Month: February 2015

California Flora Nursery

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It’s amazing what you can find when you simply keep an eye out, like these flowers for example. One would think they belong on a different planet, but they are very much on Earth.

Title: Arbutus marina flower
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

I love the color purple and this flower stood out among the rest, and as you can see, it is VERY vibrant against the background.

Title: Purple pink Fuchsia flower
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

Right before a flower blooms, it seems suspended in motion but they often stay this way for days!

Title: Gazania flower about to bloom
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

Yellow and purple are beautiful colors that go together, and they often appear in nature just like this plant.

Title: Orange and purple Pansy
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2

Botanical

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I managed to catch the early morning dew on this yellow leaf and was quite excited to see just how many water droplets can fit on one space.

Title: Yellow leaf
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

It may look like this flower is washed out but that is a combination of yellow and white tones on the leaves.

Title: Black-eyed Susan vine
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

Roses are often seen as bright red, fluttering pedals and perfect thorns but some Roses have different types of beauty with pinks, light reds and even brown.

Title: Beautiful decay
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

This lonely flower was budding at just the right time to capture it entering the world compared to it’s counterparts which are still not quite there yet.

Title: Echeveria succulent flower
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2

I love succulents

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Flowers are blooming early in this area, making things look very green and vibrant.

Title: Roadside Greenhouse Succulent
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

This bubbly looking plant is one of my favorites to photograph.

Title: jelly beans succulent
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

I love the texture of this plant because of it’s subtle tones of red and orange on the otherwise pristine green leaves.

Title: Perfect little Aeonium succulent
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

A strange cactus to some, a beautiful one to others, I had a lot of fun taking pictures of this because of how many different components there are to this flower.

Title: Haworthia minima succulent
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2

Dutch village

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These pictures were taken in Solvang, California, a beautiful enclave in the Santa Ynez mountains designed to look like a classic dutch village.

Title: Stees of Solvang
Location: Solvang, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

One of the great things about living in California is the mediterranean architecture mixed in with old world brick construction.

Title: Dutch architecture
Location: Solvang, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

The Royal Copenhagen Inn is a great example of an old dutch building, paying homage to the home land of many past residents.

Title: Royal copenhagen
Location: Solvang, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

Can you believe this is California? In the blink of an eye, it felt like Europe!

Title: A little slice of Europe in California
Location: Solvang, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2

Still life

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As I was experimenting with my macro lens today, I got the idea of take pictures of fruits, spices, and my favorite book.

Title: Red apple
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

When you look at cinnamon up close, it’s quite rugged and looks almost torn like a rug, but under that curled brown leaf is a delicious treat that goes on a lot of foods.

Title: cinnamon stick
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

Apples and books often go hand in hand, which is why I got the idea of this picture today.

Title: Apple a day
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

A heart shaped page, perhaps the worlds most romantic bookmark.

Title: Book love
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2

Minimalist peacock feather

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I have a big collection of peacock feather’s from a friend who grew up on a peacock farm. Enjoy this group of macro peacock feather photos with a minimalist look.

Title: Peacock feather
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

Title: Eye of the peacock feather
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

Title: Macro peacock feather
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8

Happy Valentines day

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It’s that time of year where we give our loved ones sweet candy as a sign of affection. Which colored heart is your favorite?

Title: Rainbow heart candy
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8


I had recently discovered a vast set of texts in the local craft store, and I instantly thought of valentines day ideas.

Title: I <3 you Location: Ventura, California Camera: NIKON D80 Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8


Film is my favorite format, growing up with it has taught me a whole new world of capturing life. This is to show my appreciation to the art of film.

Title: I love film
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8


The bead heart is one of many colors, shapes, and sizes. Ranging from neon green to deep purple, there is always a variety when it comes to beads. Do you like to play with beads as well?

Title: Craft love
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2

Hot spicy love

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Peppers are the spice of life, they can be attributed to heat, color, taste, and shape. These red peppers fit perfectly in my heart shape and presents a fairly spice valentines day look.

Title: Heart shaped hot peppers
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8


Yellow peppers are some of the most common in the world, but as you see in the grocery store, each pepper can be quite different in size and shape.

Title: Yellow banana pepper
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8


What makes peppers so great for photographing is the almost waxy exterior that makes them really shine and pop out in the right light. I really enjoy comparison photos as well because you can see these peppers also change color gradually. Amazing!

Title: Little banana peppers
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8


With a stem longer than the body, this orange pepper caught my eye in the market, just begging to be captured. While there isn’t smooth edges like the previous two peppers, this one has a beautiful hint of reds and orange that make it shine.

Title: Habanero Orange hot pepper
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2

Crazy about kale

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I’ve taken a liking to food photography recently, since it’s very important in our lives, why not document the things that provide us sustenance?

Title: Kale leaf
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8


Looking closer at Kale, we find it has a rather veiny appearance just like humans. However these veins are purely green and rather delicious!

Title: Macro of a kale leaf
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8


I was in a ranch market when this purple Kale caught my eye instantly, a very unique vegetable that I hadn’t really seen before and since purple is my favorite color, I knew it was calling me.

Title: Purple kale leaf
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8


This upclose picture of the purple Kale shows that much like green Kale, it has a very complex vein system however the leaves are much longer and wider than normal.

Title: Up close look at purple kale
Location: Ventura, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2

Rustic mushroom photography

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These photos were also taken at Seaside Garden, however flowers weren’t the topic this time. It took quite some time to find various mushrooms after the recent rain storm in the area. The pay off was well worth the search.

Title: Mushroom top
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8


These tiny bulbed mushrooms were hidden in brush, looking a little burned and withered but still pretty nonetheless.

Title: Hidden mushrooms
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8


Often times we find mushrooms in dark and dank places, but these were more out in the open considering the environment. What caught my eye was the pack of bulbous mushrooms looking pristine except for small specs of dirt.

Title: Group of little mushrooms
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8


A little sun behind the flat capped mushrooms show you just how close these were to being exposed, however not all mushrooms require darkness to thrive.

Title: Rustic mushrooms
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2

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