Donald Miralle

http://www.donaldmiralle.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=22&p=3

I am amazed at the angles he uses in his photographs! I feel that I can do a pretty good job when it comes to composition, but I certainly could use some angle work. I think you have to be wiling to get into a lot of different positions and be aware in your setting of how to reach new heights or lows.

Jason Benito my classmate

http://whocutdacheez.blogspot.com/

I really like Jason’s work. The color and the panos that he has done are amazing to me. I know that he has spent some time working on them and he has done a great job. I would like to have more color and or least bring out the color in the photos that I have taken.

Rebecca Siminou

http://www.phototrekker.com/

I love Rebecca’s work. I think I can relate to her composition of shapes and textures, that is what I am drawn to in her work. It is what captures my attention first when photographing.

Camp Winaka - Julian

Burned Ironwood

Interesting flowering plant on the trail.

Coast Live Oak

I was on a camping trip with my daughters brownie troop in Julian. The drive was beautiful. We drove down highway 79. I saw so many flowers that I have been photographing, and they were everywhere. It was wonderful to put a name to them. When we were hiking it was nice to be able to tell the girls what we were looking at. We say a lot of Coast Live Oak and Manzanita.

Tree of Life Nursery

Gooseberry

Coast Live Oak

Hummingbird Sage

Big Berry Manzanita

Coast Sunflower

This was a very nice trip, a pretty drive on Ortega highway and a quite area to walk around. It was not very busy when we went, we arrived there right after they opened. Everyone there was very nice and offered a lot of help

Appreciating My Surroundings

I have always appreciated nature and its beauty surrounding me,

but now more than ever I see it.
These are just a few images that I
have found around my job and home.
I think my favorite is this Matilija Poppy.
and the California Poppy.

Rock Art

It was great to hear all the information that Steve Freers had to share. What an amazing adventure he has been on to discover and record these works. Two of the most important thoughts that came to mind as Steve was speaking are the connection people had to the earth. It made me think about the saying “its not the destination, its the journey.” And the other being the potency of the knowledge of the elders, they are often not appreciated for their knowledge of life. The art that I liked the most was the mazes and the drawings that represented 3 and 5 digits. The last but not the least was when he spoke about preservation. Not to seek it out, to leave it be, so that it may have a better chance of lasting through time.

Daley Ranch

I am not sure if this is a California native, but it was amazing!

This is a California Lilac. They are not as fragrant or full like 

the lilacs I am used to growing up in Chicago.

I have to figure out what kind of berry this is.

This is Black Sage, (even though it was full of white blooms) 

it was everywhere, 

and there were a lot of bees too.

The Coast Live Oak was magnificent!

My daughter and I went to Daley Ranch for a hike. 

It was lots of fun! I think we should do it more often. 

While we were hiking around I found lots to photograph.