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by GeneralE

Comment by hihosilver:
Wow...I must be getting old. I remember a time when that tree had a few more branches!

Yellow Jellies
by GeneralE

Comment by hihosilver:
Oh I just love the jelly fish...aren't they amazing! I'm disappointed not to see any sea otters in your snaps...hope they still have that exhibit!

Black Bluff
by GeneralE

Comment by sfalice:
Oh dear, the fire...

Pampas Grass
by GeneralE

Comment by sfalice:
These are always worthy of photography.
Backlit like this, they are especially spectacular.

Broken Trunk
by GeneralE

Comment by sfalice:
Beautifully interpreted.

Banana Slug
by GeneralE

Comment by sfalice:
Hmmm, kinda puny! wait a month or two, then they'll be big and luscious.
:-))

Great Blue Lift-off
by GeneralE

Comment by Jedusi:
Nice placing of the Heron in the shot - but the huge lump of wood is just too distracting for me.

Unfortunately the eye naturally gets drawn to brighter areas of an image and you clearly want people looking at the bird and not the wood. One answer would have been to spot edit it and tone it down, so it is still there - just darker.

Catching Some Rays
by GeneralE

Comment by jdannels:
I like the perspective with Robert in the corner, really shows how big everything is.

Great Blue Lift-off
by GeneralE

Comment by snaffles:
very good try, tough to get a GBH in flight. Practice panning after birds so you can have a blurred bg but focused bird.

Banana Slug
by GeneralE

Comment by Bear_Music:
OOOOH boy! Love it! I forgot to take my shot of it :-) Banana slugs RULE! Go UCSC!