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 →
Category Archives: Citiscapes
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 →
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 →
Curious
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/30 @ f/4 On another pre dawn walk, I noticed this illuminated pot. I’m not at all sure why it’s illuminated ….
Pre dawn shapes
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/25 @ f/4 Things that are ordinary can look different (extraordinary?) in the dark. I pass this place nearly every day and only today “saw” this.
Geese
Canon PowerShot S3 IS + 6.0-72.0 mm, 1/800@f/3.5 There is a large gaggle of Canada Geese that make the long migration from AT&T to Chevron (nearly a half mile) several times a day. They stop and rest as it’s such a long journey. When they … Read More →
Spring in January
Canon PowerShot S3 IS + 6.0-72.0 mm, 1/160 @ f/8 I can remember complaining to my Mother in Michigan that it was January and I would have to start mowing the lawn again. Oddly, I didn’t get much sympathy.
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 →
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.
Worldwide Photowalk
Last Saturday I joined 56 other ardent photographers at 0-dark thirty in Sacramento to photograph in the California State Railroad Museum. It was one of over 1100 groups (32,000+ people) in Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk. Our leader had secured permission for us to be in … Read More →