The Clouds and the Super Moon

Marty CohenMonterey, Moonrise10 Comments

(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) Here is a photo from about one hour after moonrise last night. I like the mystical quality the Super Moon created by illuminating the clouds beneath it as it passed behind the clouds in front of it. If you didn’t see it, the first image I … Read More

Super Moon at Sunset

Marty CohenMonterey, Moonrise10 Comments

(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) Last night and tonight are a Super Moon. We went to the wharf in Monterey  and I set up my tripod and controlled it with an app on my iPad. The whole set up worked beautifully. My Canon 6D has a built in wireless transmitter and … Read More

Bees and Lavender

Marty CohenBees, Carmel Valley Ranch, Flowers5 Comments

(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) This is a follow up image to the one I posted June 19th. I went back the next day just to capture an interesting shot of the bees in flight. To me, this image says “It’s Spring,” even if today is the first day of summer. … Read More

Lavender Hillside

Marty CohenCarmel Valley Ranch, Flowers13 Comments

(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!)   The lavender is in bloom at Carmel Valley Ranch. It lines the entry to the ranch, the roads and the hillsides. We look forward to this time of year here and are very lucky to live here. The Ranch harvests the lavender every year to … Read More

Wild Turkey Mom and Her Poults

Marty CohenBirds, Carmel Valley, Wild Turkeys14 Comments

(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) We have several families of Wild Turkeys living at Carmel Valley Ranch where we live. We see them often on the hillside behind our home. They’ve recently had babies, “Poults” and this family was behind the house the other day. Until the Poults can fly, they … Read More