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The Mad Shutter
Air Force One
​3/14/2023

I was far away across the bay at the Cabrillo Lighthouse Federal Park,
It was foggy all day,   It had a very thick cloud / haze in the air,    To bad it didn't have nice sun to show off the color of the plane, 
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Part II for  Air Force One

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Taken 03/02/2023
after a rain / snow storm we had come through San Diego
This is from 25 images, 6GB file.   I sized it down to view on the web, 
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​I have split up my pages for quicker viewing... My Latest Pics page was getting large...     If you're looking for my Sunsets  - Please go to my Pacific Ocean and Sunset page To see all my past favorites please follow this link to Past Favorites II  And I've put some of my latest images of San Diego here

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San Diego Zoo and Safari Park opened back up in a limited way this past weekend, 
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More @  San Diego Zoo Safari Park 2021
I have some images of animal keeper for the Cheetah's on this next page,   Those image will be downloadable for them to have,

​Please Click here to go to Animal Keeper's Download Page
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San Diego Skyline from Coronado Island,  2 hours after sunset,  7 Image Pano shot in the Vertical position. 
Camera - Sony A7RIV , With the FE 100mm F2.8 STF GM OSS Lens,  The uncompressed Tiff version is over 4 GB in size.  You are able to zoom in and see pictures hanging on the wall in the windows of the buildings.  Yes that sharp.   The image below is just the low Web Sized version for displaying on the Web. 
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​Safari Park ,  Nov 2020
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Yosemite Nov, 2020
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Click here to see my Yosemite Nov Trip images

Some from the Safari Park , Escondido CA  Mid October 2020

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This was taken in Borrego Springs,  Aug 8th 2020
Yes the Quarantine is still going on and the area is closed,  but at night there is no one around but you and the coyotes.   

Yes there was some out that night.   Earlier at another location I could hear some behind me in the darkness panting and following me through the Desert.   They kept their distance and I didn't feel threatened at all.   It was why to hot out there,  

When I first arrived in Borrego Springs at 7 pm it was 102°,  at 11 pm when I left it was much cooler at 88°.


​At another location later that night I did hear the Coyotes kill something.  The sound that came from that was crazy.
Sounded like there was at least 5 in the group doing the killing. 





As to the photo,   I used two of those Harbor Freight LED lights, one to camera left and another just to the right of the camera.   I need to get some light on that horse in the back. 


I focus on the Miner with my flashlight to help it grab focus.  Set the focus then to manual and the aperture to F5.0
then at around 10 second exposure.  
Then for the Star's to be in focus I then manually set the focus to the stars. Set the aperture to F/1.8. 

Then is Photoshop blended the two shots taken.   If you only take one picture one of the objects in the photos would be out of focus. 




This is a new location for the Miner and his Horse.   They also moved the Battling Sheep from a private gated community.   To bad the Sheep were up on a slope and you could get a shot from much lower and have the Milky Way much higher in the sky. 


​ ​https://www.themadshutter.com/borrego-springs.html


View from Coronado Island, Christmas Time, 2019   -  Very large image, taken Vertically and contains 12 images   -   Taken with the Sony A7RIV with the FE 100mm f/2.8 STF GM OSS Lens
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San Diego Skyline Christmas Time 2019,  Taken from the deck of COASTERRA Restaurant, Harbor Island 
I used my Sony A7RIV in the Vertical to capture the 9 images used for this Panorama 

This one is a 7 image Vertical Pano taken with the new 62MP Sony A7RIV,     Monument Valley Utah / Arizona  ​Nov 2019    -   See my page for Monument Valley ,  Click Here  
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On the way home from Monument Valley I stopped over at the Grand Canyon,  (it's on the way home). 
I just spent a few hours there then headed back home in the morning.    Maybe I'll head back when the weather gets stormy and get some more pic's. 
This image is a 7 image Vertical Pano taken with the new Sony A7RIV , Sony 24mm F/2.8 GM Lens @F/11
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Horseshoe Bend,   at Page AZ in Nov,
It is now become a high tourist location that they have put in gates and a paved parking lot with a Toll Booth.  $10 now to visit this place. 
This image was taken 25 yards north of the newly installed guardrails / concrete viewing area.  Here you get out far enough from the overhang you see on the left from blocking the river. 
As you can see, no clouds so I used a Reverse Grad filter to help block the brightness from the sun.    Taken with the new Sony A7RIV 62MP,  Sony 16-35mm F/2.8 GM Lens @ F/11
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Safari Park , Lions   
​The ladies were out and the big male never made it out to the exhibit area 
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Alysia's Photo shoot. 

Safari Park , San Diego 2019

Downtown San Diego, 
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The above image printed at 82" Wide on my wall at home, 
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Sunset Cliffs, February 
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April 28th, 

I had the day off and decided to go to the San Diego Safari Park.  Instead of taking pictures of the animals I went to take some images not normally taken. 
I'm waiting for the Flamingo's to step into the sunlight and the background and surroundings are in the shade.  With a very fast shutter speed (2500 of a second) and a small f/stop the camera's sensor can only see what is in the sun and the rest just fades out to black.   It's not easy and it takes time for the right shot.
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One of my images printed on Metal that I donated to a Charity for Homeless children. 
20x30 inch print. 

Picture taken a little south of La Jolla CA.  

These are three of my pictures hanging up at a Dentist Office in San Diego.   These very large images are printed on Metal, 
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1936 Ford 
A little Focus Stacking,   These image has multiple pictures blended together.  I'm wanting the background to have a nice looking blur and the object I want to be in focus. 

Tulasi 
Was out doing Real Estate photos today.  This old building in downtown San Diego had some large windows that let in some nice natural light. 
Tulasi works for one of the Real Estate companies I do work for and was with me at the property.  Couldn't pass up some nice light. 
March 30th, 2017
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Feb 16th, Sunset Cliffs 
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Feb 15th, 2017  Ocean Beach
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Taken on Oct 21st, 2016 from the deck of the  Coasterra Restaurant 
A few when it got dark and one before.  Can't wait till the downtown construction is completed and no more sky cranes

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My trip over to Iceland Sept to Oct of 2016,      More images can be seen here:  High Quality  -  Point and Shoot with Videos 
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Out in Borrego Springs Friday Sept 2nd,  2016
First time out with my newest Camera the Sony A7RII,   Shot with a Zeiss Batis 18mm F/2.8 @2.8 / ISO 1250 / 15 seconds. 

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4/5/2016 San Diego River and the Mission Bay Entrance
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3/25/2016 North Island view of the San Diego Skyline
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       03/20/2016  Sunset Cliffs

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2/13/2016 Sunset Cliffs
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1/29/2016  Ocean Beach
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1/27/2016  Stairs at Sunset Cliffs 
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1/21/2016  South of the Stairs at Sunset Cliffs 
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Walking back to my car after a day of shooting on the OB Pier I ran across this nice bike.   1/17/2015
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Pt Loma Cabrillo Monument Light House Stairway 
Left Image is looking down the spiral staircase and the one the right is looking up from the ground floor.  Taken on 1/8/2016
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1/2/2016  La Jolla Children's pool 
for more from this day  - Click Here - 
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12/27/2015  OB Pier
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12/18/2015 OB Beach and the OB Pier
More images from this day...   - Click Here -
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Ocean Beach Pier with the high surf on 12/12/2015
I was also interviewed that day by Liz Bryant from the local NBC news station.   - Click Here  -
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Sunset Cliffs on 12/12/2015  Same day as the high surf hitting the pier.  Not as large as the waves hitting the pier but still nice. 
For more surfing images from this day - Click Here - 
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La Jolla, CA Oct 2015
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Safari park in Oct 
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​San Diego CA,  5th Ave Car Show
for more from this day   - click here - 

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It's been a long end of the week..  I'll have a lot of new images coming very soon..  I visited the Safari Park a couple of times and the Miramar Air Show.
Below is one from the Air Show.  I was shooting with a Canon Camera and the Canon 200-400mm L F/4 - 1.4 

Here is a link to the Miramar Air Show with the Blue Angels - click here -        Other planes at the Miramar Air Show - click here -
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09/27/2015  Borrego Springs, CA 

The Blood Red Moon - It was very low in the sky when the eclipse was happening so I had to get out of San Diego and go out to Borrego Springs. Borrego Springs being east of the mountains I was able to see the eclipse when it was low in the sky...

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09/11/2015 La Jolla 
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9/10/2015 Sunset Cliffs 
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Coronado Island, San Diego CA  
September 2nd
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Sunset at La Jolla CA,  Aug 25th
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Out at the Tide Pools on Pt Loma , San Diego 
Then one from the Rosecrans Cemetery   Aug 21st
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Sunset pictures taken from Hwy 8 overpass.  The Palm trees image was taken looking to the north where the sky had great color at 1 second exposure.
The Mission photo was a little after sunset at 2 seconds   
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Borrego Springs Aug 7th,  It was 107° out there and very windy so I wasn't
able to get some of the shots I wanted due to the blowing sand.
When the wind blows that hard the Sculptures move in the wind.
 (so no good long exposures).  
 These were taken at my normal night star settings. 
ISO 1250,  Canon 24mm F/1.4 @ F2, Shutter 8 seconds. Canon 5D Mark III.

See more from past days at Borrego Springs "Click Here" 
 
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Valley of Fire, NV 2015
Some might wonder my camera settings for taking star images:   Lens Canon 24 F/1.4 L, ISO 1250, Taken at F/2.0, Shutter 8 seconds. 
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Selena's Photoshoot May 25th, 2015
Wanted to do something different than just doing workout photos for Selena Fitness photoshoot.   To start I didn't want to do a full silhouette as to we wanted to show Selena's tone body details just a little so I used just one strip box with a grid to light her just from one side.   The first set of black backgrounds I used two strip boxes with grids on either side.  The laying down pic's had a strip box on a boom above her.   
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Christina Photoshoot June 7th..  
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05/16/2015 of Neptune in La Jolla
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04/30/2015 La Jolla
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04/04/2015  Late in the day at Just North of the Ocean Beach Pier off the south rock jetty 
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04/02/2015  South La Jolla
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Some pic's from The Safari Park 3/15/2015
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03 14 2015 La Jolla Sunset
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Eva's photoshoot - More on the Studio Shots page - click here - 
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Some Borrego Springs Wildflowers on March 3rd 2015
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All from February 9th to the 12th 2015  My trip took me to Valley of Fire to Park City Utah
- Click Here -  for more images from that week
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I have split up my pages for quicker viewing... My Latest Pics page was getting large...  
If you're looking for my Sunsets  - Please go to my Pacific Ocean and Sunset page
To see all my past favorites please follow this link to Past Favorites II
And I've put some of my latest images of San Diego here
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