August 7. Western Pondhawk - female. Dragonfly workshop at the Sequoia Riverlands Trust Dry Creek Preserve. Beautiful morning spent stalking these creatures. Here are a few more: http://stardogs.smugmug.com/Insects-and-Etc/Dragonflies/13245507_CjsW5#961786121_C66ER
July 26. The Wild West. Another landscape from a couple weeks ago. Monday is a big work day for me and I had no energy left for much of anything after the big mow event. So I just processed another landscape in the archives. summer landscape gallery: http://stardogs.smugmug.com/San-Joaquin-Valley/The-Land/Summer-2010/12898474_t2D4z#937545200_6txTa
July 28. Moonrise over the Sierras. My first moon picture. The time was about 9:45 pm and it sure rises quickly - not much time to experiment. This one wasn't the clearest, but I liked it because of the silhouette of the mountains. Some I had too long of an exposure and were blurry from the movement. The intense color comes from the smoke in the air; there are fires in Kern county to the south of us. I think I will read up on how to do this better and experiment again next month. It was nice sitting outside on a comfortable summer evening.
