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{It’s on Fire}

Raymona Chin — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:51:40 +0000

Last week I noticed there were clouds out all day…more importantly they were lingering late into the afternoon. If you’re not from California…clouds and California don’t mix until the winter months. Carl raced home so I could quickly grab my camera, tripod, and filters…then raced out to Laguna Beach. We got there a little too late but I was able to set up and get a few shots…here’s the one we liked best…

ENJOY

{Palomar Mountain}

Raymona Chin — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:59:32 +0000

I love my in-laws…

they took Carl and I out to Palomar Mountain in San Diego, CA for a little early morning hike

I’ve been meaning to share something since October but the holidays kept us so busy…

Thanks Steve and Amy…

we love you!

Sweltering in the Desert

Raymona Chin — Wed, 19 May 2010 05:13:07 +0000

much needed weekend getaway in palm desert…I guess I was the only one that didn’t realize it would be 100 degrees everyday…in my defense, it was in the low 70s only 2 hours away

we headed over the Joshua Tree not too far away…came across this abandoned house on the way to the national park…that ‘keep out’ sign is a bit scarey

turbines on the way back to palm desert…energy!

Living Desert

left to right: 2 month old giraffe, mama giraffe, not sure what kind of bird, goat, owl (look closely and you can see us in his eyes), not sure but he’s from Africa =)

we saw this large empty exhibit where the cheetah was supposed to be but no cheetah…as we were leaving he came running out with his lunch…gorgeous animal

looking up at this soft flower

on the day we were heading out…the temperature had dropped significantly from 100 to 58 degrees…and it was very cloudy and foggy…we pulled over to capture this shot…

in the Desert

Raymona Chin — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:30:21 +0000

sneak peek of our visit to palm desert

this was the view heading down to palm desert…elevation 2000 ft.

I’ve been chosen by the pioneer woman…

Raymona Chin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:42:00 +0000

a few months ago I was introduced to thepioneerwoman by my good friend Melissa…she thought it would be a good idea to enter a photo of my cat in the cat photo contest…so I did. Little did I know over 18,000 people entered their cats, so of course I was overlooked for photos that were absolutely stunning. I became an instant fan of the pioneer woman’s website because of the inspiring photos that people submitted. Turns out Ree, thepioneerwoman is famous…saw her being interviewed on The View…I thought to myself “wow, this lady is legit”. A few weeks later she had a macro contest and I of course I submitted another photo and this time up against 20,000 people…there are many talented people out there…needless to say my photo was NOT chosen. To make a long story short =) I submitted a landscape photo to her current photo contest (up against 21,850 people now) so of course, I didn’t expect to get picked…but to my surprise my photo was chosen…little ol’ me was chosen!!!

Can you believe it? I couldn’t…I just sat there and stared at my image on her site…feels so good to know someone out there thinks your work is great up against all those other talented folks out there around the world.

that’s what she said

this is the photo I submitted…

I’m so thrilled about this…maybe it will happen again…ok, now I’m just being greedy

Low tide in Crystal Cove

Raymona Chin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:29:41 +0000

I feel as though I’ve been neglecting the ocean lately…seascapes that is. So I was eager to capture the ocean but I had 2 criteria…1) low tide and 2) clouds in the sky. We all know that photos are considerably more interesting when there are clouds out. I’ve been relying on the tide app on the iphone to determine when to expect low tide and keeping my fingers crossed that there would be clouds in the sky on that very day. Crystal Cove State Park was a great location for low tide and guess what? There were clouds in the sky…see for yourself…

after hiking for a while (yes, we “hiked” at the beach across sandy and rocky terrain) we made it down the beach. It was still pretty bright due to the time change so I took the opportunity to snap some shots of my favorite model (my hubby). I think this shot shares a little glimpse of his personality…if you know him…you know exactly what I mean

up close and personal with “the thinker”

walking around while waiting for the sun to set…saw some acorn barnacles and oceans footprint

as promised…LOW TIDE

…if you’re wondering…Yes, these rocks were slippery

ohhhhh the sunsetting is here…look at that sunburst!

remember those clouds I was telling you about? Well, here they are…along with the visitors and departing sun

the sun finally set which created this bright orange sky that lasted for about 5 minutes. See that swirly rock formation over there? It reminds me of a mini Roman amphitheatre. Who knew all this was hiding under the water.

as we were heading back I couldn’t help noticing the lush hills at the beach…there was ocean then rocks then hills filled with flowers…

I slowed the shutter down a little to capture the movement in the grass…subtle movement from the wind off the ocean

one last look back at the ocean…that person above had the same idea…”just one last look”

Flowers on a Mission

Raymona Chin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:54:56 +0000

the San Juan Mission is not only a good location for portrait photography but landscape and macro as well…that was evident by the 7 other photographers walking around with their digital SLRs and tripods

the sun was pretty bright by 9am but here’s a backlit flower…so delicate and hairy

bee buzzing around this yellow flower…look at those little spikes

the front of flowers always get all the attention but the rear is pretty nice too…I think the sprinklers had just gone off

here’s the front side and a little shaded…

Just one more…

Raymona Chin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:17:34 +0000

I’ve been staring at this photo and daydreaming about what could be beyond the fog…if you stare long enough more of the tree line begins to emerge…spooky

The trail is open again…

Raymona Chin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:04:00 +0000

So the trail has been closed for a while now (over a month) and it re-opened yesterday…

I couldn’t make it there yesterday but was determined to get some sunrise shots instead of sunset shots…arrived there at 5:45am with our bikes…ready to ride the trail and take some shots along the way…only to be stumped by a THICK marine layer…we couldn’t see 5 feet in front of us.

this is what it looked like in the morning…super foggy/marine layer

once the sun came up we started on the trail…this is the first shot…can anyone say AVATAR???

here are the different perspectives of the trail we were on…

we couldn’t help noticing tons of these black spikey thingys…all over the leaves on the trail…thorns everywhere

the husband stumbled upon this gopher skull…he has a very good eye because this thing was no bigger than my thumb…I thought this would make for an interesting shot

as we were exiting the trail…and packing up…I came across this snail trying making his way across the path…then the ladybug in the tall grass…and this very interesting (ugly/pretty) flower

Horses…horses…horses…

Raymona Chin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:36:57 +0000

after visiting our friends and their new baby we came across these horses in san juan capistrano…they’re beautiful animals built purely of muscle

this horse was friendly but I was still a little scared for some reason…maybe because his head was 5 times as big as mine

soon he started biting the fence trying to get out…I could tell it wasn’t his first time chopping on the fence…look at that grill (can you say oral hygiene?)

he flared his nostrils at me…some really big notrils…I think I felt stuff flying out and onto my arm…ewwww

look at him run…amazing!