Ant Lion pits

That's the I-5 freeway thru the notch

View of I5 heading south towards the I5-805 split, thru a notch in the weathered red sandstone of Torrey Pines extension.

Panorama taken from the highest point in Torrey Pines Extension
 

It was sunny when we arrived at Torrey Pines extension - but these clouds moved in pretty fast, and it started to rain. Luckily I had an umbrella!
 

Torrey Pines Extension 

Pincone on a Torrey pine tree at Torrey Pines Extension, a little-known add-on the the main Torrey Pines State Reserve. The extension is north of the main park, on the south edge of Del Mar, and is much less visited than the main park - not publicised, and less over-used.
 

This is Torrey Pines Headland, with La Jolla peeking out in the background. It was raining gently, creating a hazy look. That's highway 101 heading up Torrey Pines Grade (to the left in the photo), a climb well known to bicylists in the area.
 

Needles of the Torrey Pine Tree

Closeup of pine needles - Torrey Pines Extension 

East tower of the Oakland Bay Bridge, with the next tower misty in the background. Taken in August.

The Bay Bridge in Black and White, back in August.

Another Berkeley B&B flower.

From August - an elderly bloom from the back yard of our B&B in Berkeley.

Dead tree leans dangerously over the brackish water, dreaming of hurricane winds and a glorious finish.

Wildflowers at San Elijo Bird Reserve - ahh, that great late afternoon light...

Backlit flowers,they look like some kind of poppy...

The mystery of the enormous pelican revealed.

As I took this, I was saying "Is it just me, or is that an enormous pelican?"

Cactus Apples! On a prickly pear cactus

Mali the pup with Jane at the San Elijo Bird Reserve

The gentle murk of San Elijo Lagoon

Chinatown scene, San Francisco, 20 Aug 05

Sara Watkins perfoming "Anthony" from new album "Why must the Fire Die". with Chris Thile making a funny face. Great song!

Bluegrass band Nickel Creek performing at the Borders Books in San Diego, 13Aug05.

Sunset from Seagrove Park, in Del Mar, California. 10 Aug 05.

Trimming the edges off the freshly made fudge, 31July05

Nighttime scene of San Francisco and the Bay Bridge, similar to the last photo. This combined there exposures to capture the dark details and the lights. 21 May 05

Early morning view of San Francisco and the Bay Bridge, taken from high on a hill above Berkeley, 21 May 05

Super dynamic range view of the livingroom of the Hilltop B&B in Berkeley, showing both the dark interior details and the bright outside scene (San Francisco bay).

Super pamorama view from the Hilltop B&B high above Berkeley, CA, with San Francisco and the Golden Gate bridge. This covers about 180 degrees. 22 May 05.

View from the Hilltop B&B above berkeley, 21 May 05

Clouds reflected in wet beach to give an abstract effect. Torrey Pines State Beach, 15 May 05.

Near sunset at Torrey Pines State Beach. Ahhh...

The Classic Torrey Pines State Reserve photo, looking south with La Jolla in the background. Taken 15 May 05.

Wildflowers at Torrey Pines State Reserve, 15 May 05.

Super dynamic range photo of a scene at Torrey Pines State Reserve, north of San Diego. This preserves details from both the deep shadows and the brilliant sun reflection off the ocean. Used new Photoshop CS2 feature to combine 3 photos.

Mini on Bim and Helen's boat, 30 April 05

My back yard on June 26, 2004. This was built from 30 wide angle photos (28mm wide angle) taken with my Kodak digital camera, using a homebuilt pan head. AutoStitch (see autostitch.net) put it all together automatically with no manual alignment work at all! There's really only one dog - that's the neighbor's dog, Sundance. I now have a Quicktime VR version of this, built with PanoCube.

I made this panorama from shots taken during the Apollo 17 moon mission. Note the astronaut at the left and the moon rover at the right. An amazing wealth of photos - high resolution! - are available at www.apolloarchive.com. Many more panoramas are there...

Panorama of Cardiff beach in the morning, taken last July. The autostitch program really did a great job on this one. This was my first attempt at a "dome photo" (32 sides, like a soccer ball) with the digital camera. Never assembed until now, thanks to autostitch - you just pass it a jumble of images, and it puts them all together! 30 of them in this case...