March 2011

Beautiful Views of San Diego San Diego

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego

Photos of Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma, San Diego When I went down to Point Loma to photograph downtown San Diego and Mount Laguna, I spent a while visiting beautiful and solemn Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. I was struck by the sheer number of tombstones covering the grassy rolling…

Phil CollaMarch 30, 2011

Beautiful Views of San Diego San Diego

Downtown San Diego and Snow-Covered Mount Laguna

Mount Laguna, covered in snow, rises over the downtown San Diego City Skyline In Southern California we have the ability to go skiing or sledding in the morning and surfing in the afternoon! A couple times when I was growing up I was able to ditch school and go mid-week…

Phil CollaMarch 29, 2011

Antarctica Southern Ocean

Tabular Iceberg Photos

Photos of Tabular Icebergs in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean Some of the most impressive sights I beheld during my trip along the Antarctic Peninsula were enormous tabular icebergs. Tabular icebergs are sheets of ice, sometimes many miles long, that detach from Antarctica and travel with currents about the Southern…

Phil CollaMarch 25, 2011

Canada Salmon

Adams River Sockeye Salmon Swimming Upstream

Sockeye Salmon swims upstream in the Adams River. This is another sockeye salmon photograph (Oncorhynchus nerka) that took a while to grow on me, but which is now one of my favorites. Usually underwater photographers spend much of their time trying to eliminate backscatter and bubbles from their compositions, hoping…

Phil CollaMarch 21, 2011

Canada Salmon

Sockeye Salmon Migrating Up The Adams River

A group of sockeye salmon school tightly as they migrate upstream in the Adams River. In reviewing some images I shot last year I realized I almost trashed this one during the initial edit. I'm glad I saved it, because in the months since I shot it last October it…

Phil CollaMarch 20, 2011

Birds Bosque del Apache New Mexico

Sandhill Cranes at Sunset, Bosque Del Apache NWR

Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) arrive at the "crane pools" at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge each evening. Having spent the day feeding in nearby corn fields, they will overnight standing on their long legs in the shallow pools, presumably so that they can rest in the dark with minimal…

Phil CollaMarch 19, 2011

Wisdom

Photography Travel Gear Checklist

Below is my pre-trip photography gear checklist, to make sure I don't forget anything. On any photography trip I take it is guaranteed that I will forget something important, but by using my little list I keep the forgotten gear to a minimum and I can usually improvise with what…

Phil CollaMarch 2, 2011