https://www.satellitesactivatedbynolan.com/images daily 0.75 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1557886062195-2XAI18YYL2PMPW6OOSVJ/_DSC5774.jpg Images - Morro Bay Smokestacks The iconic smokestacks of Morro Bay, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1557886057316-Z2PTRF9BHB7JZQN6JHWU/_DSC5716.jpg Images - Morro Rock This was shot at a distance of around 30 miles, using a 210mm zoom lens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1557886061771-U5S76L9H66FPMJUHR7W1/_DSC5769.jpg Images - Crab I found this little guy under a rock, set him on some concrete, and got a picture before he scurried away. I don’t usually do macros of animals, but I do enjoy macros of sea creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1557886081988-XLL7BNM4HOG07RU4U5FM/_DSC5880.jpg Images - Another crab This one was just angry, and was showing it. I like the purple on his claws here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1557886070058-X2A8TPQ07F8XVF37YP6C/_DSC5854.jpg Images - Seascape If I ever had to move to the coast (what a tragedy, I know.) I’d want it to be someplace like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1557886056703-4MPW54S21EDA1T63L5JW/DJI_0322.jpg Images - Drone sunset This was shot on my drone, during a very pretty sunset. Perfect end to the day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1557886076832-8D1LYP1HCZGFD01TYDM7/_DSC5903.jpg Images - Another sunset Same sunset, this time on my Sony. The Mavic’s camera is really nice, and takes incredible photos, but I like the extra resolution I get from my a6000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1557886081914-IMLMEE9DUJ8EVJ22N2P2/_DSC5904.jpg Images - More sunsets? Really? Yes, really. Different framing, same sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1557810298934-V1V0H0HQP52GDGJW47K8/_DSC7142.jpg Images I liked the leading lines that were created by the power lines, and from where I was, it framed so nicely I had to take a picture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1557885921953-6ZMHQH1ZI3KM2E5GMXH0/_DSC5769.jpg Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1557887079308-FST9R0EGKT61L13ZPR4L/_DSC5682.jpg Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1558384268356-EIUPDNMKZAIH4LNIBT1W/_DSC7894.jpg Images I just love the Raptor series of ATVs. The styling, the whole look of them just screams “power”. Every other ATV I’ve seen just doesn’t have the right look to it. Too blocky, they just don’t have the sporty look to them. Nothing comes close to this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1559246721257-XYA4WC9KIC0OTHHD3BSR/_DSC7937-Pano.jpg Images - Panorama I wanted to test out Lightroom’s panorama merge feature. I like how this one came out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1559585898340-7YUE7KGEJ1QYPQVX8NTK/_DSC8205-HDR.jpg Images - Poppies This was a 6-image HDR merge in Lightroom. Interesting how it came out, I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1563330616580-JN7NKDTNMAJ6T4THHLLN/LRM_20180920_185810-hdr.jpg Images - Venetian Sunset I took this with my Pixel on a vaporetto in Venice. I still think this is one of my best images, ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1565065397710-Y4UAYTSVWTA54K5TXIUV/LRM_20190721_202238-hdr.jpg Images - Behind the Wires Listen to Nine Inch Nails’ Right Where It Belongs and stare at this. Trust me. See the animal in the cage you built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1565066429730-3K55DOBW49QJMS3NPIQH/_DSC7556.jpg Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1566011510767-S5I4NWD09MHDVKQK9T1O/LRM_20190810_160123-hdr.jpg Images - Thistle Taken on my phone, which works really well for macros. I like the texture in the spines. Just don’t touch it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1574476277771-L2RDWVRKWTNJ5BS93HOP/_DSC9500-Pano.jpg Images - Panoramic sunset I like panoramas, I like sunsets. This one was shot on Ka’anapali Beach. Off in the right, you can see Black Rock Cliff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1577346427009-LK1U4LFC107AB3RP4VXC/_DSC9812-Pano.jpg Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1557898674240-3UJIR9KSXEYRFORBYX9C/_DSC1448.jpg Images - Highway 85 The chain link fence at first, was an annoyance. Now, I see it as an element. I could say what I think it represents, but this is art, and art is always up for interpretation. Think about it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1589454937374-AUPPP065D1A6BRV3XJ35/_DSC0289-Pano.jpg Images - Good fuckin' morning You ever remember summer mornings? Waking up, the not-quite-cold air hitting you as you go off to enjoy your day to the fullest (or at least sit inside in a cold room with AC on)? For some reason I just thought, at 3 AM, that today would be a damn good morning to go out and shoot the sunrise. 3 hours to go, I chugged some Coke for that sweet caffeine, and then, at about 5 in the morning I rode my bike to the Los Gatos perc ponds, savoring that sweet smelling not-quite-cold air the whole way. It reminded me of when I was a kid, when I could just live, when around now, I’d be out of school for the summer and ready to sleep till noon, and still jump every time I heard a bell. Those were the days, man. I miss that. Though, having a car’s nice too. 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Small magnets inside it would lose alignment, causing the shutter to malfunction. Solution? Whack it very hard. Made my photography teacher cringe every time. My mother, not knowing about this fix at the time, went on to a new camera, while I just started hitting it against any solid surface I could find. Now it acts as a battery charger for my a6000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1629265483857-J6CFW1NNBP6183VWZ1JK/PXL_20210818_053953062.jpg Gear - Drone #2 Picked this one up from a friend. It flies pretty well, takes good videos, and comes with me when I need more flight time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1558989303911-LAUEBEP7WOK9OBPQQQZ5/_DSC8211.jpg Gear - Jazz Cam The very first camera I ever owned. As a kid, I remember filming cringey YouTube videos on it with my friends. It had a brief stint as my “action camera” for dangerous videos, usually involving fire, because it really didn’t matter if it got burned, but then I got a drone, so I retired this camera once and for all. Rest in peace. Sidenote: This filmed in a crisp, sharp 720p with a sensor that had a blistering 5.0 MP. I remember my first smartphone having that high of a resolution. Still, middle school me thought that was the shit. I still fondly remember using the flashlight to expose some special effects in the haunted house at Disneyland. Fun times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1558991004808-QQD63R9T178FDH9DFLF0/LRM_20190527_135543.jpg Gear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1558990231846-IJD0QOJEO4L514K9YAQY/_DSC8216.jpg Gear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1558989393306-4K40O9RA89L003AT0VSH/_DSC8175.jpg Gear - Olympus SP-570UZ The first “actual camera” I owned. Formerly my mother’s, once she upgraded I used this, until later on. Still loved the insane zoom on it, but I like having more than 10 megapixels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cda2753b7c92ca9e79c02c3/1558990256187-X3R0D2X8EIX25B2H7AW3/_DSC8219.jpg Gear