We’ve been meeting via Zoom since 2020 when Covid made in-person gatherings off-limits. Although years have past, the UCSD Photography Interest Group continues our monthly meeting via Zoom. This makes it possible for participants who are traveling to still join in. Heather was in Idaho during our October 15th meeting. She was able to upload her Idaho Fall images and join the meeting remotely – nice! Her are her Fall photos from Idaho:
Sharon found some scary subjects to photograph during a trip to a local retailer. Their Halloween and Dios del los Muertos displays made for some entertaining and scary subjects to photograph.
Mikky continues to show wonderful images from his African Safari trip earlier this year. With the thousands of photos taken, he is working his way through post-processing the wealth of wildlife images. I am envious of what he has shown so far – this month’s portfolio are a bird photographer’s dream.
Jim shared a sequence of photos of the moonrise Oct 6th over the San Diego skyline from Shelter Island. It’s difficult to get any further west because North Island hangers obstruct the skyline. PhotoPills suggested the moon would rise over One America Plaza if we setup at the fishing pier. But it came up a few buildings north and did not align with One America Plaza tip till it was higher in the sky. We’ll keep trying – the weather also was hazy so the first image of the moonrise were subtle. Plus, we hoped to get the building lights but they did not come on till after 7pm. When the moon was pretty high in the sky.
For scary, Jim shared photos from the Oct 12th Oaxaca Festival in Oceanside. It was the first time being held locally. The last festival dance was the Oaxaca festival “Dance of the Devils” where particpants wear elaborate costumes with horned masks. Perfect for the scary theme.
Finding a new Fall-themed image was hard but Jim shared a bee-on-marigold shot taken during a recent pumpkin patch visit. His other image of fall colors were from a drive to the Grand Canyon North Rim a few years ago.
Gary returned from a recent trip to Page Arizona and shared some wonderful images taken in Antelope Canyon. Cathy is planning a trip there so the discussion included tips from Gary on how to be successful photographing the sandstone slot canyon.
Photos from last year’s Dios de los Muertos meetup were also shared for the “scary” theme. We are planning another meetup again this year so stayed tuned for some more festival photos.
He also shared a fall image of fallen maple leaves from a trip to Canada.
Cathy share two images from this month’s and last month’s moonrise meetup, plus a fun experimental macro shot of soap+glycerin bubbles, and a “made scary-by-AI” Bodie church black& white image.
John shared an image of the moonrise over San Diego in tribute to our founding group leader Jerry Vaughn. He gave us the sad news that Jerry passed away Oct 10th. His comment that he and Jerry had similar images taken at that meetup.
With Halloween approaching this month’s themes included Scary/Halloween. Many participants found this to be the easiest category to fulfill, me included. We also had an informal Oct 6th moonrise meetup at Shelter Island to photograph the moon rising over One America Plaza, a unique skyline building in San Diego. Weather conditions were hazy but we manage to get some images of moonrise although a few building north of PhotoPills predicted arc. Moonshadow was also a subject but there were no moonlit landscape images shared this session.
Gary returned from a recent trip to Page Arizona and shared some wonderful images taken in Antelope Canyon. Cathy is planning a trip there so the discussion included tips from Gary on how to be successful photographing the sandstone slot canyon. Cathy share two images from this month’s and last month’s moonrise meetup, plus a fun experimental macro shot of soap+glycerin bubbles, and a “made scary-by-AI” Bodie church black& white image.
Mikky shared a portfolio of beautiful African bird images from his recent safari trip to Africa. With the wealth of images he’s shared so far, you can tell a trip like his is a photographer’s dream.
Jim shared some moonrise images from Oct 6th of the San Diego skyline. Plus he attended the first Oaxaca Festival in Oceanside Oct 12th. Luckily, the traditional “Dance of the Devils” was performed and fit the “scary” theme. He added a bee on marigold macro shot for Fall.
Sharon found some scary images while browsing the local store loaded with Halloween & Dios de los Muertos decor.
Heather joined the meeting from Idaho where she’s capture some amazing Fall colors & weather. Being further north or at elevation helps find fall colors this early.
Lastly, John shared an image of the moonrise over San Diego in tribute to our founding group leader Jerry Vaughn. He gave us the sad news that Jerry passed away Oct 10th. Jerry founded the photography interest group in 2015 & found us space on upper campus to meet before Covid moved us to Zoom. He was our mentor and inspired us to excel at our photography passion. He offered great technical advice and had insightful feedback on our images. He will be missed.
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