Another view in the Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve. It was hard to not be faced with multiple choices in all directions. It’s truly a magical, Harry Potter-esq forest. I’d not be surprised to see a door into a Hobbit home.
Category Archives: Creativity
Los Osos Oaks SNR
The Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve has a modest face on the highway but a fabulous surprise awaits inside. It’s mixed oak forest with fantastic shapes and curves and looks like something from a Harry Potter movie. This particular tree was an exception and … Read More →
New P&S camera
I must admit to being thrilled with the quality and capabilities of my new P&S. It’s far better than I had hoped and capable of some very nice photos. This is from today’s Farmer’s market and have very little Lr adjustment. It’s really the way … Read More →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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.
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 →
‘shrooms in an odd place
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/2 @ f/32 While walking in a light rain up at The Sea Ranch on the Monarch Trail we spotted this trio of tiny mushrooms growing out of the side of a massive fence post. … Read More →
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 →