Barbara was unable to make it to the Fair meetup but shared a Mission Carmel image and some fantastic Shelter Island Osprey Nestling photos. Here are her images:



Barbara shared silhouettes and a wonderful backlit Baboon photo which she asked for some ideas on how to process it. Apple Photos turned out a little better than Lightroom in a quick edit. She also shared some selective color, local wildlife and a humorous street photo – “Working Dog”. Here are her pics:
Here are some great bird photos Barbara sent to me after the meeting to add to this month’s online album.
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:
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.
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.