Dan in Marin

I was born and raised in SF in the 50s and 60s. My first experience with photography was a summer school photo class at Parkside Grammar. We built a pin hole and shot and developed some local neighborhood scenes. My best friend was more heavily involved, and was able to afford first a Nikkormat , which he eventually sold to me and then a Hasselblad. We were both 14 and armed with these ventured throughout the city shooting anything that intrigued us. Unfortunately, most of this work was lost through time, but the urge to capture life on film and now digitally was instilled in me. Our technique at the time was to shoot all of our film and something good was bound to result. I am pretty much into the same technique and digital has allowed me to practice this in a less expensive way.
I have been using a Digital SLR now for about three years (Canon 5D MK I) and continue to practice and try to capture what I see, sometimes it works and obviously most of the time "ack".
I currently, work in SF and live in West Marin so I shoot a lot of landscapes and macro flowers. I am just retiring from a 35 year career in horticulture/arboriculture and hope to start a BFA or MFA program in photography. Although, I consider myself strictly an amateur, I am enthusiastic and hope to hone my skills. Hopefully, by sharing some of my shots I can learn from you all. I met Warren through his wife Gail (we work together) and look forward to posting some of my work. I truly appreciate the broad spectrum of great work posted on the forum.

The photo is from Mt. Barnabe (about 1,800' elevation) looking towards Tomales Bay, I liked the velvet texture of the hills. I had to do some split toning work because the sky was way too washed out. Shot with a 17-40 at 40, f22, iso 250 and a shutter speed of 200 because the wind was really blowing.

Dan