A Longsnout Seahorse at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/125 sec at f/4, ISO 1250 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film.
A Moon Jellyfish
A Moon Jellyfish at the the Monterey Bay Aquarium
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Here’s another photograph of a Moon Jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. These translucent jellyfish grow to 15 – 16 inches in diameter. They are found in warm ocean waters worldwide. According to the National Geographic, “in 1991 moon jellies flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia during a study on weightlessness and the development of juvenile jellyfish.”
The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/60 sec at f/4, ISO 640 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film.
Out Of Business
The empty display cases of an abandoned City Bakery in the Brentwood Country Mart.
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The empty display cases of an abandoned City Bakery in the Brentwood Country Mart in Los Angeles. I liked the reflections of the support structure and walls in the plexiglass of the display cases on the left side of the photograph.
The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/20 sec at f/16, ISO 250 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film. Post-processing was done with Nik Viveza 2 and Nik Color Efex Pro 3.
Masai Giraffe Pattern
Masai Giraffe Pattern - Masai Mara, Kenya
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This Giraffe’s pattern is referred to as the “Masai Pattern” and is characteristic of the Giraffe in the Masai Mara. The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF70-200mm f/4L IS lens, 1/320 sec at f/11, ISO 200 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film.
Window To The Sky
A window up the wall of the Wupatki Ruins.
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Th Wupatki Ruins are in Northern Arizona, just north of Flagstaff near Sunset Crater at the Wupatki National Monument. Their website states that the Wupatki Pueblo was the largest pueblo in the area less than 800 years ago. It served as a meeting place of different local cultures.
The photo was taken with a Canon EOS D60, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/125 sec at f/6.7, ISO 200 on Lexar Digital Film and processed with Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.