I caught Yabi just as he hissed at me.

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

dust of snow, originally uploaded by slingram.

Near the Tamarack Lodge in Mammoth Lakes, California.

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.

snowbird, originally uploaded by slingram.

A fairly significant crop of a photo I took during a snow flurry. This bird enjoyed my attention.

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!

mom, originally uploaded by slingram.

My awesome mother let me take a couple head shots of her. I took this in bright sunlight, under a patio umbrella. Diffused light, yay!

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.

urgently needing shelter, originally uploaded by slingram.

A curious shelter rabbit.

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.

leaf, originally uploaded by slingram.

I focused on various parts of this leaf to see what would most impact the viewer/me. This photo came out best.

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.

wet fruit, originally uploaded by slingram.

Some of the landscaping at a winery on a rainy day.

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.

spiral, originally uploaded by slingram.

I took this as a lark, and I love it.

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.

reflection, originally uploaded by slingram.

Usually there isn’t water here. The recent storms have been kind to my camera and me.

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. :)

m, originally uploaded by slingram.

June 2007 in Brighton, England. She is a dear friend.

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.

chicago architecture, originally uploaded by slingram.

Shapes and blues.

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.

chimney, originally uploaded by slingram.

Knapp’s Castle.

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.

untamed, originally uploaded by slingram.

A semi-feral cat in Julian, California.