Country Road

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

It was a sunny, gorgeous afternoon at Pt. Reyes. In the late afternoon, I looked up towards the hills and I saw the fog beginning to roll back in over the hills from the ocean into this interesting scene.

--Warren

A Field of Goldfields

Nikon D100, Nikkor 24mm f2.8 and Nikkor 85mm f1.8D

These were seen at Skyline Park in Napa from a couple of weeks ago.

--Warren

Skyline Park Series

Nikon D100, Nikkor 24mm f2.8

We went for a short hike at Skyline Park in Napa.

Note: when you upload photos, don't forget to choose "Large" size for the thumbnails. The new Blogger interface defaults to "Medium". I think "Large" looks much better.

--Warren

California Oak Tree.

Nature reclaims a bench.

A very uninviting sign :).

Horses, hikers, and bikers share a trail.

It's a spooky looking cave, right next to the trail. Is that a face staring back at us? ooooohhhhhh :).

Heart of a Baker

D100, Nikkor 24mm f2.8

Rhyolite Jan. 2012

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm *or* Nikon D100, Sigma 15-30mm

As mentioned previously, my approach was to incorporate the ghost town ruins into the surrounding landscape rather just documenting the ruins themselves. I would love some comments on this set, including how you liked them, which ones worked particularly well, and which ones didn't. Dan, I would also love to see a few more from your Rhyolite session.

--Warren

Open Road

Nikon D100, Sigma 15-30mm

We made a side trip to the ghost town, Rhyolite (more photos of it coming soon). Here our car is parked on the road out of town, looking toward Death Valley.

--Warren

nikon d200 with 85/1.8 nikkor lens

Column Study

D100, Nikkor 85mm f1.8 AF-D

I heard that Joe recently picked up this lens to use with his D90/D200, and that prompted me to exercise mine :)

I can't wait to see Joe's shots with his 85mm. (hint, hint :) )

For this picture, what do you guys think of my choice of focal point? I shot a few using different points, but I decided that I liked this one where I focused on the 4th column from the front.

--Warren

At the Music Concourse

Panasonic DMC-G1, Industar I-26M 50mm f2.8

It's that very interesting ancient, FSU lens again. I think it's appropriate to juxtapose some urban landscapes with Dan's fantastic Southwestern road trip scenery.

Often in the later afternoon to evening hours in SF's Sunset district, it is gray and drab. Here at the music concourse in Golden Gate Park, colors are mainly neutral with brown and greens, so when something colorful walks onto the scene, it catches the eye. :)

--Warren

Graceful Stone Wall

D100, Nikkor 24mm f2.8

This was taken last month near Crissy Field on that nice day, in between rainy days. I thought I'd post a picture with a blue sky today since it's raining today. It's not supposed to be raining like this anymore, it's April!

That figure in red in the far distance is Gail practicing Tai Chi.

--Warren

Parrot Pair

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 14-45mm

Their colors match the plant and berries so well that if they didn't make any noise it would be very easy to not notice them.

--Warren

Happy Easter!

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 14-45mm

Greg, Gail and I were walking our old neighborhoods where we grew up, and we stumbled upon a flock of wild parrots in a park on Vallejo Street near Russian Hill. They were feasting on berries right in front of us, and they stayed there for an unusually long time allowing us to observe and photograph them.

The last time I was up close with the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill was when Steve R. came to visit, and that was a few years ago already. It is an extremely rare privilege and treat to be able to see them up close and personal like this. It really made our day.

This is just one picture. When I have time, I will post a set to my gallery site.

--Warren

p.s. Steve visited in April 2009, I just looked it up.

p.p.s. Good news! Blogger finally fixed their search feature! Try it, it works now.

Easter Bunny

This kid had a big plastic bunny mask on, probably riding home from the skate park. I thought it was pretty hilarious, he waved but I missed it. And this was over exposed by far... filling in with some iPhone textures sort of made up for it.

Spring

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 14-45mm

Tranquil Merced River

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 20mm f1.7

Sometimes when I look back on my photo libraries, it reminds me of how fast time goes by. Our last trip to Yosemite was almost one year ago. We went at the end of April 2011.

I found this picture that I haven't had time to process until last night.

--Warren

Looking for that Perfect Wave Picture

Panasonic DMC-G1, Nikkor 300mm f4.5

These photographers were almost directly in the path of the big waves.

Restless Sea

Panasonic DMC-G1, Nikkor 300mm f4.5

Geronimo!!!

Panasonic DMC-G1, Nikkor 300mm f4.5

We went down the coast to Half Moon Bay and Pacifica today to see the big waves. Well, we've seen bigger, but I also took my manual focus Nikkor 300mm f4.5 out for a spin on the Lumix.

In case you missed the reference, U.S. GI Paratroopers used to yell "Geronimo!!!" when they jumped out of airplanes.

--Warren