Here are some great bird photos Barbara sent to me after the meeting to add to this month’s online album.
Category: Barbara Lowe
19 Feb 2025 Passion Project/Minimalism: Barbara
Barbara’s photography passion is birds. She does photograph other wildlife and street scenes on her outings around San Diego. But birds are a favorite subject using her Olympus/OM Systems mirrorless camera and her 40-150mm (80-300mm full-frame equivalent) lens. Here are the images she shared during the Feb 2025 meeting:
15 Jan 2025 Favs of 2024/Passion Project: Barbara
Barbara shared a few of her favorites of 2024 which happen to also be her passion, bird photography. She is always to document wonderful interactions with bird during her walk-abouts.
18 Dec 2024 Theme Holiday: Barbara
Barbara has been busy lately and just returned to San Diego on Dec 18th from a Mexican cruise. She was able to upload a few images from her arrival and an early day walk. They seem to fit the “Holiday” theme since she was on holiday.
20 Nov 2024 Themes Planes, Trains, Automobiles; Birds: Barbara
Barbara shared some transportation themed images and bird photos taken during a San Diego River Trail walk. She was lucky the burrowing owl was out of its burrow and just hanging out, snoozing. I’ve tried finding this owl and wasn’t lucky. Barbara uses an Om Systems micro-four thirds camera so her 50-150mm f2.8 lens is effectively a 75-300mm focal range. The advantage of using micro-four thirds cameras is they have a 2x crop – great for birds and wildlife.
16 Oct 2024 Themes Above/Below, Fall, Moonrise: Barbara
Barbara participated on the Sept 17th full moon meetup at Ski Beach on Mission Bay. She shared some great shots of the moon rising over USD. In addition, she shared images of a squirrel (for Below eye-level) and two bee macro shots. Her bee photos were added during our meeting’s discussion of Gary’s bee photos which he presented for the below eye-level theme.
18 Sep 2024 Theme Fall: Barbara
Barbara shared a autumn themed falling leaf photo and some great surfing action. Great photos of any theme are welcome during our meetings.
21 Aug 2024 Beach & Summer Theme: Barbara
Barbara did not have many images to share this meeting but the three images she shared were great. A surfer at the decisive moment, and pelicans on a ocean palette of colors. Here are her photos:
17 July 2024 Theme Food/Color: Barbara
Like other participants in this month’s meeting, Barbara shared both recently shot photos and ones from her photo archives. She always seems to find great images when visiting local spots. She is a great example of why having your camera with you, when going out for the day, can have great results.
Finding a large group of great food shots, unless you are visiting the San Diego Fair, is difficult. So like others, she pulled some delicious looking images worthy of a desserts magazine, from her collection.
20 Mar 2024 Spring Theme: Barbara
Barbara always seems to catch unique bird behavior during her walks around San Diego. Luckily (or habitually), she always has her camera handy and shows the patience necessary to catch unique moments. She has also been experimenting with street photography & post-processing, something she hasn’t been very interested in doing. I hope that the influence of our photo group.
