Stephen Bay

Night view of highway 163 leading into downtown San Diego. in the center of the sky is a the moon appearing as a giant starburst. The car lights leave trails in the foreground

Starburst -- I've been thinking about making this photo for a while now, but didn't manage to do so until last night. This is the view towards downtown from the Cabrillo Bridge in Balboa Park with a half moon in the sky (44%). It was around 7pm.

I miss the fall colors (but not the snow)

A black and white photo of the white lady cave in La Jolla, San Diego, California. The photo is from inside the cave looking out. There is a lone cloud in the opening. Water is coming into the cave.

This photo is a bit different for me. I normally photograph in color, but occasionally I come across a scene that I think has to be in black & white. This is the White Lady cave in La Jolla, the eastern most of the seven caves along the coast by La Jolla Cove.

Full moon rising behind Mt Miguel with a panoramic view of downtown skyline and San Diego bay

Full moon rising above the San Diego skyline and bay. Taken from Harbor Island.

Here are two panoramas of the moon rising over the San Diego bay and skyline. The top is from Sunday night at about 7:20pm from Point Loma. The bottom one was from Saturday. The moon rose a little earlier in the evening and the photo was taken at 7pm from Harbor Island.

If you can go on a night hike on a moonless night, highly recommend it

Full moon behind the top of the California Tower in Balboa park. It's partially obscured by clouds.

The almost full moon in Balboa Park tonight playing peek-a-boo with the clouds. #sandiego #moon #balboapark Single photo, 339mm, f/8, 3/5s, ISO 100.

All setup for artwalk liberty station. This weekend sat/sun 10-5pm #sandiego

Crescent moon setting behind the California Tower in Balboa Park. The Bea Evenson fountain is in the foreground

The crescent moon last night setting behind the California tower in Balboa Park. The bright part on the bottom right is directly illuminated by the sun, the rest of the moon is in shadow but visible due to "earthshine" which is light reflected off the earth. #sandiego #photography #moon #balboapark

Thank you!

Milky Way above silhouetted pine trees

Road leading straight into the core of the Milky Way

Pano of a forest meadow at night. Milky Way arches 180 degrees above the trees

A few pictures of the night sky from the Mt Laguna area. Basically, drive east from #sandiego about an hour on I-8 and then take Sunrise highway. Any place along the road is a good place to stargaze (or hike in). These are from last month. #photography #milkyway #lagunamountains #astrophotography

This is harbor island? Any idea what type of tree it is?

This is tonight's moon rise from Cowles Mt. What an awesome explosion of pink and magenta tones, so glad to be done with June Gloom. I didn't have time to hike to the top, so this is half way up from the Barker way trailhead. This is looking to the south east over El Cajon. #sandiego #photography

Cracks on a boulder lead toward the Milky Way core.

Last night in Mt Laguna area (San Diego). I hiked out just before sunset and I saw a huge boulder in the meadow by the lake. I climbed up on top of it to get a better view. The top was cracked but I realized that they were running towards where the milky way core would rise.

Also, tonight (Friday Jun 20th) from 6:30 - 9PM local photography clubs will be hosting a social gathering to introduce themeselves. If you’re interested in getting into photography as a hobby or simply want to meet local photographers, this is a good opportunity.

If you haven't been already, I highly encourage you to go out and visit the fair. There is an awesome photography exhibit with over 1200 photos hanging on the second floor of the grandstand (east side) with majority of them by local photographers.

a long exposure of rides at the San Diego fair. The lights from the ride streak across the night sky

This the fun zone at the San Diego fair. I actually don't like going on the rides but I do like photographing all the lights and how they streak across the night sky. This is shot handheld with some camera movement.

Close up of ocean water swirling on the beach and rocks on the La Jolla coastline. Green algae covers some of the rocks.

Normally I like to take wide landscape shots where I try to get everything in the frame. But more recently I've started to focus on small scenes like this photo where I just concentrate on a really small section of the landscape. This is from the coast on monday. #lajolla #seascapes #photography

Haha not really. Was right by the car so I had hot coffee and snacks. Couldn’t imagine being in a true wilderness for hours just waiting

Great horned owl and baby owl. They are nesting in a hollow located in a crook of a tree.

Great horned owl and baby owlet. Taken yesterday. We stood around for about 5 hours and then there was 2 minutes of action (baby came out at 5:31:05 and went back inside at 5:33:32). Then it started raining on us. #owls

One of my favorite spots

yeah that one's gnarly

Yeah same. At least it’s not too bad wrt potholes

Around the equinox the sunset lines up with all the streets downtown and lights them up. This is the view looking along a road into downtown.

Today's the day before the equinox but the sun still pretty much lines up with all of the streets downtown at sunset in San Diego. Tomorrow will be the same, maybe even better. Here's the view from Golden Hill, never get tired of this. #sandiego #equinox #photography

San Diego Central Library at night with light trails from the MTS trolley

The San Diego central library. I used to live right next door, it's great, even has a maker space with stuff like a 3d printer for the public to use. #sandiego #photography #cityscapes

Rather disappointed to see that Calibrate still needs rosetta to run its profiling software. It's been years since apple silicon was released @calibrite.bsky.social

Blooming ornamental pear trees frame the California Tower in Balboa Park, San Diego

These are the ornamental pear trees in Balboa Park. I think the white petals on the blooms are so beautiful and even rival the cherry blossoms. They started blooming about two weeks ago but I went back this weekend and they are going strong. #balboapark #sandiego #photography

That sucks, especially since we haven't had much rain at all this season. Hope you get better soon.

The neon Boulevard sign on El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego. Lots of flare from rain on the lens and light trails from cars.

How I love the rain. The Boulevard sign tonight from El Cajon Boulevard. #sandiego #photography #rain

favorite spot in the park

super contrasty, love it