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  • San Diego Fog

    San Diego Fog

    San Diego isn’t exactly known for its fog. Sure, we have “May Gray” and “June Gloom” where the marine layer rolls in and covers the blue sky along the coast, but we rarely get a dense fog. When that happens, it’s time to break out the camera. Today’s weather was weird for mid-December. We had…

    Daniel Zeller Photography

    December 19, 2024
    Coastal
    California, Featured, Fog, Nature, Night photography, photography, San Diego, Travel
  • October’s Celestial Wonders

    October’s Celestial Wonders

    October 2024 was the month of a once-in-80,000-years comet and another super moon. I’m not big on astrophotography, but these were two events that I didn’t want to pass up. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. It took me two attempts to photograph the comet. The first was…

    Daniel Zeller Photography

    October 17, 2024
    Desert, Nature
    astronomy, astrophotography, comet, moonrise
  • Lone Pine & Mount Whitney Gallery

    Lone Pine & Mount Whitney Gallery

    I’m not a very spontaneous person, so it was really out of character for me to decide at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday to make a run up to Lone Pine. There was a little motivation behind my madness, though. As you may have gathered, I’m a fan of the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, and one…

    Daniel Zeller Photography

    May 7, 2023
    Landscapes, Mountains
    Alabama Hills, California, Featured, Lone Pine, Moon, Moon set, Mount Whitney Gallery, Mountains, sunset
  • Zion National Park

    Zion National Park

    After my visit to Death Valley, I spent two nights in Zion National Park. This was my fourth or fifth visit to the park, but the first time in winter and the first time staying in Zion Lodge, right in the heart of Zion Canyon. There was snow at elevation, but none in the valley.…

    Daniel Zeller Photography

    January 20, 2023
    Mountains
    Featured, Mountains, Zion National Park
  • Death Valley National Park

    Death Valley National Park

    I took a quick trip to Death Valley National Park 9-12 January 2023, arriving along with one of southern California’s recent atmospheric rivers dumping rain on the state. It was raining as I arrived at the west entrance to the park near Panamint Springs, and that did make for some interesting shooting conditions. I spent…

    Daniel Zeller Photography

    January 18, 2023
    Desert, Landscapes
    California, Death Valley, Desert, Featured
  • La Jolla Tide Pools

    La Jolla Tide Pools

    I have visited La Jolla countless times, but oddly, I’ve never taken photos of the tide pools there until last night. They are easy to access and I’m sure I’ll be back. Luckily, I was there after low tide, but the tide was coming back in, and I had to dodge a few waves splashing…

    Daniel Zeller Photography

    April 19, 2022
    Coastal, Landscapes
    California, Featured, La Jolla, ocean, rocky coast, San Diego, sunset, surf, tide pools
  • SoCal Wildflower Bloom

    SoCal Wildflower Bloom

    Spring has sprung in Southern California! Yes, SoCal really does have seasons, as mild as they are. This photographic expedition required a bit more effort, as the location was about 250 miles from my home, and I had to drive across Los Angeles to get there. That is never fun. Ever. I planned my trip…

    Daniel Zeller Photography

    March 3, 2022
    Nature
    California, flowers, poppies, wildflowers
  • Yosemite National Park

    Yosemite National Park

    Last week (16-19 November 2021), I made a quick run to Yosemite National Park. It was my first visit there since September 2009, and I was anxious to get out and capture some images. I arrived at the Tunnel View around 3:30 p.m., just in time to catch the setting sun light up El Capitan…

    Daniel Zeller Photography

    November 21, 2021
    Mountains, Nature
    California, El Capitan, Featured, Half Dome, Mountains, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park
  • Exploring Arizona and Zion

    Exploring Arizona and Zion

    Last week, I took six days to do a little photography scouting trip of some new locations and of some that I hadn’t been to in over 30 years. Here are some of the results of that recon trip. One thing that was a bit of a photographer’s “nightmare” was the fact that I saw…

    Daniel Zeller Photography

    November 3, 2019
    Desert, Landscapes, Mountains
    Arizona, Canyon, Creek, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Horseshoe Bend, Mountains, Oak Creek, rock formations, Sedona, Slide Rock State Park, Zion National Park
  • Out Playing

    Out Playing

    All the years that I’ve been playing with my digital photography, the vast majority of my images were taken on my 24-105 mm lens, and I didn’t own a wider angle lens than that. Until just before my trip to Switzerland. I finally broke down and purchased a 16-35 mm f/4 lens. I thought it…

    Daniel Zeller Photography

    May 3, 2019
    Cities, Travel
    Blue hour, Cityscape, San Diego, San Diego Maritime Museum, skyline, Star of India
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