October 2010

Aerial Photography Blue Whale California GeoBlog

Blue Whale Aerial Photos

Blue whale aerial photos This blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) was photographed from the air as it surfaced off the coast of Redondo Beach (near Los Angeles, California) to exhale and take a new breath, before diving underwater to feed on krill. Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive,…

Phil CollaOctober 21, 2010

Skip's Trips

Annette Patterson in the Sea of Cortez

Annette Patterson was with Skip in the Sea of Cortez recently and she shot a super group of images. Just more great photography to make me jealous I was not on the trip! Click to see more...

Phil CollaOctober 21, 2010

Skip's Trips

Skip Stubbs in the Sea of Cortez (2010)

Once again my friend Skip Stubbs has been diving in the Sea of Cortez with his pals. It seems like that's all he does! This time he was shooting underwater panoramas (in addition to his usual video) Yes, the same multiple-image stitched panoramas that all of us are shooting these…

Phil CollaOctober 20, 2010

Astrophotography and Night Scapes California Sierra Nevada

North Lake, Dusk to Dawn

I suppose photos of North Lake shoreline in fall are cliche, in part because of the internet and the fact that so many photographers now visit this small area to photograph eastern Sierra fall colors during a few weeks each October. I still have yet to be there when a…

Phil CollaOctober 17, 2010

Sierra Nevada

Bishop Creek Canyon Fall Colors

Photos of Eastern Sierra Fall Colors and Aspen Trees in Bishop Creek Canyon Like moths to the flame, Garry and I made a banzai run* up to Bishop Creek Canyon to get some fresh air and check out the fall colors last weekend. The quaking aspen trees (Populus tremuloides) had…

Phil CollaOctober 12, 2010