Home at Last

Posted by Scott Laird Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:48:20 GMT

After 15 days on the road, I’m finally back home. We drove down to San Diego for my sister-in-law’s wedding, and then drove back slowly, spending a couple days in Sequoia National Park along the way. I really enjoyed the park; after spending a week split between LA and San Diego, it was nice to get away from the crowds. Not that the park was completely empty–we saw 3 of these guys:

Bear 2

From a photographic standpoint, the trip was a success. I’m not going to claim that I produced any great art, but I enjoyed myself and gave my new 5D and 100-400 a workout. I feel like a photographer again, after months of almost no photography at all. I probably went a bit overboard this time–according to Lightroom, I shot almost 4,100 frames. Most of those were kids-at-Disneyland snapshots or wedding pictures, but there were a few that stood out for me:

San Diego Zoo

In the landscaping at the San Diego Marriott

Sequoia National Park

San Diego Zoo

Strangely, most of my favorite shots were birds; I’m not quite sure how that happened. I’ve never been big on birds before. I’ll post more details once I’ve finished unpacking, and once my last few pictures have finished uploading to Flickr.

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  1. Justin Akehurst said 1 day later:

    Very nice picture of the heron (is that what it is?) 3rd picture down. That’s postcard-worthy.

    -Justin

  2. Michael said 25 days later:

    Not only the third one is nice, I think all pictures you showed here are great, so many details… How far were you away when you took these pictures? The one with the bear is just awesome!

  3. Scott Laird said 25 days later:

    The bear was at least 150’ away; I used a 400mm lens and then cropped quite a bit. The heron was probably 25 or 30 feet away, while the others were a bit closer.

  4. Anna said 25 days later:

    Such nice photos, especially with the gate and with the bear in the forest. Amazing!

  5. Conann said 2 months later:

    Great shots, I love the one of the bear. Mega pixels are cool :)

  6. Conann said 2 months later:

    Great shots, I love the one of the bear. Mega pixels are cool :)

  7. pedro said 2 months later:

    I agree

  8. Blake Newman said 3 months later:

    Amazing photographs!

  9. Creditworthy http://www.acclaimvisa.com said 3 months later:

    Glad for you’ve had such exciting trip. I’ve enjoyed the shot of that bird in white-and-black.

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