Water. Beside You.

The waves were coming in strongly one day and I thought it would be great to see what kind of splashes I could capture. Well this one was very unexpected.. Coming at a 90 degree angle, my lens luckily was not soaked like I was. Yes, a squeaky yelp of surprise escaped me as I got up to run away ... if you were wondering.

Have a great weekend!

Yosemite Falls Reflection

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

some recent shots...rd1 with 40 sonnar.

Contrasts

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

Yosemite's granite behind a delicate tree in springtime.

--Warren

Stonehenge

D7000 / 22mm

Here is one of my pictures from the trip to England this last summer.  With all the comments about Lightroom, I decided to try the program.  What does everyone think?

**Dolph

Sailing on the Bay

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

Waiting or Watching?

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

Toy House

I really loved this red door that leads to ..nowhere! The street! The fall.. The end. I keep staring at it, hoping to find a clue as to why it was this way. But still, I have no answers. And only the same question. "Why is there a door there?" Maybe they could add a slide, a fireman pole, even one of those faux balconies. Oh, but there is no doorknob too. I think. Unless this angle hides it. Maybe the owners just would like to have people ponder instead, it doesn't make sense. And that's just the way it is.

Well I certainly do keep going back to this funny photo, enjoying the colours, the textures, the questions, the possibilities. Thought I'd share it here too :)

Reed Pattern

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 20mm f1.7

I saw these stuck in a planter box in front of a house on Union Street. I liked the pattern.

--Warren

The Road We Take

Taken from Twin Peaks in SF. Photo day with Warren, Gail, and Tyler. :) The fog did not spoil the view, only pointed us in a different direction.

Picked Up by the Wind

After many years of knowing Warren on Blogger, we finally met each other in person! I was invited by Warren to this friendly place ..about five or six years ago. I made a few comments on some photos here and was very surprised to be asked to join. This has been the first place I've enjoyed hearing other people's thoughts on photos... I've had many of my own but it's so nice to share in a group as well :)

So thanks Warren for inviting me to the blog!

View of City Behind the Palace of Fine Arts

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

The modern city rises up behind the Palace of Fine Arts (built in 1915).

Crissy Field beach is in the foreground.

--Warren

1967 Lotus 49 Formula One

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

I felt that this vintage Formula One race car should be presented in black & white. This was taken at the famous "corkscrew" section at Laguna Seca.

I did one using Lightroom only, and the other was done with LR + Silver Efex Pro 2. Can you tell which is which? :)

--Warren

Everybody Loves Hot Dogs

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumis 45-200mm

Young and old, crowd around the hot dog vendor.

--Warren

a few more from the x100...

colours

i bought a fuji x100 a few months ago and have been learning to use it ever since...it's a finicky little beast but once understood, fairly easy to use. i've yet to create an image with it that i truly like but i am amazed at the sharpness of the fuji lens.

Contrasts

D7000 / 25mm

Round and straight, smooth and rough, light and dark.........

**Dolph

Beep Beep

D7000 / 200mm

While waiting for a business associate to arrive I went over to the Bayshore area and watched the aiplance land.  These two looked like they were seeing who could land first.

**Dolph

Up Against The Wall: Dogwalking on King George Street

Here’s a trick that I often find useful – find some scene that I like – then using it as a background or backdrop, wait for someone to walk into the scene. You need something photogenic to use for the backdrop… a handsome or unusual building, a path in a park during autumn, or, as in this case, a nicely-textured wall.

This kind of thing is an example of the whole being more than the sum of the parts. The building, wall, or whatever may be attractive, but by itself, will seem too static. On the other hand, a person walking by an uninteresting, distracting, or ugly background probably won’t be an image worth a second look. But combine an engaging background with passerby, and you often get something compelling.

I had driven by this wall on King George Street in Annapolis some months ago. It was early morning, and I really liked the way the directional light brought out the textures of the wall. Filing the scene away in my sieve-like memory, I resolved to return with my camera to catch some passers-by.

Finally, last Saturday morning, I packed up my camera bag, drove back down to Annapolis and walked to that spot. Stationing myself across the street for over an hour and pre-composing my shot, I snapped away in machine-gun mode as various individuals and groups happened by.

This one is my favorite out of those hundreds of images. It’s my new acquaintance, Keri, and her two fine dogs Big and Murray. Actually, Keri was walking on my side of the street, and, after explaining what I was after, I asked her if she wouldn’t mind making a pass with her dogs against this wall.

I got five shots of her walking by. I like this one the best because of the way she and Big fill the large space between the windows, while Murray, in trail, tucks in nicely under the leftmost one.

Sorry I've been AWOL here. I have lots of photos that I've taken this year (mostly already posted to my new blog) and I'll start posting them here as well.

Foreboding

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 20mm f1.7