Chris and Nisha's Christian Wedding
26 August 2000 | ||
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| Beautiful wedding (Christian ceremony) on a hot day out on a ranch in Malibu | ||
Seagull at the Malibu State Park
5 October 2002 | ||
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| Great place to watch the sunset, surfers and lots of wild birds.... | ||
Flying Pelican
5 October 2002 | ||
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| More shots with my new tele lens.... | ||
Birds in Flight
5 October 2002 | ||
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| They would circle across the sea and then suddenly dive straight down from thirty meters up to catch fish using their huge elastic beaks like nets.... | ||
Pelican and Malibu
5 October 2002 | ||
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| Homes of the rich and famous in the background.... | ||
More homes of the rich and famous....
5 October 2002 | ||
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| Shame about the flagpole, maybe I should photoshop it out.... | ||
Bird at sunset
5 October 2002 | ||
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| I will just call them all birds from now on to avoid conflict with ornithologists.... | ||
Malibu Lagoon
5 October 2002 | ||
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| Birds hanging out on a tree in the lagoon.... | ||
Birds in the sunset
6 October 2002 | ||
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| in the Malibu lagoon.... | ||
Long beak
6 October 2002 | ||
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| ...and out for little critters.... | ||
1600 ISO
6 October 2002 | ||
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| Handheld with streetlight and signpost reflections in the Malibu lagoon.... | ||
Malibu Pier after sunset
6 October 2002 | ||
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| With 20 second exposure... The light in the distance is LA starting to glow.... | ||
Planes circling over LA
6 October 2002 | ||
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| Visible as little white stripes over LA in the distance waiting to land at LAX.... | ||
Setting Sun....
19 October 2002 | ||
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| Back at the Malibu Lagoon... | ||
Malibu Beach
19 October 2002 | ||
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| There is a certain form of wave that this beach is famous for... The surfers can ride a single low wave for almost half a minute.... | ||
Surfer
19 October 2002 | ||
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| ...with the Malibu Pier in the background | ||
Moonrise over Malibu
19 October 2002 | ||
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| Reminds me of the West Pier in Brighton.... | ||
Birds in the Sunset
11 January 2003 | ||
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| At Malibu's Lagoon.... | ||
Dead Tree
11 January 2003 | ||
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| And birds sitting on it... with the red clouds in the background | ||
Half Moon
11 January 2003 | ||
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| Nice detail.... | ||
Seagulls in the Sunset
18 January 2003 | ||
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| So one week later, it's full moon... The tide was far, far out... Tide pools with birds everywhere and the sun setting in front of it... Perfect... Too bad this photo has lots of flaws on it (focus and level), otherwise it could be a classic. | ||
LAX golden in the sunset....
18 January 2003 | ||
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| When you are at the Malibu state park at sunset, don't miss looking to the other side... Just before the sun sets, the light will reflect off the skyscrapers in the city and the light will shine over.... | ||
Rocks in the Sunset
18 January 2003 | ||
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| Reflecting off a tide pool... | ||
Golden Sand
25 January 2003 | ||
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| Another nice day at Malibu! | ||
Yellow, red and blue
16 February 2003 | ||
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| Nice color combination.... | ||
Triplet
16 March 2003 | ||
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| Final rituals in LA... Go to Malibu and take photos of Kite Surfers.... | ||
Kite Surfer I
16 March 2003 | ||
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| I ended up chatting to the girlfriend of this guy. She was taking video clips of him doing his stunts.... | ||
Kite Surfers II
16 March 2003 | ||
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| Flying through the air... Really impressive.... | ||
Waves over Malibu
16 March 2003 | ||
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| There's something not right about this photo, but I like it nevertheless... | ||
Surfer
16 March 2003 | ||
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| On this day there were mostly Kite Surfers, but also the odd normal one.... | ||
Normal Surfer II
16 March 2003 | ||
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| Nice parallel shot | ||
High in the Air
16 March 2003 | ||
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| Must turn out to be lots of exercise... | ||
Malibu
22 March 2003 | ||
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| Funny juxtaposition... | ||
Humans are strange
22 March 2003 | ||
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| Must be what the bird was thinking.... | ||
Shopping Trolley and Pelican
22 March 2003 | ||
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| Spread your wings.... | ||
Get up!
22 March 2003 | ||
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| So... I was stalking the birds... and then when I got up, they all got disturbed and I started the big flocking process.... and hundreds of them flew away.... | ||
Final Malibu visit
29 March 2003 | ||
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| With Joe.... | ||
Malibu at Dusk
29 March 2003 | ||
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| Will miss those Saturdays, too.... | ||
Line of Surfers
4 June 2004 | ||
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| Lined up and surfing gently along the wave... After a meeting with Chris at Universal in Santa Monica, I headed up to Malibu... | ||
Shapes
4 June 2004 | ||
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| Of Surfboards... | ||
White Splash
4 June 2004 | ||
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| One thing I missed about LA.... This place... | ||
Envy
4 June 2004 | ||
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| A guy with the longest lens I have ever seen. Make your own Freudian connection. It's the Canon 600mm/F4 IS coupled to an EOS1V. Wow! I spoke to him a bit later. Nice guy. There was also another with the 300mm/F2.8 with a double extender. Nice combo, too... | ||
16mm Surfers
4 June 2004 | ||
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| Captured on Film.... | ||
Ride the Wave
4 June 2004 | ||
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| I like the orange catch line in this pic... | ||
Pelicans at Malibu
4 June 2004 | ||
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| Another one of my Malibu faves... | ||
Cloud of Pelicans
4 June 2004 | ||
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| Flock theory in practise... | ||
Pelican in Flight
4 June 2004 | ||
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| In front of Malibu Lagoon... | ||
Monster Crab
4 June 2004 | ||
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| This thing was massive! Its core was as big as a dinner plate. I should have put something next to it to point out the difference. | ||
Hilton Universal
5 June 2004 | ||
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| With the Hills in the background. Nice to wake up here instead of Oakwood... | ||
Malibu
30 August 2004 | ||
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| Wanted to show Dani some of my old fave spots... | ||
Up and down...
30 August 2004 | ||
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| This couple went along the beach.... | ||
Pelican Throat
30 August 2004 | ||
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| Elastic | ||
White Crane
30 August 2004 | ||
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| Running around in the water.... | ||
White Heron
9 December 2004 | ||
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| At Malibu.... | ||
Sunset Seagull
9 December 2004 | ||
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| I always come back to this place when I am in LA.... | ||
Pelican
9 December 2004 | ||
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Long beak
9 December 2004 | ||
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| And they dig in the sand all day long... | ||
Retching Gull
10 December 2004 | ||
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| Quite a massive mouth on those gulls... This one obviously swallowed something not quite her taste.... | ||
Spread your wings....
10 December 2004 | ||
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Dark-grey Seagull
10 December 2004 | ||
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| I love the contrast of the red beak... | ||
No visit to LA would be complete...
13 January 2007 | ||
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| ...without a trip to Malibu Lagoon... | ||
Los Angeles across the bay...
13 January 2007 | ||
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The Sea
13 January 2007 | ||
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| The day had turned out to be really great. | ||
Malibu Lagoon Beach
13 January 2007 | ||
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Not fog, but sand...
13 January 2007 | ||
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| There was a strong wind that day... I loved the way the sand created a small fog... | ||
No film grain...
13 January 2007 | ||
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| ...but the blowing sand... | ||
Pelican
13 January 2007 | ||
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| Still the coolest bird in the Malibu Lagoon | ||
More Mini-sandstorms
13 January 2007 | ||
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Shell
13 January 2007 | ||
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Sand patterns
13 January 2007 | ||
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| Reminds me a bit of White Sands... | ||
Algae shining
13 January 2007 | ||
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| I really loved this glowing algae, shining in the sunlight... | ||
And the sun was starting to set
13 January 2007 | ||
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| Turning everything golden | ||
Golden Rocks
13 January 2007 | ||
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Reminds me...
13 January 2007 | ||
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| ...of one of my favourite photos and a painting made of it by Dani... | ||
Three girls
13 January 2007 | ||
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Direct Sunlight...
13 January 2007 | ||
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| Just shielded by the private property sign... | ||
Fence and the sea
13 January 2007 | ||
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| Just like how the colors are coming together. | ||
Sunlight on LA Buildings
13 January 2007 | ||
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| See across the Bay... | ||
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