one of the nice things about sunrise and sunset photos is that you’re never really sure which is which unless the photographer tells you or you happen to know the scene. but of course, since i’m not much of an east-coaster, i’m sure you can figure this one out. the title of it kind of helps, too, i guess.

this happened basically by accident. i was shooting the sun in and out of clouds, and while i was tracking the bird, the sun came fully into a gap, and whoosh, there was a lot of red light. luckily, i had the aperture squeezed tight and no permanent damage was done to the sensor. it was shot on my original D100 with my 80-400mm VR at 175mm (=262mm for 35mm comparison) in mid-January, 2004.

the mini-trips we took up and down the California coast while we lived in Camarillo are now a fond memory. at the time, it was sometimes a pain in the butt to do so much driving over a weekend, but now they are all treasured moments. if you’re out in Californa, please go stick your toes in the water for me.

much missed, much missed. south dakota has its own beauty, but it’s of a far different nature than the ever-evolving shore. if home is where the heart is, then i am never home.

and yet, of course, always home. i might miss Cali, but i don’t miss the rat-race, the grad students underselling weddings, the thump-thump-thump of passing cars in the night (yo!), the traffic, the…..