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Lone Oak Tree at Sierra Vista Ridge
Sierra Vista Ridge R5 Mark II RF200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM @ 380mm Handheld On Sierra Vista Ridge stands an oak with quite pride, Rooted like a sentinel where the hawks and thermals glide. No stairs, no rails, no human fuss, just open sky and breeze, A...
Grid
I had some time to kill recently and this abandoned building in downtown Bakersfield caught my eye. The area is very sketchy--lots of drug abusers--so I had to be quick. Being 65 and alone made me cautious. Within moments, people who fitted the descr...
Young Golden Ibis (Pelecaniformes)
Golden Ibis R6 Mark II & RF200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM Handheld "So I'm a Golden Ibis. Yeah, Golden. Not metaphorically, literally glowing like someone dipped a bird in a mid-life-crisis Lamborghini." "Do you know how hard it is to be majestic in pub...
Trash #1
This trash pile is made from rusted, mangled corrugated irrigation pipes. On my way to work I pass by several "masterplanned" communities aka housing tracts that are displacing massive acreage of farmland and new houses are going up by the hundreds--...
in to wonders
Go out of doors and .... in to wonders. EOS R5, EF-S18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS II, length 47mm, speed 1/125, aperture f/22, ISO 5000 Great Falls National Park, Maryland side
California Black Oak
Black Oak R5 Mark II & RF200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM The black oak crowns the hill in armor brown and bold, last autumn's leaves still clinging like a legend never told. Spring climbs with emerald offerings, soft winds that hum and ring, yet the oak jus...
The Thermal Surfer. The Red-Shoulder Hawk... Taken 04-19-2026
Red Shouldeer Hawk R5 Mark II & RF200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM Handheld The Thermal Surfer Up in the sky, a hawk carves loops, surfing warm air like it ditched its troops. Wings spread wide in a feathery grin, doing aerial donuts just to show it can wi...
Young Western Bluebird on a fence..
Western Bluebird R5 Mark II & RF200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM A young bluebird perched on a fence, looking proud, profound, and slightly dense. He puffed his chest like, "Check me out - I'm basically the king no doubt." He eyed my lens with bold suspens...
