A field of crosses on the Santa Monica, CA, beach mark every death in the Iraq war.

I found this guy standing in the driveway looking outraged after I pulled in and parked. It then decided to take refuge by running up on to my rear tire.

For scale, that is the tread of a relatively new Goodyear Regatta 2 (size P205/75R14) it is hanging on to. Each pair of tread blocks is about 1 inch wide.

My visitor at breakfastime a while back.

Wolf spiders always seem so mellow.

Closer up look at Spongebob.

All buttercream icing. Pattern transfer did not work so ended up freehanding it. :D

Closeup of lichen and bark of the madrone tree. Printed this one on an aluminum panel for the display at Rogue Roasters coffee shop.

a pity that I've blown the highlights, but I like the funky background

close up of a strawberry from my garden.

14-42 M. Zuiko ED

My new Sony Vaio laptop

Models: Amie Book, Zane Walker

Photographer: Trevor Loken

Strobist info:

two light setup

abr800 1/16 power on camera (key light) about a foot and a half from their faces

ab400 1/2 power about four feet above with 20 degree honeycomb grid (hair light)

Ruby Brezinsky, .., .., Alan Salzman

A close up.

Pescadero, California

Cats can be hard to photography! ^^

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Gorky closeup at 17 months. He adds something special to our house.

Young woman wearing a black dress in a coastal setting.

Some story-related stuff I had in an old notebook (which I think ended up on my blog eventually). I kind of like the closeup of a single sentence on the page; it's neat.

Here is how I get close ups of orchids with a fixed focus camera or phone

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Closeup of small White flower

Closeup of T45C Goshawk Navy Trainer aircraft canopy, showing detail of Canopy Destruct system (the sharply-angled lines near the longitudinal center of the canopy) which consists of a ribbon explosive. This system shatters the canopy immediately prior to pilot ejection.

sliver edition davids bridal asian barbie romance

Flowers for our godmother Agnes, who died this week.

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This is an original acrylic painting of mine that can be seen in entirety here at my other account: www.flickr.com/photos/bncatchesthelight/283910542 or by going to my website catches-the-light.com under "Cloth Paintings", "2006", "Hummingbird" - where it was for sale but now SOLD :>)

Closeup of earrings, turquoise necklace, sheer colorful top, fox necklace

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closeup of haircut. studio shot

my shoes were dirty

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I just love this caption.

(Zelo zanimiv posnetek...)

Photos by Andrej-san

Closeup of the pumpkins I free motioned in the border - I wanted casual looking, so I'm OK with them being a bit wonky and off center.. that was on purpose... totally :)