Canon EOS 5D Mark II + 15-30mm, 4 minutes @ f/8
I got a chance to shoot a bit more on Mare Island last night. The Mare Island Nocturnes held an Alumni night and there were perhaps 30 photographers out and about in the night.
If you look in the lower right, you can see a tripod and a ghosted image of one of those photogs.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/125 @ f/5.6
I call it a weed only because I can’t identify it and it’s growing in a vacant lot. It’s very intricate and seems to have multiple Fibonocci patterns within.
Update: One of my vast array of visitors identified this wildflower as being in the Phacelia family. Exactly which one? I’ll need to look more closely on my way home tonight. Thanks Marianne.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/320 @ f/8
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/640 @ f/8
Color is starting to show up in a big way around my neighborhood. The rain and mild temps are encouraging plants and trees and bushes to put forth a great show. I’ve yet to identify either of these. The purple is a vine that is seen on fences all around and the yellow is a 4′ bush with crazy leaves and these yellow flowers at the ends.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/2 @ f/6.3
I was privilidged to attend a celebration of 20 years of Photoshop at the Palace of Fine Arts theater last night. Everyone who is “Photoshop” was there including the Knoll brothers who wrote v1.0. It was hosted by Scott Kelby and it started off with a fairly wacky band in plastic suits and wigs but it made for some interesting photography. I liked this shot simply because of the color and motion.
I don’t think I’ve attended an event with as many high-end cameras in use. It seems that I wasn’t the only person thinking of the possibilities. Jeff Schewe was all over the place taking photos at wacky angles. All the attendees got a poster and a t-shirt. Some of us were lucky enough to pick a seat with a PS 20th Anniversary 2Gb flash drive.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + 15-30mm, 1/25 @ f/8
The farmer’s market had a fabulous crop of greenhouse tomatoes that looked really great and actually tasted pretty good as well.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/60 @ f/13
We took a short ride up the Northgate road on Mt. Diablo yesterday and found a whole raft of interesting subjects. Coyotes, hawks, apple blossoms and running water.
I saw this on the way down late in the afternoon and thought it typified spring on Mt. Diablo for me. Bare oaks just starting to leaf out, green grasses and beautiful skies. It won’t last long. Get yours while it lasts.
Canon PowerShot S3 IS + 6.0-72.0 mm, 1/250 @ f/4
As I said before, this was a wonderful learning experience. Mostly, I learned a number of things that don’t work as well as I would like.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + 15-30mm, 6″ @ f/8
This is a test image, shot at ISO 3200. I like it better than the long exposure because you can see the stars as I saw them. Orion’s belt is right there.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + 15-30mm, 240″ @ f/8
This is the island superintendent’s quarters. Here, it’s a long exposure and the stars have turned into lines. I used a pretty wide lens and corrected the perspective in PS.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + 15-30mm, 360″ @ f/11
Another shot with perspective correction.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + 15-30mm, 360″ @ f/11
Last night my friend John and I went to a shoot sponsored by the Nocturnes on Mare Island. We had a great time and at least understand the basics of long exposure nighttime photography. It’s a very different experience given 4-8 minute exposures.
This is perhaps my favorite shot of the night. It was a six minute exposure.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/80 @ f/11