21-JUL-2007
Best Western Inn Suites
This was our wonderful view from the bedroom. Ontario, California
I used HDR because of the challenging lighting conditions.
Maybe next time they'll think twice before giving that room to a photographer.
25-FEB-2007
Strawberries and Cream
The roadside stands around Bakersfield are full of these.
09-JAN-2007
Lone Oak
I haven't posted an alternate in a while...
So, here : )
06-NOV-2006
Night Lights
Part of the Challenge thingy....: )
12-OCT-2006
Feline Vet
This is Doctor Cherry Johnson our veternarian.
She only treats cats and has been taking care of ours since 2002.
In spite of the horrified appearance of the cat, Cherry is as sweet as she looks.
29-SEP-2006
Sears and Highway 101
Laurie went to San Luis Obispo for a teacher's conference.
When her scheduled roommate dropped out,
I was able to go at the last minute.
This is from the 4th floor of the Embassy Suites.
While she's in her thingy, I'm off to take some pictures.
Pismo Beach is only 12 miles from here : )
16-SEP-2006
Party animal
Way past my bed time : )
A great evening....and the Chargers win big
Great day today!
15-JUL-2006
DSC_6315b.jpg
Anyone know the make and year of this fine auto?
05-AUG-2006
Puppy
Who doesn't love puppies?
HDR
Experimenting with HDR (High dynamic range) here.
Not sure how it's going to work out but it's intriguing.
I love being able to properly expose the bright and the shadows
in the same image.
01-JUL-2006
Produce
Ralph's Supermarket promises
"Country Fresh Produce"
They just don't say which country.
01-JUL-2006
For Dave (royalld)
Sip waiting for the nibble. Eggs Benedict to arrive soon : )
01-JUL-2006
Onion Field Harvest
In 2004 Kern County had 1460 Acres
of onions in production and harvested
37,800 tons for a total value of $6,595,00.
The 1973 book The Onion Field,
by Joseph Wambaugh, is a true story
about a pair of Los Angeles Police Department
officers abducted and killed in farmland
near Bakersfield.
The Onion Field was made into a movie in 1979.
18-JUN-2006
Thing on the roof (?)
I'm not sure what this is or why
it needs to have barbed wire around it.
11-JUN-2006
Ampitheater
The Park at Riverwalk, Bakersfield
11-JUN-2006
Playground
The Park at Riverwalk, Bakersfield
11-JUN-2006
Endless Sidewalk
The Park at Riverwalk, Bakersfield.
10-JUN-2006
Agapantha
Anything with 4 As in the name is all right with me.
10-JUN-2006
Cosmo
My wife swears that is the name of this flower.
10-JUN-2006
The Rush of Flowers
This shot appears to have some disorienting motion blur,
but it is the explosion of blooms from one
of our Agapantha flowers.
08-JUN-2006
Desert Joshua Trees with Sky
California City, California
08-JUN-2006
California City Hill with Landscape
California City, incorporated in 1965, is a city located in the northern Antelope Valley in Kern County in the U.S. state of California. The population was 8,385 at the 2000 census.
California City has one prison, one landowners' resort, one PGA golf course and one stop light.
source- Wikipedia
04-JUN-2006
Tehachapi Wind Turbines
The Tehachapi Wind Farm, with around 5,000 wind turbines, is the second largest collection of wind generators in the world (the largest is at the Altamont pass, near Livermore and the San Francisco Bay area), but is now the largest wind power array in the world in output. The turbines are operated by a dozen private companies, and collectively produce about 800 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, enough to meet the residential needs of 350,000 people every year. With over 15,000 turbines in the state (7,000 at Altamont and 3,000 at San Gorgonio Pass, near Palm Springs), wind power in California makes up about 1% of California's electricity.
02-JUN-2006
Landscape
Looking South toward the Tehachapi Mountains
02-JUN-2006
Lost Highway
Somewhere in Central California
26-MAY-2006
2004 Chardonnay
It was a very good year : )
19-MAY-2006
On the Road
"... listened to the talk of the relatives,
but now the bug was on me again,
and the bug's name was Dean Moriarty
and I was off on another spurt around the road. ..."
From "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac
19-MAY-2006
AAA Market
Taft Hwy., South of Bakersfield
19-MAY-2006
Runway (Anything for the shot!)
Actually this is the line for gasoline at the new Costco on Stine and Panama Lane.
18-MAY-2006
Train Cars
Near 21st St., Bakersfield
12-MAY-2006
Drilling for Oil
Occidental’s $3.5 billion acquisition in 1998 of the U.S. government’s 78-percent interest in the Elk Hills oil and gas field has been an excellent investment. This former Naval Petroleum Reserve, set aside in 1911 to ensure fuel supplies for the U.S. Navy, is the seventh largest oil field in the continental United States, with cumulative production exceeding 1 billion barrels of oil and 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The Elk Hills acquisition made Occidental the largest natural gas producer and the third largest oil producer in the state.
-From the Occidental Petroleum web site
16-MAY-2006
House
20th and D St., Bakersfield
15-MAY-2006
Victorian Retro B/W
Thanks to Dan Chusid for suggesting that this shot might look good in B/W also.
I like it both ways but agree that the B/W renders the retro feel more accurately.
What do you think?
13-MAY-2006
Splash
Getting warm enough to consider a dip in the pool. 95 degrees or so today!
Still need to trim those pesky nails.
10-MAY-2006
Two Dollars
Or, as we in the U.S. like to call it,
1/2 gallon of gas.
10-MAY-2006
Oil Change
At the Quick Lube, White Lane and Ashe, Bakersfield.
07-MAY-2006
Bee with Bottlebrush tree
At the Bakersfield Art Museum, Tejon Ranch Sculpture Garden.
04-MAY-2006
David
I think he cuts his own hair.
30-APR-2006
Pet Food
Some cities in the world don't even have markets as big as this aisle in Albertson's devoted just to selling pet food.
30-APR-2006
World Records
Coffee Rd. and Stockdale Hwy.,
Bakersfield, California
30-APR-2006
Breakfast Together
Ahhhhhhhh... Sunday breakfast at the Village Grille, F St., Bakersfield.
23-APR-2006
Smoking Section
"Starz" theater back alley smoking area.
Chester Ave. between 19th and 20th. Streets, Bakersfield.
27-APR-2006
My kitty, Simon.
Stretched out in the final rays of sunlight from the kitchen window.
23-APR-2006
3rd Floor Landing
Yes, sandals with socks. What of it?
23-APR-2006
Waiting Room
Brower Bldg., Bakersfield
23-APR-2006
Sunday Walk
19th St., Bakersfield., Between Eye St. and Chester.
23-APR-2006
Closed- Come back during business hours.
23-APR-2006
1608 1610
19th St., near Chester Ave., Bakersfield
23-APR-2006
Coffee Shop Writer
Dagny's Coffee, 20th and Eye St., Bakersfield
23-APR-2006
Dagny's Coffee Shop
20th & Eye St., Bakersfield
