25-JAN-11: Isla Isabela In the afternoon, we snorkeled in a bay on Isla Fernandina. The conditions and visibility were atrocious. I kept my head down under the water mainly to avoid looking at the scum floating on the surface. Oddly enough, I wasn’t bothered by my hair going through the…
25-JAN-11: Isla Fernandina Another long night of dozing, not sleeping as the Flamingo crawled about 150 miles west to Isla Fernandina; from the northeastern most island, to the far northwest of the archipelago. Within five feet of our landing point, there were six or seven iguanas sitting there amidst a…
24-JAN-11: Isla Genovesa Seriously. Just. Plain. Stupid. This was my first reaction to the Nazca Boobies we encountered on Isla Genovesa. They were just standing there, on the ground, waddling like penguins and not moving when we got close. What bird doesn’t know to fly away when a human gets…
Yeah, it’s a long time after the fact, but this was my Fourth of July, just a few blocks from my house.
Last day, and not even a full day shooting so people have time to travel. David left the decision for our last subject up to the group. It was an overcast day, so the Elwha River valley (where I went on Day 0, and the group went briefly on Day…
I had grand plans to be up at 4am to scoot up to Hurrican Ridge to catch the sunrise. The plans didn’t last. It was tough enough to drag myself out of bed at 5:45am for the regular 6:45am pickup. Like yesterday, Peter and Layla arrived at the exact same…
We got off to an early start to a long day. First destination: Sol Duc forest, about ten miles west of the main part of Olympic NP. Peter, Layla and I were on the road early, and when we arrived, only David was at the trailhead. I came here to…
Rain. The day started well enough: cloudy, but dry. I drove out with Peter (a former 20th Century Fox exec) and Layla (a student from Victoria) to Marymere Falls, just west of Olympic NP. David, our instructor, joked that there was always one person who pounded out to the Falls,…
Today was Day 0 of the Olympic NP Workshop led by David Middleton. Day 0 meaning, I thought everyone would get in Friday evening, and we’d be shooting today. No such luck. Workshop’s first meeting was this evening. There are sixteen of us, I think, only one other is in…
It’s all about the last few seconds. I have been trying to buy a Canon L-Series f2.8 16-35mm wide-angle lens. The going price used is somewhere between $950 and $1,050. I have set a top bid at around $1,000 three times, and in the last three to seven seconds, someone…
