I live on San Marcos Pass on top of the mountains behind Santa Barbara, California. I`ve lived here for 35+ years now. Most of these photos are close to home. As a long-time naturalist and teacher, I take 1000s of photos to "document the flora". Sometimes I get it right. I`m fussy with names and dates because I have a database in the works.
My camera is a Nikon D300 with Nikkor 105mm micro and 18-200mm lenses, and a Tamron 200-500mm telephoto. Before June 16, 2008, my camera was a Nikon D70. Before that I used an Olympus C-2040Z or D-320L. I use PSP to do some darkroom stuff with curves and contrast and cropping. That`s it.