Yosemite and More

 Last week I took a trip to the Angels Camp Museum. Angels Camp is known for the 'Jumping Frog Jubilee'. I avoided that and focused on the gold mining and pioneer days.   Even though I spent a lot of time there, need to go back again. There were lots of things with gears. A favorite of mine. Kinda looks like monster teeth but is actually a drill bit for hard rock mining. Who can resist a old set of boots. Photographically anyway. Well worn grinding stone. I took this photo in an area that is not generally open to the public, yet. It was slow so the docent let me in and gave a great presentation of the various articles. Yup, more gears One of many lamps. There were several spittoons. This one is actually from the San Andreas Courthouse Museum. I got there just before closing. Another place I'll have to revisit. Also one of my favorite images. Go, See, Enjoy, Stay Safe and Photograph Dave

Went to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo the other night with Friedhelm and Nancy to view the LUMINATURE exhibits. I was very pleasantly surprised. I didn't know what to expect but this was a really great outing. I won't comment on the individual images since I think they pretty much speak for themselves. And there's a lot of them!!   Go, See, Enjoy, Stay Safe and Photograph Dave

I went to the Refuge Christmas afternoon. As I was approaching I noticed  a lot of Sandhill Cranes and some Snow and Ross Geese flying around. This is only a very small portion of the geese in this area. One difference between Ross and Snow geese is the length of their necks. They tend to flock together.  There were a lot of Hawks around and while I saw a Kestral or two I couldn't get  them to cooperate for a photograph. Very inconsiderate. I figured this must be a mating pair, perched so close together. I mentioned I saw some Sandhill Cranes flying around on my way in. The only one I saw in the Refuge itself was this one. Great Egrets are pretty common around here. But this one was  pretty cooperative. This one was about as close as I've ever gotten to one without it flying off. This is what happens when someone or something spooks a whole lot of White and Ross Geese.  The ones in the foreground were content staying where they were. Here's the kind of reflectio...