I love water – it becomes absolutely magical when frozen in time. This is hose water shot at 1/2000th of a second, any faster and there was motion blur. It was tough picking the best shot, after my first pass I narrowed it down to about 50. I like this one because it looks like alien dancers being formed from the stream of water.

From my backyard. I tweaked the color and contrast a bit in Adobe Lightroom, but otherwise it’s what I shot. The black background comes from shooting with a flash after dark.

36°59’41.66″N 122° 3’23.97″W
Taken after I gave a talk at UCSC. Spun the camera around, no retouching. I like that the center leaves appear to have no blur.

Our new pet with a hearty appetite for crickets. The ISO was set too high on the camera, so the picture is overly grainy. She doesn’t mind posing, so I’ll shoot her again another day.