Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/100 @ f/4 There’s a very large Japanese Maple in the atrium of my building. While the atrium is open to the sky, the tree is protected from most of the wind. As a result, … Read More →
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Dreamy
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + 80-400mm, 1/320 @ f/5.6 I find myself using the Clarity slider in Lightroom often when doing post. Today I moved it in the opposite direction (not clear?) and liked what I saw.
Spring? Already?
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + 80-400mm, 1/400 @ f/5.6 Flora in Northern California often seem to be out of sync with what I think of as seasons. It’s January and my midwestern brain thinks that it’s winter. Hah! sez the Icelandic Poppy. Hah! say … Read More →
While walking the dog
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + 80-400mm, 1/400 @ f/5.6 I was out walking our housemate’s dog along a creek near my house and saw this chair. I was looking for birds so I had a long lens on. It works pretty well for this … Read More →
Morning Light, really
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/60 @ f/4 This morning, there was some nice light if only for a brief moment. Now, we’re clouded over and it is just grey.
Morning Light
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/80 @ f/4 Well, it’s a light and it was taken in the morning, OK?
The party’s over
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/60 @ f/4 .. and a new year has begun. I pushed my camera up against the glass on a downtown nightclub and saw the remnants of last night’s celebration. Now, it’s onto new explorations … Read More →

Red Shouldered Hawk
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + 80-400mm, 1/320 @ f/8 Driving into Sebastopol today I noted this hawk atop a monument in the cemetery across from my daughter’s apartment building. It seemed worth a try and the bird was obliging. I think it’s a red … Read More →