I went to the Strand last evening looking for one of those glorious rosy sunsets. That didn't happen. Instead I was treated to a sky filled with wispy clouds and a golden mist coming in around the base of the Rock as the sun was setting.

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On our trip up Hwy 395 we ran into the first snow storm of the season. This mountain across from Crowley Lake was momentarily illuminated. I raced to the first pullout available and jumped out to take this shot. The light only lasted a few minutes.

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I thought I would try out some HDR on some shots I took in Bodie last month. I had an opportunity to go inside three of the buildings there while I was on a workshop. Groups of 5 participants were allowed in at a time and only for 20 minutes. We could not touch ANYTHING. It was difficult to work around other people and in such a short time frame.

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The Monarchs have returned to our backyard again this year. We now have about 6 caterpillars and 12 in chrysalis.

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Yesterday Don and I took our first trip to see the White-tailed Kites near San Simeon Creek campground. What a thrill. We saw at least 10 different individual birds and had some good photographic opportunities. Most of my images were bird 'dots', but a few like this one still had good detail even when I cropped in close.

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