Display, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

There’s a dock on the UCSB lagoon for kayaking, and these birds love to hang out there during the day. I need to go back sometime soon and get more shots of them. They are very photogenic.

Looking over the edge of the world, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

At sunset, at San Simeon State Beach. I didn’t know this family, but they walked into my photo at just the right time.

Interestingly, Lightroom’s Auto Tone did a great job of this photo. I find that it often has trouble with darker images, but it did a great job here bringing out the colors in this shot.

DPChallenge 1-1: Lake, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

This was the final shot I used for the DPChallenge League we’re doing. The theme was supposed to be Zen, and I think this works all-right, but not great.

Beachwalker, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

Christina on the beach at San Simeon.

Bench, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

Although it was high noon, at f/2.8, this bench really glowed at me when underexposed. I like the brightness from the sandy area with all of the darkness around it.

Faces, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

The human brain is programmed to find faces everywhere, it seems. Here’s one on an old tractor from a local ranch.

My Rules, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

This dog really felt like he owned this picnic table on the UCSB campus. I was very glad I had my camera with me so I could capture him.

Red and Green, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

On the UCSB Campus. The contrast between the old red barn and the strikingly green leaves here is what drew me to this photo. I’m not sure which, though.

Free Hanging Lamp, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

I like the hanging nature of this lamp from my father’s boat. It also reminds me quite a bit of an image Shayna took for our SBCC photo class.

Memory of Rain, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

After the rains fall, the water sticks to things, leaving a trace of its presence.

Road, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

I have no idea why there were shoes on the power line above the train tracks at Goleta Station, but there were.

Old Man, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

At the Monterey Bay Aquarium earlier this year. This guy was moving all around his tank, and gave me a ton of good pictures, although they are all pretty noisy due to the very limited light I had.

Brad and Baby, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

I haven’t been taking as many pictures as I’d like recently, but I did get this one from Saturday’s Miracle Fruit party. It’s a little dark, but Brad looks very cute holding that baby. He should do it more often!

Street #2, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

I caught this guy totally off the cuff while waiting for Shayna at lunch one day. I love the lighting on his face.

Sunset, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

Although the sunset on this evening wasn’t particularly spectacular, I liked now it offset these flowers. There’s no color detail in the flowers themselves, but their silhouette is strong.

Clinging, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

Although the butterfly season in Goleta is coming to a close, there are still a few left. Here they are clinging to a eucalyptus branch.

Disease, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

Christina spotted these diseased flowers on the sidewalk near my house over the weekend. I really like the color play between the flower petal and the brown disease.

This is the rain that created the lovely lake in Shayna’s previous picture. I haven’t done a lot of high-speed stop-action photography, so I’m happy about how this came out. I wanted something different than the traditional drop-in-midair photo, and this splash is what I wanted.

Happy, originally uploaded by Ted Cabeen.

I’ve been sick this last week, so I haven’t taken many photos, nor have I had the energy to go through older ones to post.

However, I did capture this one of Littlest playing with a colander. She is one happy baby. :)

The period just after a rain often makes for really good pictures. Unfortunately, I haven’t gotten out after the rains of the last few days until this evening.

The network of twigs on this tree silhouetted against the sky and clouds speaks to me in this photo, but I’m not exactly sure how. Perhaps it has something do to with the rain and the intrusion of the natural world onto the normal perfect weather we seem to always have here in Santa Barbara.

At least the clouds are pretty.

I love signs with raised letters. They really lend themselves to macro-like shots like this one. This sign is in the older part of Santa Barbara, around the Mission.

In the mornings in the fall, we get this lovely fog on the open fields near our house. They’re planning on building faculty housing here, so I’m not sure this shot will be here next October. This one was taken in 2007.

A gatepost from one of the secondary entrances to the Santa Barbara Mission gardens.

I don’t usually post images with motion blur or color tint, but this one just looks cool as-is. It was taken late in the day, with the sun low in the sky and everything illuminated with a pink tone. I could have White Balanced it out (and I have a version that does have it that way), but I decided to leave it for this version.

A part of what remains at Knapps Castle in the hills north of Santa Barbara.