I took these pictures of San Joaquin River at sunset near Stockton, California, on December 24, 2009. I used a Nikon D300s with a wide angle lens, DX 12-24. I was on Brookside Drive levee road near Buckley Cove Marina. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.
On a recent trip to Venice Beach, California, I took some pictures of a beautiful golden red sunset there. I was awed by the intense sky color reflected in the surf on the sand. I used my Nikon D300s with the Nikon 18-200 lens. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.
I took these pictures of local wildlife on my neighborhood residential lake. I used a Nikon 400 mm telephoto zoom lens on a Nikon D300s. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.
Here are some pictures that I took of de Young Museum and the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. It was a warm, sunny, and autumn day in the park. Students were waiting in line to enter the Tutankhamun Exhibit at de Young Museum. The fall colors were stunning inside the Japanese Tea Garden. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.
I flew from Stockton, CA to Charlotte, NC to visit my relatives living around Monroe, NC. We drove to a mountain home in West Jefferson, NC. We spent one day touring the Blue Ridge Mountains looking for fall color. The pictures were taken in the mountains of Western North Carolina and Southwestern Virginia. The fall colors were stunning. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.
Here are some pictures that I took of California Central Valley rural landscape along Rock Creek Road and Highway 26. The season is late summer with green oaks and golden amber grasslands. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.
On a return trip to the Shiloh Wind Project near Rio Vista, California, I took some more pictures of the golden brown grasslands, trees, barn, and horses around the wind towers. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.
Some pictures I took along the way on a day trip from Stockton to Tomales Bay, California. I drove to Tomales Bay to eat and to buy some fresh oysters. It was a beautiful, sunny day and the fresh oysters were delicious. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.
With a friend, we took the Vallejo-McCovey Ferry service to SF Giants Game, Sunday, August 9, 2009 at AT&T Park. We departed Vallejo at 11:15 AM to arrive at McCovey Cove at the Bay entrance to AT&T Park in time for the 1:05 PM game. It was a beautiful trip across the Bay and a great experience at AT&T Park despite the fact that SF Giants lost 5 to 2 to Cincinnati Reds. It was a bright sunny day so I got some nice pictures taken from the ferry and the baseball park. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.
