Another view of a San Diego sunset

Another view of the setting sun near Encinitas California, north of San Diego. This image was taken with the kit lens at 18mm focal length with an exposure of 1/320 seconds at f/5.6, ISO 100.

Sunset on the Beach

The sunset approaches near Swami's Seaside Park north of San Diego. This image was taken with the kit lens at 18mm focal length with an exposure of 1/400 seconds at f/5.6, ISO 100.

Surfer

With the sun approaching the horizon behind him, this surfer rides a wave on a beach near Encinitas north of San Diego. This image was taken with the kit lens at 55mm focal length with an exposure of 1/1000 seconds at f/5.6, ISO 100.

Sleeveless the Magician

Sleeveless the Magician does his show at Balboa Park in San Diego. If you happen to see him, be sure to stop and enjoy his magic and his humor. This image was taken with the kit lens at 30mm focal length with an exposure of 1/80 seconds at f/8, ISO 100.

Flowers in Balboa Park

Last Saturday I visited the Ruben H. Fleet Science Museum in San Diegos Balboa Park. Across the street was a large flower garden in whiich I found this flower. This image was taken with the kit lens at 41mm focal length with an exposure of 1/1000 seconds at f/6.3, ISO 100.

Swimming with the sharks

While I was at the California Science Center, I got to "swim with sharks". Ok, actually, we were in the shark tunnel and he was swimming on the other side of some glass. This image was taken with my 20D and the kit lens at 31mm focal length with an exposure of 1/500 seconds at f/5.0, ISO 400.

California Sunset

I was in LA last Friday and stopped to watch the sunset south of LA while driving to San Diego. I didn't get to put my toes in the water Friday night, but Saturday night I made sure to take a long walk on a beach near San Diego. This image was taken with the kit lens at 55mm focal length with an exposure of 1/80 seconds at f/5.6, ISO 100.

Hey, stand still, I'm taking a long exposure!

Dave and Bill work at the 90 inch Bok Telescope on Kitt Peak while I took some pictures of the telescope. In this case, the exposure of 2 seconds at f/2.8 with my 10mm fisheye lens with the camera at ISO 200.

Sunset on Kitt Peak

While observing at the Steward Observatory 90 inch Bok Telescope, we got this view to the south around sunset. It was a pretty sunset for a photographer, but not very pretty for an astronomer..... This view shows the Spacewatch 36 inch dome in the foreground and the 3.5-meter WIYN telescope in the background. This image was taken with my 20D with an exposure of 1/60 seconds at f/5.6 and ISO 400 with my kit lens at 55mm focal length.