
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Yosemite Valley Photography
Workshop (View
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Slideshow) May 5-9, 2009 This was a workshop in Yosemite Valley led by Gary Hart and assisted by Don Smith. both highly experienced professional landscape photographers. This was my first time in a workshop of this caliber and I must say that I think the experience will make a huge difference in my future work. I hope you like these shots - I am especially pleased with the moonbow shot and the dogwood composition. |
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California Coast Trip (View
Photos)
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Slideshow) April 19-21, 2009 My first stop on this trip was for sunset shooting at Point Lobos State Reserve where I had photographed many time before. The next day I started with sunrise on the Sur coast and a little later at Garrapata Beach. Late morning brought me to Rocky Point. The evening of my second day brought me to the Montana De Oro State Beach. This was my first trip here but I was familiar with photography others had done here and I was certainly not disappointed. The rocky coast line, easy access, and a great sunset made for a wonderful evening. The third day of my central coast trip was spent in the sand. Unfortunately this time of year access is restricted to a large percentage of the dunes due to Snowy Plover breeding. I was able to shoot some in Guadalupe (Nipomo Dunes) and several area on Vandenberg AFB (nice to be retired AF). |
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Last Snow Shoe Hike of the
Season (View
Photos) April 11, 2009 This was a show shoe hike into the Granite Chief Wilderness between the Squaw and Alpine Meadow ski areas. Alas, due to my GPS acting up, we didn't make it to the 5-Lakes area as we originally intended; nevertheless, it was a fun day in the snow. |
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Flowers Shot with a Macro Lens (View
Photos) April 7 - 13, 2009 On rainy spring days I get the urge to go shoot flowers still wet with rain drops. Most of these shots are just targets of opportunity in my backyard but nothing special (except the day lily I think). Several were also shot in Gates Canyon. |
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Wild Flowers in Gates Canyon (View
Photos) April 6 - 13, 2009 These shots are from several trips up Gate Canyon Road which is in the Blue Ridge just west of Vacaville. This area is mostly private property but there are areas of nice wild flowers accessible to the public if you do a little scouting. |
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Hiking the Steep Ravine Trail
at Mt. Tam (View
Photos) March 27, 2009 This was a hike from Stinson Beach up the Steep Ravine train on Mt. Tam's west side to the Pan Toll Station, then back down on the Mac Davis trail. Beautiful day with nice filtered sun light much of the way. A little too early for decent wild flowers however. |
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Monterey - Point Lobos and
Carmel Mission (View
Photos) March 20 - 21, 2009 These photos were taken while I accompanied Ricki and her photography class on a field trip to Point Lobos State Reserve and the Carmel Mission. Point Lobos was great, as always, and I was pleasantly surprised at all the photo ops at the Carmel Mission. |
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Cabo San Lucas Trip - My
Favorite Shots (View
Photos) February 21 - 27, 2009 These are my 10 favorite shots from a family reunion in Cabo San Lucas with my brothers and their wives (Mark and Marsha, Randy and Theresa). Randy and Theresa are permanent Cabo residents. We stayed at the Misiones Resort condos, snorkeled, caught lots of fish, and visited the San Jose and Todos Santos areas. |
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Cabo San Lucas Trip - Walks on
Misiones Beach (View
Photos) February 21 - 27, 2009 During our stay at Misiones I went on several walks in the morning along the rock and beach areas at Misiones and toward Medano Beach in Cabo proper. The rocky areas here have very interesting formations and colors and include cactus right down to the water line. |
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Cabo San Lucas Trip - Todos
Santos & San Jose Art Walk (View
Photos) February 21 - 27, 2009 The first two shots were taken at the Hotel California (from the Eagles album) in Todos Santos. The rest of the shots were taken at night in downtown San Jose during their weekly Art Walk through various galleries and studios. The diversity of colors, texture and form was everywhere I looked - great fun!!! |
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Cabo San Lucas Trip - Sunset
Cruise (View
Photos) February 21 - 27, 2009 After a successful fishing trip we delivered the bulk of our catch to a local restaurant to be prepared served that evening for us and a large group of Randy's local area friends. Before dinner we all went out on a sunset cruise around the tip of Cabo - met lots of interesting people, drank some tequila, and shot some great sunset photos. |
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Cabo San Lucas Trip - Playa Los
Cerritos Beach (View
Photos) February 21 - 27, 2009 There is an area of beaches on the pacific side of Baja about 25 miles north of Cabo San Lucas along Highway 1 that are just spectacular. We went to Playa Los Cerritos beach and had it to ourselves. I was torn between boogie boarding (first time for me) and photographing some great waves. |
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Cabo San Lucas Trip - Cerritos
Rock and Sand Patterns (View
Photos) February 21 - 27, 2009 Besides the boogie boarding and great waves at Cerritos I was intrigued with patterns being created in the sand by the waves. The combination of gold and black sand, and various rocks, changed each time a new wave swept the beach and created some really interesting (to me anyway) abstract patterns. |
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More Napa Valley Mustard and Grape
Vines (View
Photos) February 12, 2009 This was a Sierra Club photo section outing with 13 participants. We shot at various locations in the St. Helena area. Later we stopped to view the Ansel Adams Gallery at Mumm's Napa Winery. |
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Donner Pass Snowshoe Hike (View
Photos)
(View map
of hike) February 7, 2009 This was a hike from the Sno-Park at Boreal back to the area behind Boreal Ridge. We went back to a peak overlooking Lake Angela with some great Junipers. Along the way a Snowshoe Hare was kind enough to stop just long enough for me to snap a close-up. |
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Napa Valley Mustard and Grape
Vines (View
Photos) February 4, 2009 This was a scouting trip for another Sierra Club photo section outing. This time the full committee joined me as we scouted the St. Helena area. Later we stopped to view the Ansel Adams Gallery at Mumm's Napa Winery. |
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Echo Summit Snowshoe Hike (View
Photos) January 24, 2009 This was a hike from the snow park at Echo Pass Summit back to Benwood Meadows. It was cloudy all day and occasionally snowed along the way. Very cool old junipers along the way. |
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Drake's Estero Hike (Point
Reyes) (View
Photos) (View map
of hike) January 17, 2009 None of us had hiked out to Drake's Estuary before and we weren't disappointed. Lots of interesting scenes along the way, especially the patterns created in the estuary by the tides. Views from Drake's Head were stunning. |
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Yolo Bypass Wetlands Wilderness (View
Photos) January 10, 2009 We went out to scout this area in preparation for a Sierra Club photo section outing. Suzanna De Palma, who lives in the area and is a member of the outings committee, was kind enough to give me a tour of the area. |
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Hope Valley Snowshoe Hike (View
Photos)
(View map
of hike) January 3, 2009 Moody, Gina and I decided to explore a new area this time. We stopped in the Hope Valley where there were a number of cross county skiers. The hike itself was relatively short but the vistas and photo opportunities were really stunning. I loved the groves of Aspen we encounters along the way. |
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