Four Bees

Four Bees
Originally uploaded by stshank

One is angry, one is happy, one is confused, and one is winking. 9/27/2009

Camera info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM, ¹⁄₅₀ sec at f/8.0, focal length 121 mm, ISO 400 Copyright 2009 Stephen T. Shankland

Disney All-Star Sports Hotel

Disney All-Star Sports Hotel
Originally uploaded by stshank

All-Star Sports hotel in Orlando, Fla. Yes, that's a Mickey Mouse head made out of towels that greeted me on my arrival. Yes, that's a Roy Lichtensteinesque picture on the wall of Mickey playing tennis.

A Two-Headed One-Foot Bird Playing the Tuba

A Two-Headed One-Foot Bird Playing the Tuba
Originally uploaded by stshank

The tuba is built into a chair. Levi, 9/17/2009 Camera info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM, ¹⁄₃₂₀ sec at f/7.1, focal length 116 mm, ISO 100 Copyright 2009 Stephen T. Shankland

Bee with Squash Pollen

Bee with Squash Pollen
Originally uploaded by stshank

Scratching its foreleg with its middle leg.

Camera info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM, ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ sec at f/7.1, focal length 100 mm, ISO 640 Copyright 2009 Stephen T. Shankland

Point Reyes hike

Point Reyes hike
Originally uploaded by stshank

The dopey kid and me hiking at Point Reyes. Photo by Rachel.

Camera info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM, ¹⁄₈₀ sec at f/4.5, focal length 70 mm, ISO 640

Trike Adventure

Trike Adventure
Originally uploaded by stshank

Riding up the road. (and I was trying out the Sigma 12-24mm very wide angle zoom lens.) Camera info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 12-24mm, ¹⁄₂₀₀ sec at f/11, focal length 15 mm, ISO 400 Copyright 2009 Stephen T. Shankland

Last Light

Last Light
Originally uploaded by stshank

Can't beat New Mexico for sunsets. I usually resist the impulse to photograph them becuase they're so cliche.

Camera info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM, ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at f/4.0, focal length 169 mm, ISO 200 Copyright 2009 Stephen T. Shankland

P65+ image in Seadragon

Trying out Seadragon scaling on a downsampled P65+ image. Gotta get this working with the full-resolution version, too. Click the controls to zoom in.

Thieving Marmot

Marmot Theft
Originally uploaded by stshank

This marmot stole my trekking pole, presumably because of the salt in the sweaty strap, while I was in the White Chief Mine taking pictures. I ran out and chased him. He only lost the pole because it wouldn't go down his hole.

In Mineral King part of Sequoia National Park.

Camera info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM, ¹⁄₈₀₀ sec at f/9.0, focal length 100 mm, ISO 800 Copyright 2009 Stephen T. Shankland

More Levi Feet

More Levi Feet
Originally uploaded by stshank

Levi swinging in Noe Valley with Carly. An pretty good action shot for
an iPhone.

Bye bye Joost Roost

Bye bye Joost Roost
Originally uploaded by stshank

House sold! Bye bye Joost Roost, hello next chapter.

A Truck Dreaming of Another Truck

A Truck Dreaming of Another Truck
Originally uploaded by stshank

A Truck Dreaming of Another Truck, Levi, 8/22/2009 Camera info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, ¹⁄₆₀ sec at f/7.1, focal length 85 mm, ISO 250 Copyright 2009 Stephen T. Shankland

Geophysics

Geophysics
Originally uploaded by stshank

"This volcano has a magma chamber (the oval at bottom) and the lava squirts out here (top) and flows down here into a giant lake of lava and then it goes into a lava tube and does the whole thing over and over again." 5/30/2009

Camera info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM, 1/100 sec at f/4.0, focal length 111 mm, ISO 400 Copyright 2009 Stephen T. Shankland

Hummingbird

Hummingbird
Originally uploaded by stshank

In Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Camera info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM, ¹⁄₈₀₀₀ sec at f/5.6, focal length 100 mm, ISO 3200 Copyright 2009 Stephen T. Shankland

Caterpillar with Propeller Hat

Caterpillar with Propeller Hat
Originally uploaded by stshank

A caterpillar wearing a green propeller hat and he's smiling at your hand. Happy face! And there are clouds in the sky. Rainy day! Levi, 4/2009

Camera info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM, 1/60 sec at f/4.0, focal length 89 mm, ISO 320 Copyright 2009 Stephen T. Shankland