Squirrel Portraits

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm

I saw this friendly squirrel at Pacifica Beach one day...

--Warren

Slicing Through The Fog

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm

The sail is so tall that the top is actually above the fog :).

September is almost over, I'll see is I have any last minute shots for this month's theme.

--Warren

Letters...

Hey Everyone,

I just wanted to post as a viewer this time.

We had some brainstorming going for future monthly projects and there were some early trials of a few of the topics.

Here's one I came across that I think is a great example of "lines that don't like being lines". http://www.flickr.com/photos/sven804/9639459596/

I know September isn't over yet but, starting to wonder what will our October theme be?

Happy Weekend to you all.

Lea

Crayfish Dinner

Lumix GF1, Lumix 100-300mm

This little lake is a favorite hunting place for Great Blue Herons. I went back here recently and saw this heron catch two crayfish for its dinner. :) It simply swallowed them whole!

--Warren

Crayfish #1

Crayfish #2

Nearness

With the visibility changing every second, I took so many pictures while here at Windy Hill. When I arrived to the top of the hill, the entire bay was filled with cloud and couldn't see anything except the gravel and grass I was standing on.

Fog scene late afternoon at Ocean Beach

September Project

Lena  

Rainy Day Traveler

HTC One X

In honor today's unexpected rain in San Francisco, here's a picture that I took last June on the train somewhere between Paris and Cologne, Germany.

It was raining very hard that day, and it made for an interesting blurry motion picture on the outside of the train.

--Warren

Lunch at the Ruins

Nikon D200, Tamron 24-135mm

A couple having lunch at the old Sutro Bath Ruins.

--Warren

America's Cup race 11

Hi, I can't help to post more photos of the America's Cup.  Above photos were superimposed so you could see the movement of the same boat(s).  Top photo shows New Zealand went around Gate 3 during Race 11.  Bottom photo shows USA and New Zealand dashed from Start Line (blue cones) toward Mark 1 (orange cone) during Race 12 which was eventually postponed due to high wind.

Urban Legend

It kind of has a spooky feel .... :)

Fog and Sunset at Sutro Baths last night

September Project

Lena

Morning Dew

An apple in my backyard.

Chinese Cherry Blossom

-Lena

Not quite fog...

.. but I loved this view.. just under the cloud, and well above the water.

Irving Street (plausible Version) .. Maybe like this?

With the tighter crop, I think it holds the tunneling view; top, right, and left. Maybe that's also what I liked.. The other ones just feel too open.

The apple shadow is there and well, sequences are still visible. Train track sidewalk lines pulling us in. Melikes... :)

Tuning Fork

Happy to say, I found some fog to photograph!

This was after sunset, and I saw a deer off to the right while waiting for the picture to finish.

Location is west of Los Altos, CA.

Irving Street Version 3

Lea, I changed your suggestion to include the entire foreground shadow (gave it more space on the right).

--Warren

Stepping Stones

Olympus E-P1, Olympus 17mm f2.8


--Warren

Irving Street, Version 2

Olympus E-P1, Olympus 17mm f2.8

Edited per Lea's suggestions, is this version better?

--Warren

Pt. Richmond

I enjoyed the contrast between a natural shape and a man made shape in this image...Nikon d800e, Sigma 35mm f2.8.

Dan

Just a Little Help

Siblings maybe

...Leica Monochrome, 50 Summilux.

Dan

Moving on the Bridge

and another for the collection...

Canon s10

Dan

Irving Street

Olympus E-P1, Olympus 17mm f2.8

Does this picture do anything for anyone? I'd like to know. :)

Interesting, or not?

--Warren

Tall Things

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm

Here's another picture for our September Project

--Warren

Aaaahhh, That Feels Good...

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm


-Warren

Morning: Tiburon to Angel Island

Month is half over, eeeeep! I need to get some fog. AAH. Maybe this weekend ;D

For now, I am putting up a couple more recently taken (pre-September) foggy/misty shots. These were taken on the ferry ride from Tiburon to Angel Island.

Fog scene at Ocean Beach

September Project

Lena

Great Blue Heron in Golden Gate Park

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm

I was shooting this Great Blue Heron right before I took those photos of the hawk.

I was wondering what that interesting looking vegetation was in the lake. It seems to be taking over the entire surface of the lake.

--Warren

FOG? OR HUMIDITY? FLORIDA IS THE ANSWER

Nikon D7000 ISO100 f/9 200 Tokina 11-16mm @ 14mm

Well I wish I could find the email I was trying to read on my phone in between coffee refills. I know the September project was FOG and I thought i read something about not cropping the photo. But I cant seem to find it.

So here is my hopefully not last attempt at Florida Fog.


I saw this split in the sunset between the patches of rain clouds and beautiful, relentless, Florida Sun. Seems my lens sitting in supercharged office AC all day had a hard time clearing up as I started to focus.

Since my first Fog shot was happening with or without my will it seams it was destined to land here.

No Fear #3

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm

Here's a picture of the whole bird. It was cold that day, so it fluffed itself up, which made it look like an owl.

Note the wicked looking talons (claws).

--Warren

No Fear #2

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm

A frontal portrait of "messy face". :)

--Warren

No Fear

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm

Sometimes, good things happen when you least expect it. I often see Red-tailed Hawks at Golden Gate Park and I've always wanted to get some pictures of them there. The last few times that I tried, however, I didn't see them at all. Yesterday, I went out to the park with the intention of shooting pictures for our Fog/Mist project. After I was done with that, I continued to walk and ended up photographing a Great Blue Heron at a small lake. While I was doing that, a woman walked up to me and told me about an owl just a little ways up the road. She said that her dogs walked right up to it, and it didn't move at all. When she took me to it, I discovered that it wasn't an owl, but it was actually a young Red-tailed Hawk perched on a 2 ft. high rock!

I started off by taking pictures of it from afar, around 40 feet away our so. I kept walking closer and closer, and the hawk remained calm. It simply sat on its perch and calmly continued to scan the area (for food). It seemed to have no fear of humans (or much else for that matter). While I was there, it spotted something come out of a nearby bush, and it immediately swooped over to it, caught it, and ate it. After it finished its small meal, it went back to its hunting perch and resumed scanning. I worked my way to within 10 feet of it! I could have stayed there all day with it. This is one of the most amazing raptor experiences for me that I've ever had, and it is something that I've always hoped for.

I chose to post this picture first because I liked its expression, which shows its fierce, predatory appearance as it scanned the area. You can see that its beak is still bloody and messy from the recent meal.

--Warren

Nature's Composition

Panasonic GX 1 14mm f4.5 1/125th

In florida anything can grow.  On a wooden table outside of the offices this fungus had taken root in the cracks of the wood.

**Dolph

Behind this Curtain

I was with a large group of photographers last Feb. in Yosemite waiting for the evening clouds to clear for an alpine glow of Half Dome, well most folks went home disappointed.  I thought this panno had merit though, Nikon d800e, Zeiss 100m Makro Planar.

 

Dan

Sunset at Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe

                                                                              Lena