Flamingo

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Flamingo
San Diego Zoo, San Diego, CA
February, 2011
Beautiful juvenile flamingo.  I love the texture and gentle colors of the plumage.
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Snared Leaf

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Snared Leaf
Solana Beach, CA
February, 2011
This fallen leaf, snared by the parasitic creeper vine that winds its way through the tree, caught my eye as is dangled and turned in the breeze.
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Lichen

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Lichen
Solana Beach, CA
February, 2011
San Dieguito park, in Solana Beach, has long and interesting hiking trails, weaving through native plants of all kinds.  The ocean is close by, and lichen and moss are prevalent on some of the trees.
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Desert Blossom #2

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Desert Blossom #2
Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
March, 2011
A detail shot of the upper part of this massive blossom.
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Desert Blossom #1

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Desert Blossom #1
Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
March, 2011
Around this time of year, the flowering plants in San Diego are starting to go crazy.  I'm not sure what this plant is, but these foot-long blossoms have popped out on some kind of desert tree in one of the cactus gardens in Balboa Park.  They're very beautiful, in my opinion.
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Rust #1

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Rust #1
Solana Beach, CA
February, 2011
Last of this series of rust portraits.
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Rust #2

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Rust #2
Solana Beach, CA
February, 2011
Another rust portrait.  I think I'm reacting to the respect I have for the time it took for the patterns of nature to create such intricacy.
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Rust #3

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Rust #3
La Jolla Shores Beach, La Jolla, CA
February, 2011
There's something about the contrast between the natural patterns rust makes and its man-made origins that keeps drawing me to it as a subject.
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