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Close-Up

I apply the tag “Close-Up” quite generously. It can be anything from flower photos to details and textures of objects, or even photos that border the “intimate landscape” definition. Either way, everything where I had a closer look at a single subject is archived here.

Freaks of Nature

2023/01/242023/01/02
Orkutt's Aster (Xylorhiza orcuttii forma alba, normally lavender-violet colored) with white petals, Coyote Mountains Wilderness, California. March 2020.

A small collection of San Diego native plants with alternate color expressions (most of them white when they’re supposed to be blue/purple/violet).

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Categories Galleries, Photos Tags Close-Up, Flowers, Plants, Themed Gallery 8 Comments

Tide Pool Details Triptych

2023/01/082023/01/01
Detail of the Tabletop Reef tide pools, Solana Beach, California; December 2022.

The first blog post of 2023 has the last photos I made in 2022 — in the morning of December 31st, we went for a walk at the beach. It was drizzly and overcast and I didn’t bring the big camera, but as usual, once there some things were too intriguing to not make a photo of them.

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Categories Small Set Tags Close-Up, Coast, Mobile Art, Tabletop Reef, Triptych 6 Comments

Desert Delights: Sand Verbana Carpets

2023/01/272022/12/24
A magenta carpet of Sand Verbena (Abronia villosa) spreads on sandy desert soil in Southern California after plentiful summer monsoon rains led to early germination. Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California; December 2022.

It’s Christmas Eve and at least when it comes to the weather, we’re not really feeling it here in Southern California — a brief warm-up period over the weekend will be followed by (hopefully) some rain, next week.

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Categories Photos Tags Close-Up, Desert, Flowers, Intimate Landscapes, Landscape, Personal 7 Comments

A Long Lens at the Beach

2022/11/23
Colorful clouds showing some iridescence right after sunset against a calm blue ocean, Solana Beach, California; November 2022.

Sunday we went for a late afternoon walk at the beach, hoping to make a few photos of birds in flight for my photo club’s monthly “Photo Quest”. Since I’m running this photo quest and came up with the theme, I’d better get a photo for it!

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Categories Photos Tags Animals, Birds, Close-Up, Coast, Tabletop Reef, Wildlife 8 Comments

Fantastic Lava Beds Triptych

2022/10/202022/10/20
Fantastic Lava Beds, Lassen National Park, California; October 2022.

I guess at first sight, this is a pretty strange title for a blog post, but rest assured that I’m not actually that full of myself — whether the triptych is truly fantastic is not for me to say! 😅 It is made from detail photos of the Fantastic Lava Beds though, which we saw when we hiked Cinder Cone. :)

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Categories Small Set Tags 2022 Road Trip, Abstract, Close-Up, Triptych, Volcanic 6 Comments

Strange Herbs

2022/05/09
Hibiscus denudatus (Rock Hibiscus), a perennial herb growing in the desert. Inner Pasture, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California; March 2022.

As I’m (re) building my photo archive, and in particular the plant archives, I’m grouping the photos into trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs. I follow CalFlora’s classification, and herbs are usually the wildflowers. But there are some surprises in there.

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Categories Photos Tags Close-Up, Plants 7 Comments
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  • Galleries
    • Photographic Portfolios
    • Themed Galleries
    • Small Sets
    • Plant Portraits
    • Native Flowers & Plants in San Diego County
  • Weblog
    • Latest
    • Quotes
    • Lightroom
  • Services
    • Overview
    • Photo Discussion & Critique
    • Lightroom Tutoring & Help
    • Talks, Teaching, Judging, etc.
    • Real Estate Photography
  • Photo Archive
    • Overview & Search
    • Abstract
    • Close-Up/Macro
    • Desert
    • Intimate
    • Landscape
    • Miscellaneous
    • Mountains
    • Plants
    • Sea & Coast
    • Trees & Forest
    • Water
    • Wildlife
  • About
    • Alexander
    • This site
    • Privacy Policy
    • Follow via eMail
    • Your Support
  • Prints & Licensing
    • Print Purchase Overview
    • On Demand Print Store
    • Affordable Prints & Greeting Cards
    • Folio Sets
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