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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for March 7, 2010
Interior Portico at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum

The Santa Barbara Historical Museum is a wonderful treasure. As with so many of the local architectural jewels, the beauty is only amplified by the evening light. Many times I have gone out of my way to walk through their beautiful grounds. It is an amazing change of environment in the middle of down town Santa Barbara and it is one of the things that makes our city special. With just a small detour you are taken not only to another place and time.
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for March 2, 2010
View over Santa Barbara from the Santa Barbara Mission

The Santa Barbara Mission is an amazing place. But every once in a while when I'm there I try to tear myself away from the beautiful architecture. There is a reason they built the mission where they did, the view is spectacular!
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for February 25, 2010
The Carmel Mission (Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo) in Monterey County, California

A view of the Carmel Mission bell tower over the fountain in the courtyard. The sun was getting low in the sky and there was just enough of a breeze to make the water look beautiful in the sun.

California Historical Landmark NO. 135 Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for February 24, 2010
The Carmel Mission (Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo) in Monterey County, California

The Carmel Mission is an absolute treasure, it has so many beautiful architectural details I always find new and interesting angles every time I return. This is the main bell tower, the one you can see from the street, but this angle is from the inside courtyard. California Historical Landmark NO. 135 Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for February 20, 2010
Sunset over Santa Barbara from East Beach

The winter sunsets are always beautiful in Santa Barbara. But once in a while there is a particularly amazing evening. This was one of those evenings.
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for February 13, 2010
Sunset clouds over the Santa Barbara hills.

The beauty of the architecture of Santa Barbara is exceeded only by the natural splendor. The hills surrounding Santa Barbara are beautiful especially when the golen sunset light plays across them just right.
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for February 6, 2010
Trinity Episcopal Church, Santa Barbara

There is no shortage of beautiful architecture in Santa Barbara. The Trinity Episcopal Church (giant stone) church on State Street is something particularly interesting. Unlike the mission with its wide open spaces and rose garden, the Episcopal church right in the middle of things takes a little creativity to get a good angle for a shot. This particular shot was the result of driving by at the right time of day and realizing that the beautiful clouds in the evening sky would make a great background for an up shot close to the church. I only stopped for a couple of minutes, but I was very happy with the timing.
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for January 31, 2010
Santa Barbara County Courthouse Clocktower in the golden sunrise light

The Santa Barbara County Courthouse has been called the most beautiful government building in the country and it's easy to see why. Overall the grounds and the building are absolutely breathtaking, and when you focus on the details both well known like the clock tower and the lesser known architectural aspects you can really see how much thought and care went into its design.
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for January 13, 2010
UCSB view across the water just after sunset

Walking at sunset around the campus of UCSB during a holiday break I thought I might find everything too quiet to get the photos I was looking for. But like any small city, there is always something going on there. I was happy to see some lights in the windows and the beautiful landscape lighting still on. This image was the last of the evening and one of my favorites.
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for January 12, 2010
Sunset over Santa Barbara from Butterfly Beach in Montecito, CA

We're having a wonderful run of beautiful sunsets right now. But this is actually from a beautiful evening walk along Butterfly Beach back in October. I had a request to use the image, but they needed a horizontal layout. Fortunately I usually shoot both horizontal and vertical if I can frame a nice composition both ways for just this reason.
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for January 10, 2010
Sunset over the Pacific from the Montecito Hills

Yesterday was a bit overcast during the day. We had some things to do around town and later in the day found ourselves in a beautiful little nursury in Carpenteria. As the sun was getting low it started to break through the clouds so we found a nice spot in the Montecito hills on the way home to watch the show. What followed was one of the most beautiful sunsets I have ever seen. It was truly one of those times you wish you had your camera! Fortunately I did!
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for November 8, 2009
Natural Cafe on Hitchcock, Santa Barbara

The Natural Cafe is a great place to get some excellent food in a wonderful atmosphere. This is the Hitchcock location in Santa Barbara. This is from a recent shoot for an article in a magazine featuring the restaurant, and their wondeful yet healthy food.
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for October 31, 2009
Leafy Sea Dragon at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Secret Lives of Seahorses exhibit

This guy is one of my favorite sea creatures. He's called a Leafy Sea Dragon. He's related to seahorses and pipe fish, and is from the waters of Australia. This one is living at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in their cool Seahorse exhibit. As I'm sure you can guess he is less of a sea monster than his name suggests. His beautiful fins camouflage him in the sea weed as he floats with the ocean surge like a plant.

This was the second time we tried to get to the exhibit, right after it opened in April it was almost too crowded to see anything, but this weekend was much less crowded.
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for October 28, 2009
Clouds just after sunset at Butterfly Beach, Montecito

The clouds were beautiful the other evening at Butterfly beach. Just after sunset they looked almost like an aurora. This was an extremely long exposure, the last of a particularly beautiful day.
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for October 27, 2009
Sunset view from Butterfly Beach in Montecito

If you've looked around my sites much you probably already know that Butterfly Beach is my favorite beach in Santa Barbara. It's a beautiful place to wander and relax. Sunset is my favorite time, it's always beautiful, but Sunday (the day this was taken) was something truly special!
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for October 26, 2009
High wispy clouds over the Santa Barbara County Courthouse just before sunset

This is a little bit different angle on the Courthouse from the sunken gardens. Of course the main star of the show was the amazing sunset clouds. They were moving very quickly and the light was changing fast. In only a few minutes they were gone. But I'm very happy with the results!
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for October 25, 2009
Sunset over Cachuma Lake in Santa Ynez Valley, CA

Sunset is one of the most beautiful things that happens every day. It's so hard to take the time to enjoy it. Most people think of the sun setting over the surf in California, and that is the case in most parts of the state. Our little section of the coast is a little different. We look south when we watch the waves break and this is the view from a trail at the top of our mountains. Just in front and to the right of the sun you can see Lake Cachuma, a man made lake which is a beautiful home to all sorts of amazing wild life including bald eagles. Somday soon I'm going to go catch one of them with my camera.
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for October 24, 2009
Our Lady of Mount Carmel church in Montecito, California

This is a beautiful little church out in Montecito. It's one of my favorite places to wander in the evenings with my camera. The architecture is really something special and the people are really nice too! This was actually taken the same night as a previous photo of the day which is now part of my Santa Barbara Calendar.
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for October 23, 2009
Nojoqui Falls at Nojoqui Falls County Park

This little cave-like formation is common at the bottom of a waterfall. The churning of the water easily erodes the rock more quickly than the falling water down the face of the waterfall. I would imagine it would be a much more violent and dangerous place in the middle of a rain storm. But I'll bet it's a spectacular sight!
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Bill Heller's Photo of the Day for September 27, 2009
Lotus [Nelumbo nucifera] Blossoms, Seaside Gardens, Carpinteria, CA

Ahh it's a beautiful flower. Makes me wish I had enough room for a Koi pond. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to keep visiting the ponds at Lotusland and Seaside gardens.
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