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.
John
Cathy
Gary
Heather
Mikky
Sharon
Jim
