Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts

Saturday, January 02, 2016

Top 10 Travel Photos: 2011

Yosemite Falls Moonbow Star Trails, finalist in the 2011 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest
Continuing the retrospective look at my last decade of travel and landscape photography, 2006 - 2015.  Here are some of my favorites from 2011. This was my first full year covering Southern California for my guidebook "Photographing California Vol. 2 - South, A guide to the natural landmarks of the Golden State", so naturally I cris-crossed the state with much enthusiasm, to find the best possible sites to include, in the best possible conditions.


Skeleton of an Inland Sea
Skeleton of an Inland Sea, Death Valley National Park
Fonts Point Rainbow
Rainbow Over Font's Point, Anza-Borrego State Park
Earth, Wind, Fire and Water
Earth, Wind, Fire and Water on the Big Sur Coast
Morro Rock from Montana de Oro
Morro Rock from Montana de Oro, California Coast
Alien Terrain
Alien Terrain, Mojave Desert, California
Goldfields and Poppies at Sunrise
Goldfields and Poppies at Sunrise, Antelope Valley
Out of this World
Out of This World, Mono Lake, Eastern Sierra
First Light on the Dry Lake
First Light on the Dry Lake, Eastern Sierra
Spring Storm Arriving in Yosemite Valley
Spring Storm Arriving in Yosemite Valley
This was a selection of a few favorites from an album of over 50 photos from 2011. To see more of them, as well as some of my road trip itineraries, click on the link or album photo below.

More of my favorite photos from 2011, including my Outdoor Photographer Magazine cover: 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/albums/72157650751241608

2011 Favorites


Stargazing - Winning Image, People and Space Category
Stargazing
This image won the People and Space category in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2011 competition conducted by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich (home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian).

My daughter Nicole Sullivan won Runner Up (second place) in the Young Astronomer category. They sent a film crew up from Los Angeles and interviewed her for 7 hours! Here's the video: www.vimeo.com/28740663

Full results including all awarded images: www.nmm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of...

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight!

The good news is that the Geminid meteor shower peaks on the nights of December 13 and 14, so tonight one of the strongest meteor showers of the year. The bad news is that the moon rising around 8 pm tonight and 9 pm tomorrow night will interfere with the visibility of the meteors. How much will it interfere? Actually I have a video of Geminid meteor shower from past year with and without the moon in the sky which can show you the difference. Make sure you're watching this in HD, and it's best watched full scree as well: You'd definitely see more meteors without the moon, so try watching before the moon rises, but if you're up in the key viewing hours between 11am and dawn, look up in the eastward sky and you might get lucky and see a decent fireball!

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Figueroa Mountain Wildflower Report: April 6, 2011

Figueroa Mountain was less impressive than I expected. Although here are many species blooming, the biggest patches are several of poppies and one small one of lupine in a recently burned area. For now at least, Figueroa Mountain is more of a flower portrait than a flower landscape destination. It's probably worth visiting if you're in the area, but with gas currently over $4.00 it may not be as attractive to visit if a long drive is required.