Al Popping Out Of His Birthday Cake

Lumix LF1

Our friend, Al, doing his impression of a meerkat.

--Warren

Ripples

Lumix LF1

I'm still exploring my LF1, this time during a walk in Golden Gate Park in the late afternoon.

--Warren

Rotating 90°

I was seeing a number of interesting wall-becomes-the-floor pictures, and since I could not convince Tyler to try out the poses, I volunteered myself for the dirty grounds as he shot the photos.

 HANG ON !!!

 The pole moved as I grabbed it, to my surprise.

Golf Cart Selfie - Forced Perspective Project

I really didn't think I was going to be able to contribute to the forced perspective project this month after failing a couple times and getting a little opposition to seize the moment in public.
Shot this yesterday while taking the In-Laws on a golf cart tour of the beach.
A little bit of thinking outside the box and blind luck I had a power walker on the turn.

Also the golf cart was very slow. =)

~Carl~

Eagles at San Francisco Zoo

Lena

Arch on a Distant Planet

Lumix LF1

Has anyone ever visited Arches National park?

This reminds me of the arches there, except that this arch is man made yet Mother Nature still moves to sculpt this "arch" like she does to the natural arches.

--Warren

Into the Forest

Lumix LF1

It is hard to believe that this is in a city :).

--Warren

White Crowned Sparrow

Lumix LF1

This was taken today at Fort Myers, Land's End.

Still testing the LF1 under different conditions. The battery is rated at 250 shots, and I think the rating is totally bogus. I'll be lucky to get 100 shots on the first charge. I'll be buying an aftermarket kit that includes an external wall charger and two spare batteries. The LF1 does not come with a separate charge unit, the battery is charged in-camera.

--Warren

Raven Tree

Lumix LF1

A zoomed in shot of that tree in the first landscape picture.

--Warren

Watch Dial Macro - LF1

Lumix LF1

I tested two things here, 1) RAW shot, and 2) Macro mode.

Since I have not yet upgraded to LR5, I had to use a convoluted route to process this RAW shot, but it worked out okay. It would have turned out better using LR. This was edited in Fotor (a Windows 8.1 Metro App) that has limited editing capabilities.

This is slightly cropped shot of the dial of my Citizen Skyhawk AT watch. Focus is obviously on the UTC subdial, the edges are a bit swirly.

In the future, RAW is still the way to go with these small-sensor cameras. I'm undecided on which way I'll go with RAW vs. Jpg on my upcoming trip.

--Warren

Pacifica Beach

Lumix LF1

This shot was taken at the lens' widest, which is 28mm equiv. The previous blackbird shot was taken at 200mm equiv., and the B&W landscape was taken at around 100mm equiv.

--Warren

Blackbird

Lumix LF1



--Warren

Moody Pacifica Hills

Lumix LF1

New camera alert! I decided to go super light and compact for our next trip, so I bought a Lumix DMC-LF1. I took the camera out for some testing yesterday. I shot jpg because I'm thinking about shooting jpg on our trip in order to be able to shoot roughly three times the number of pictures per SD card.

At pixel peeping viewing levels, I did notice some annoying jpg compresson artifacts, even at the lowest ISO, but once the pictures were processed and resized in Lightroom, it was hardly noticeable.

This image started out as a dynamic B&W jpg from the camera, but I ended up choosing a Lightroom preset for the look that I wanted.

I chose the LF1 because it has a few key features that seemed useful:

- Built-in EVF, amazing for a pocket sized camera It's tiny, has a diopter adjustment, and very useful in some situations.
- large zoom range, 28-200mm in 35mm equiv. By comparison, my LX5's range is 24-90mm
- Image stabilization
- Full manual control
- Shoots RAW, I may still shoot 100% RAW with it eventually, if not immediately

--Warren

Sans Comic Book glow

Looks kind straggly.

Counting Herons

Found out tonight that these herons nest a few minutes away from home.... Wow!

Open Air Music

Lumix LX5

A lone guitarist plays on top of a hill overlooking the ocean.

--Warren

genie from a beer bottle, Happy St Patrick's Day!

View of Golden Gate from Fort Baker

HTC One X

Another bike riding/cell phone cam shot, from a couple of Sundays ago.

This was taken from the fishing pier at Fort Baker.

--Warren

Turkey Bird (Anhinga) in Everglades NP, April 2013

Lumix G5, Lumix 45-200mm

Carl posts reminded me that I saw these birds last year on the Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park when we visited there with Dolph and his wife. They are bizarre looking birds that we don't get to see here on the West Coast. They remind me of our cormorants though, and I think they are in the same family.

--Warren

Across the Burrard Bridge

My brother made a few jumps over the Burrard Bridge, but I liked this one the best. Walking, sneaking, tip toeing across. Not sure if his weight will be over the limit..

Bob and Pippin

HTC One X

Nothing too goofy, or humorous, just a picture of our friend, Bob, and his cat Pippin. :)

--Warren

Dawn scene " Pigeon Point Lighthouse "

Lena

Hummingbirds

Lena

OMG Salad Fingers

Once upon a daytime walk...

Flamingo

 Lena

Peacock SF Zoo

  Lena                                                                                  

Monkey at SF Zoo

   Lena

Pier Stroll

Lumix G5, Lumix 14mm f2.5

The Municipal Pier at Aquatic Park is always a nice subject for a dramatic photo :).

--Warren

Clouds Over the Bay

Lumix G5, Lumix 14mm f2.5

There were dramatic clouds over SF last Sunday, in between the rain showers. This was taken from the Municipal Fishing Pier at Aquatic Park.

--Warren

Harps and Little Angels

Nikon D 7000

We went to the Renaissance Faire and this little angel was fascinated with harp.

**Dolph

Pissa Baby

Nikon D 7000

While in Monaco in 2012 we had fun taking this picture of the big baby by Marc Quinn.


**Dolph

Water Turkey/ Snake Bird Heron - B&W

The rest of my thus far favorite fowl photos. This guy in particular is a great catch for me because I have been trying to get good shots of his older counter part in this tree over the last year but he would never let me get close enough with my lens to get a good shot. This guy did a lot of squawking so I left him alone after a few shots so next time maybe he will let me get a little closer. 

~Carl~

Florida Regulars

Nikon D7000 Nikkor 55-300mm + Lightroom

I always take a look at the pond in my back yard before running inside. The past couple weeks have been busy with activity. The Snake Bird is a new regular and the Iguana is the first one I have seen this far north in a long time.


~Carl~