December 2012

Best Photographs of the Year

Best Photos of 2012 – My Photography Year in Review

Best Photos of 2012 - My Photography Year in Review It is time to post my annual "Favorite Photos of the Year", as I have since 2007. This year I added fewer than 1000 new images to my stock photography collection, but included in that paltry number are some real…

Phil CollaDecember 31, 2012

Paris

River Seine and Notre Dame Cathedral at Dawn, Paris, France

Dawn gently lights the river Seine and the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. Notre Dame de Paris ("Our Lady of Paris"), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral or simply Notre Dame, is a historic Roman Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Ile de la Cite in…

Phil CollaDecember 27, 2012

Pelicans of La Jolla Seabird

End of the World Pelicans

I figured the Mayan World's End is coming soon, so I would go photograph some pelicans before it was all over. Here are a few new photographs of brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus). Cheers, and thanks for looking! Brown pelican in flight. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over…

Phil CollaDecember 20, 2012

Pelicans of La Jolla Seabird

Brown Pelican and Belt of Venus

I set up to make photographs of brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) in front of the thin pastel colors of the "belt of Venus", or "Earth Shadow", that forms just above the horizon at dawn and dusk when atmospheric conditions are favorable. If you can't envision what the Belt of…

Phil CollaDecember 19, 2012

Pelicans of La Jolla Seabird

Braking to Land

This morning offered about 30 minutes of good light before the clouds took the sun away. Here are a few of photographs of brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) returning from the ocean where they have been foraging for food, spreading their large wings wide as they brake to land on…

Phil CollaDecember 16, 2012