•July 3, 2009 •
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From a recent walk on the Santa Barbara Pier.
I’ve been doing a lot of recent shooting with the 17-40mm f/4. It is super sharp and very demanding for street candids. However, it is quite rewarding. First – you must get close. Second, there is no perspective foreshortening / flattening to smooth out the image. I usually shoot somewhat closed down too (this one at f/7.1). I was really happy on this one to get just the right position of her arms and thread. I was draw to the nets laid out and wanted to use them for a slightly wide perspective. She was such an uncommon sight amist the tourists.
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Tags: 5dmkII, b&w, candid portrait, Santa Barbara, street, street portrait
•May 29, 2009 •
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•May 25, 2009 •
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•May 23, 2009 •
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Another from the Santa Barbara Zoo. They just sit there blinking really slowly.
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Tags: bird, eye, flamingo, pink, zoo
•May 22, 2009 •
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•May 17, 2009 •
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•May 6, 2009 •
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•April 25, 2009 •
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The johnnies are probably one of the most visited places on Anacapa Island.

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Tags: anacapa island, california, channel islands, nature
•April 19, 2009 •
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As are typical of islands, even though these islands are in close proximity to each other, each has a unique habitat and feel. I visited Anacapa Island, the smallest in the chain. All five islands are “cliff” islands (think Alcatraz) and have few (if any) natural predators to the species on the island. On Anacapa this time of year, during the brief precipice between the barely wet spring and the dry dry summer, the island is covered in a red flowering succulent commonly known in southern California as “ice plant” and a huge colony of mating and nesting Western Gulls.
From the looks of the island, we were just a couple weeks late for some of the other blooming flowers. It has been an extremely short spring this year in So Cal.
This image is my first installment. I will be posting several over the next days/weeks.
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Tags: 5dmkII, anacapa island, channel islands, ice plant, nature, southern california, travel, western gulls