Monthly Archives: February 2010

Night on the Island

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. … Read More

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A glorious weed ..er.. Wildflower

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 … Read More

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In Bloom

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 … Read More

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Photoshop 20th Anniversary

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 … Read More

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Tomatoes!

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.

Diablo Spring

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 … Read More

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Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore

Canon PowerShot S3 IS + 6.0-72.0 mm, 1/250 @ f/4

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Mare Island at night, part Deux

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. … Read More

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Mare Island at night

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 … Read More

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Camillia 3

Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/80 @ f/11

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Camillia 2

Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/160 @ f/11 I really was attracted to the concentric nature of the outer petals.