Picture Posts

Squall line crossing Oahu. Picture taken from ridge behind Tripler Army Medical Center. The Salt Lake-Aliamanu tuff cones are visible slightly to the left of center, just beyond the strawberry guava bushes in the foreground. The narrow entrance to Pearl Harbor appears as a small break in the coast; if you look at the full-size version (click on the picture), you can just make out the Arizona memorial at the very right edge of the shot. Oahu, Hawaii 21 May, 2005 HP Camera. Technorati Tags: blogpix, Oahu, weather
Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight Kailua Bay, Oahu 15 March 2007 1/750 sec @ f/8; Pentax *istDS; 260mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, frigatebird
The Magic Kingdom this ain't. Dinosaur Adventure Land entrance Pensacola, Florida 15 June 2008 1/125 sec @ f/6.7; Pentax *istDS; 18mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, dino adventure, Raw
Moving up Erie Canal Lock E-2 Waterford, NY 19 July 2009 1/160 sec @ f/7.; Canon Canon EOS Xsi; Zoom Lens at 30mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, hudson, nys barge canal, Raw
Ko'Olau Range, seen from the Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology Oahu, Hawaii 17 September 2005 1/500 @ f/6.7; Pentax *ist DS; zoom lens at 43mm Technorati Tags: blogpix, coconut island, Oahu, Raw
The bird in this picture is actually sitting on a clutch of eggs. Notice how effectively they're camouflaged among the gravel. Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) John Boyd Thatcher State Park, New York 23 June 2009 1/500 sec @ f/9; Canon EOS Xsi; zoom lens at 135mm Technorati Tags: birds, blogpix, need to id, Raw
15 miles on the Erie Canal -- but not today. Erie Canal Lock E-2 Waterford, New York 25 December 2007 1/125 sec @ f/6.7; Pentax *istDS; zoom lens at 18mm Technorati Tags: blogpix, canal, transportation
A misty dawn on the Hudson River Glenmont, New York 28 December 2007 1/60 sec @ f/5.6; Pentax *istDS; zoom lens at 24mm Technorati Tags: blogpix, hudson, mist
Blue Angel Solo Naval Air Station Pensacola 22 July 2008 1/1000 sec @ f/13; Pentax K100D Technorati Tags: blogpix, blue angels, Raw
Fore! EPCOT Center - Spaceship Earth exterior Walt Disney World, Florida 8 April 2009 1/60 sec @ f/25.3; Canon Digital Rebel Xsi Technorati Tags: blogpix, epcot, Raw
If I sayz "cheep, cheep", I can has seeds? Grey squirrel Glenmont, NY 4 Aug 2006 1/180 sec @ f/5.6; Pentax *ist DS Technorati Tags: blogpix, squirrel
I took this picture when I was in Paris a few years ago. It's not fantastic, but I'm hoping to improve on the shot when I'm over there a few months from now. Gargoyles. Notre Dame, Paris, France 28 December, 2006. 1/180 sec @ F/8; Pentax *ist DS. Technorati Tags: blogpix, Notre Dame, Raw, world heritage
Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Near Ko'Olina, Oahu, Hawaii 24 Feb 2007 Pentax *ist DS with 70mm lens, 1/350 sec @ f/9.5 Technorati Tags: blogpix, green sea turtle, Oahu, ocean
This blog's not dead - really. I've just been playing dead. Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) Pensacola, Florida 5 June 2009. 1/60 sec @ f/5.6, Canon Rebel XSi with 300mm lens. Technorati Tags: blogpix, opossum, Raw
Today's quote is from Ralph Waldo Emerson; the picture was taken at the Linnean Society last summer. But these young scholars who invade our hills, Bold as the engineer who fells the wood, And travelling often in the cut he makes, Love not the flower they pluck, and know it not, And all their botany is Latin names. Blight Ralph Waldo Emerson Herbarium specimen collected by, and from the personal collection of, Carl von Linné. Photographed at the Linnean Society of London, 29 August 2008
Counterscarp Gallery Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, Florida
Haleakala Caldera, looking toward the Ko'olau Gap.
Portion of the personal library of Carl von Linné Linnean Society, London
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedorum) Pensacola, FL
Hippo Musician, Delacorte Clock, Central Park Zoo, New York