Picture Posts

The SandwalkDown House, Kent, England31 August 20081/45 sec @ f/4; 18mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, darwin, Raw, sandwalk
Remains of street sign embedded in pahoehoe lava flow.Chain of Craters Road, Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii4 November 20061/60 sec @ f/5.6; 55mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, lava, volcanoes national park
View of St. Thibaud de Brageac - a 12th century village church in FranceBrageac, Auvergne, France2 January 20071/30 sec @ f/8; 55mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, brageac, France, Raw
Misty morning.NAS Pensacola, Florida31 July 20081/350 sec @ f/5.6; 148 mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, Raw
Rainbow over Kalihi valleyOahu, Hawaii28 May 2005HP Camera Technorati Tags: aloha, blogpix, kalihi
Sometimes "No Swimming" is a really good idea.Warning sign, highway rest area, I-10, Louisiana8 May 20081/250 sec @ f/11; 18mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, dawn, hudson, Raw, sign
This one's a quiz. What's special about the airplane that has the NK on the tail? 1/750 sec @ f/9.8; 180mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, Raw
A little late today. Royal ObservatoryGreenwich, England12 January 20071/180 sec @ f/8; 55mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, Greenwich, Raw, world heritage
There's no such thing as an ugly ecosystem. Salt marsh.Near Big Lagoon, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL1 May 20091/160 sec @ f/8.0; Canon EOS Xsi; 20mm focal length Technorati Tags: big lagoon, blogpix, Raw, swamp
I don't know why, but this just feels like a Monday picture. A cold gargoyleBasillique du Sacre Coeur, Montmartre, Paris, France27 December 20101/45 sec @ f/5.6; Pentax *ist DS; 300 mm focal length Technorati Tags: Basillique du Sacre Coeur, blogpix, gargoyle, Raw
CH-47D Chinook in flight.Oahu, Hawaii24 February 20071/750 sec @ f/8.0; Pentax *ist DS; 300mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, CH-47D, helicopter
Dragon Boat RaceWaikiki Beach, Oahu, HawaiiUnknown Date, ~2002HP Camera Technorati Tags: blogpix, dragon boat races
Actually, we've got two pictures for today - it's a before and after shot. Here's the before: People standing way, way too close to a Hawaiian Monk Seal.Oahu, Hawaii29 January 2006, 12:05:581/350 sec @ f/11; Pentax *ist DS; 70mm focal length Here's the "after": Technorati Tags: blogpix, kaena point, monk seal, Oahu Hawaiian Monk Seal lounging on his beach.Oahu, Hawaii29 January 2006, 12:06:181/350 sec @ f/9.5; Pentax *ist DS; 70mm focal length The event that separated the "before" and "after" shots was the seal's very clear and very definitive declaration of ownership of that…
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)Hudson River, near Glenmont, NY26 December 20071/80 sec @ f/8.0; Pentax *ist DS; 300mm focal length Technorati Tags: birds, blogpix, great black-backed gull
Have you seen the writing on the rocks? PetroglyphHawaii Volcanoes National Park28 May 20071/125 sec @ f/9.5; Pentax *ist DS; Technorati Tags: blogpix, petroglyphs, volcanoes national park, world heritage
Don't ---- off the alpacas. Warning SignCentral Park Zoo, New York, New York31 Dec 2004HP Camera Technorati Tags: blogpix, sign
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)Epcot Center, Walt Disney World, Florida8 April 20091/200 sec @ f/10; Canon Xsi; 55mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, epcot, kaena point, monk seal, Oahu, Raw, white ibis
Looking at telescopes from a long way away. Mauna Kea, as seen from Haleakala. If you click for the full size view, the observatory is just visible.Maui, Hawaii30 October 20051/500 sec @ f/9.5; Pentax *ist DS; 150mm focal length, cropped. Technorati Tags: blogpix, halaeakala, maui, mauna kea, Raw
That's no moon... Hayden PlanetariumNew York, NY1 August 20061/15sec @ f/3.5; Pentax *ist DS; 18mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, hayden planetarium
Pont Alexandre III, with Eiffel Tower (unlit) in background.Paris, France26 December, 20061/30 sec @ f/8; Pentax *ist DS; 55mm focal length Technorati Tags: blogpix, Pont Alexandre III, Siene