Heather Dalton Photography | Blog

Sometimes it’s fun to play with focus to see what you can get when things aren’t perfectly sharp.  This one is of sunrise in Galveston.  I like the warm colors and the softness of the shapes.

I love Galveston in the early morning.  An hour or so before sunrise, everything is still, and then slowly all the birds wake up and the wind picks up and the waves get stronger.  The seagulls start flying around aimlessly and squawking, the little sand birds scurry around on the ground, and the pelicans fly [...]

I went to Pasadena, California to present a poster at the Division of Planetary Sciences (DPS) meeting earlier this month.  The first few days were cold and rainy (I thought I was supposed to be able to get away from that by coming to CA!) but the second half of the trip had gorgeous weather.  [...]

After the comet was a no-show, we decided to stick around to watch the sunrise over the Gulf.  Hundreds of seagulls appeared as dawn neared, and pelicans soared overhead like the Mafia of the bird world.  When the sun broke through, there was gorgeous golden light shining through the clouds.  It was a beautiful, peaceful [...]