Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

Some of you readers had a chance to see my post this last week regarding a fake reflection filter used on a slot canyon photo. Although I’ve since deleted that post, one of my favorite shows brings this subject to light. I’m a huge fan of the PBS show, NOVA, and their sister program, NOVA [...]

Picture: Seagulls at sunset on rocks at Natural Bridges State Park, California
I’m closing in on the end of my current book project. This image was taken last week while in Santa Cruz for a day. Back when I first visited this beach in the 1980’s, I seem to remember that the chasm between these two [...]

For the first time in several years, I’ve deleted a post at the request of Kristy Cannon. In retrospect, I’m a stand-up guy, enough to admit I probably had too much of a knee-jerk reaction to her canyon water filter effect reflection shots. In her Photo.net page, she asked if I’d delete my post, and [...]

Picture: FAA Saftey Crews working on runway approach lights below a jet airplane landing at LAX, Los Angeles, California
I had mentioned previously regarding my recent Southern California Coast trip, that some of my favorite images taken over the nine days were some of the very last one’s I took. Furthermore, they had nothing to do [...]

Picture: Sunset light on coastal cliffs at the Point Vicente Lighthouse, Palos Verdes Peninsula, California
I just finished processing the images from my recent trip down along the Southern California coast. There was a grand total of 445 RAW image files that have been converted into 55MB Master TIFF Files. The majority of these will be [...]

Picture: Homes above the Upper Newport Bay Preserve, Newport Beach, Orange County, California

And speaking of the Southern California mindset; I was tangibly aware of how different people looked at me with my camera. You can tell that their thoughts focused on my being a Paparazzi. People would turn to look at WHO I was shooting, [...]

Picture: “Drill Now” oil banner hanging from front porch of affluent home with a Hummer SUV parked in front, Corona Del Mar, Southern California
On my recent trip to Southern California, I came across this scene while in the Newport Beach / Corona del Mar area. Frankly, sometimes I just don’t get the SOCAL mindset. [...]

According to some, it has the potential to show us the mind of God, or if the fear-mongers are correct, deliver the entire planet to God. The Boston Globe’s photo-blog, The Big Picture, has recently run an awesome collection of images from the Large Hadron Collider. This machine has been built to replicate the earliest [...]