fstopandsee

On a hike back into town we chose the high road, this trail, and that was certainly a wise choice.

The sun was sitting perfectly at the base of this tree to give me some interesting lens flare.

There is a viewpoint of Lake Tahoe on the north shore that is a few mile hike from the road.  At the top there are three interesting rock pillars that I used to change up the typical view of the lake.  On the hike up they just looked like piles of rock that stuck up from the highest point, but from the top I was able to use them to frame the sides of the lake.

There are many fallen trees on the hike to Lake Margaret.  This one was on the side of the trail and someone had taken the time to cut all of the branches off.  I’m not sure why they were cut off, but as I looked at it from the end I liked the way the stumps disappeared into the background.

This is my first photo for this series that I’m posting on the day I took it.  I hiked to Lake Margaret by Kirkwood and it was beautiful.  The water was warmer than I expected for a lake at this elevation, and it was amazing to swim in.  The sky was clear all day until this point where the clouds on the right started rolling in and rained on us a little bit by the time we got back to the car. The dead and living trees on each side of the lake framed this shot nicely.  Great day.

This is another image I took in San Diego.  The red flowers contrasted nicely with the blue of the sky, and I like the way the buildings rise up out of the background.

I was in the backyard just as the sun was in the perfect spot to light up a tree with a warm glow.