Author: H.

rDay Thirteen-Hundred-Eighty-Eight: Visiting the Dentist

Walking to/from the dentist, 25 minutes each way, fog and rain and cold …

Bird Photography Done Right

Kim recently joined or maybe is investigating the possibility of joining the local Audubon group of birding enthusiasts.  On her Charlie-walks, she takes binoculars and a bird ID app on her phone and exhibits other birding-intense behavior.  As I occasionally capture the odd bird (mostly crows) on my own photo-walks using a short (i.e., wrong) lens, handholding and hoping for luck, she has pointed me to the Audubon group’s Facebook page where some excellent photo work is shown.  For example, click through on, and take a look at the half-dozen or so images in the January 4 posting at this link:

https://www.facebook.com/BlueMountainAudubonWallaWallaWa/posts/1945471612166785

In stark contrast, this is about as good as my bird photography gets or is ever likely to get:

rDay Thirteen-Hundred-Eighty-Seven

rDay Thirteen-Hundred-Eighty-Three: Dusk and Into Night

Evolution of Downtown Los Angeles Buildings

The other day I posted a photograph, passed to me by my brother, of downtown LA under clear skies.   Since the scene was not entirely recognizable to me (I left LA in 1995), I asked him for help ID’ing some of the pictured skyscrapers.  Dennis offered this animated video in response:

Note: You may have to click on the "Watch on YouTube" label to see the video in fullscreen mode.