Last Light

October 4, 2015 By JoelSax

Last light

July 12, 2015

I spent hours on this pier watching the sun go down. I used a purple graduated filter to bring out the dusk sky.

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Sushi and Shadow

October 2, 2015 By JoelSax

Sushi and Shadow

May 11, 2015

Some of my best photos are just found. I was getting ready to walk around Lake Mission Viejo when I spotted this scene.

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Before the Fireworks

September 30, 2015 By JoelSax

Before the Fireworks

July 4, 2015

The waiting for dark brought this.

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Sunset Picnic

September 27, 2015 By JoelSax

Sunset Picnic

July 4, 2015

There wasn’t much to do before the sun set and the fireworks began except talk, eat, and take photographs.

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Trabuco Canyon

September 25, 2015 By JoelSax

Trabuco Canyon

July 4, 2015

We arrived several hours before the fireworks, so I took the opportunity to capture some of the surrounding mountains.

“Trabuco” is Spanish for blunderbuss. There’s a story behind that name…

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Great Blue Heron Aflight

September 23, 2015 By JoelSax

Great Blue Heron Aflight

July 4, 2015

I spotted him flying away from me and got this shot, a classic rear-tailed evader.

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Great Blue Heron

September 20, 2015 By JoelSax

Great Blue Heron

July 4, 2015

There are a lot of these around the marshes. I spied this one along a bridge going over the Bolsa Chica estuary.

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Under Construction

September 18, 2015 By JoelSax

Under Construction

July 4, 2015

There are still little pieces of Southern California which have not been developed.

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Western Fence Lizard

September 16, 2015 By JoelSax

Western Fence Lizard

June 25, 2015

He likes to hang out on the sidewalk below our deck. I tell the kids that he is my pet.

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Balcony and Elevator

September 13, 2015 By JoelSax

Balcony and Elevator

June 21, 2015

I looked up and saw this pattern overlooking Bunnyhenge.

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