Great fun watching the F-35, one of the newest fighters in the USAF, the p-51 mustang, the United Boeing 777-300ER and of course, the Blue Angels fly over SF. I took all these photos with my Sony A7rii + Sony 100-400 FE4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens.
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Fleet Week SF 2019
SF Botanical Garden June 2019
Even on a cold, foggy Summer morning in San Francisco, there was beauty at the SF Botanical Garden. Here are a few photos. Click the image to enlarge.
Hummingbirds today at Stanford 03/30/19
Had to kill some time while my dog Ewok was being groomed, so I went to Stanford Cactus Garden and took some photos of the hummingbirds.
SF Botanical Garden - Magnolia Season! Jan 12 2019
It’s been raining here in the SF Bay Area for the past week, and today would be the one day break before another week of rain. I took advantage of warm 60 degree weather and blue skies to head to the SF Botanical Garden to take some photos of one of my favorite places. I was rewarded with some great pink magnolias (magnolia campbelli), a few hummingbirds, etc.
Here are the hummingbirds- check out the second one- I was taking a photo of the flower, and it flew into the shot!
Here are the Magnolias!!!! Always a treat each year, and I try to take photos that show how the light plays with their blossoms- they sometimes look like vibrant pink lanterns against a blue sky, or lanterns against grayish backgrounds- really fascinating to me to observe- nature truly is amazing.
Some other birds were also around the park
My paving stone at the SF Botanical Garden- near the fountain- go check it out if you visit!
Dec 31st 2018, Stanford Hill Dish Hike looking for Hawks, and finding them!
On this, the last day of 2018, I decided to take a walk out to Stanford Dish and see if I could see some hawks. It was a beautiful, blue sky, crisp morning, but with a wicked chilly wind- around 40 degrees!
First, I took some photos of the beautiful oak trees that I love
Then after the oak trees, I saw a few hawks circling high overhead. It’s really hard to shoot these as they fly through the air. I got some nice light shining through their feathers. (Click below on each image to blow up.)
Then, as I was reaching the top of the hill, I saw something in a tree, quite a ways off (Can you spot it?)- it didn’t look like a branch, so I walked closer (and off trail a little shh…) and this hawk let me get right about 10 feet below it!
And here it is- some photos of the Hawk
