Mikky traveled with UC Retirees Travel Program to Africa. Last month he shared photos of Victoria Falls and this month he shared elephant and leopard safari photos. Here are his latest wonderful animal images:
Day: August 20, 2025
20 Aug 2025 Themes: Summer Vacation: Heather
Heather shared photographs of a parade & festival in Oaxaca Mexico she took while traveling this summer. The colorful outfits & dances of the indigenous people celebrating their culture made for some wonderful images.
20 Aug 2025 Themes: Sports: Cathy
Cathy shared her favorite San Diego Velodrome cycling photos this month. Like most of us, she found photographing the racers under the current conditions challenging. But she got some of the best images of the night. This was our first attempt at shooting at the velodrome so hopefully future outings there will have even better results.
20 Aug 2025 Themes Reflections & Geometric Shapes: Gary
Gary shared some photos under the themes of reflections and geometric shapes. He has a wonderful photo of boats on a dock on Lake McDonald, West Glacier Park. He also toured the US Coast Guard Barque Eagle training ship and Star of India recently. Here are his images for his visit:
20 Aug 2025 Themes Sports: Barb
Barb, our newest member who joined in July, was traveling this month but she participated in the Velodrome Meetup July 22nd. She uploaded a large group of photos for the velodrome people to browse. Here is a sub-sample I grabbed of some of her best iPhone images:
20 Aug 2025 Themes Sports, Reflections & Geometric Shapes: Jim
Jim participated in the San Diego Velodrome meetup and photographed bicycle races for the 1st time. He experimented with long exposures with flash to combine motion and freeze detail. He also photographed the full moon rising over the California Tower August 9th. He added one reflection image from a SD Padres baseball game to fulfill the “reflections” theme.
20 Aug 2025 Themes Summer Vacation & Geometric Shapes: Sharon
Sharon shared a photo of the de Young Museum in San Francisco. A very polarizing design with its wire cage and fits the summer vacation and geometric themes. Her other photos could fit next month’s theme of still lifes, some wonderful macro flower photos. Here’s what she shared:
20 Aug 2025 Themes: Sports, Summer Vacation, Reflections & Geometric Shapes
This month meeting had a variety of photos shared with many from the July 22nd San Diego Velodrome meetup. This was our 1st time shooting the bicycle racers and many lessons were learned. We hopefully will do it again and have even better success capturing the cyclists. Heather shared wonderful vacation photos of the festival in Oaxaca Mexico. Gary shared a photo of beautiful light on Lake McDonald, West Glacier Park. Plus photos taken on the visiting USCG sailing ship Barque Eagle, and San Diego resident Star of India. Mikky shared more images from his recent trip to Africa. This time it was of his elephant and leopard encounters on safari. Barb Donovan, our newest member, is traveling but I culled several images from her velodrome folder. Cathy has some of the best velodrome images showing the racers in action. Sharon shared some wonderful macro flower shots and an unusual geometric building that defies conventional aesthetics. Jim experimented with long exposure flash photography at the velodrome. Additionally, he made to Balboa Park Aug 9th for a full moon rising behind the California Tower. A popular vantage point for moonrise in San Diego.
Here are the images from this month’s meeting:
Barb Donovan
Cathy
Gary
Heather
Mikky
Sharon
Jim