A Couple of Contre Jour Shots

Lumix LF1

I too these last September, just now got to processing them.

Haight Ashbury Street Scene:

Golden Gate Park, Late Afternoon

Misty Passage

Lumix LF1

This was seen last Saturday at Pacifica Beach.

--Warren

Bike in B&W

HTC One X

Sometimes, I'm just in the mood for a black & white picture. LOL.

Sometimes my cell phone takes amazingly nice pictures. Of course, for this one, I did a bit of post processing in Lightroom, as I do for just about all my shots.

Is anyone seeing these posts, or is this place dead?

--Warren

Stow Lake Moment

Lumix G5, Nikkor-H 50mm f2.0

I love the image "signature" of this lens, especially for B&W images.

Has anyone else paid attention to your lens signature? :)

Dan, for some reason, when you create a post on Blogger, I don't get a notification email. So I didn't know about your last few posts until I came onto the blog to upload my post.

Sorry for the delay, but I will comment on your excellent images very soon.

--Warren

Dynamic Ocean Beach and Land's End

Lumix G5, Lumix 20mm f1.7

It was one of those amazing winter days a couple of weeks ago, in between the rain, when there was an almost perfect combination of sun, clouds, sand, surf, and reflections.

I must say that since I came back from our 2 month trip, I had an urge to do black and white pictures. I shot these two with the intention of making black and white images.

My previous session was with the D200, this time, I decided to take shoot the G5 with the spectacular 20mm f1.7 lens.

Which one do you like (and why)? I would love to know.

--Warren

Fun Selfie

Lumix G5, Lumix 20mm f1.7

Part of the fun of playing on Facebook is to update profile pictures on a regular basis. The other day, I picked up my Lumix G5 w/20mm f1.7 combo for the first time in a couple of months, getting ready to take it out for a photo shoot.

I got this idea to take a picture in a picture using the swivel LCD screen on the G5, and my bathroom mirror.

I flipped the image horizontally so that what you see is not reversed in the mirror, and then converted it to black and white in Lightroom.

I'm going to post this as my latest profile picture on FB, and I thought I'd post it here as well.

In fact, I often cross-post my pictures to here, and elsewhere, but the difference is here, we can discuss our pictures in a photography related context.

--Warren

Misty Marin Hills & GG Bridge

Nikon D200, Nikkor 85mm f1.8D

On this day, I noticed the nicely shaded layers in the Marin Headlands, and I tried to incorporate that into a composition with the bridge.

I'm trying different compositions, which one do you prefer? And also please tell us why.

--Warren

Coyote Creek Reflections

Nikon D200, Nikkor 24mm f2.8 AF

After using a pair of tiny compact cameras for 2 months, it was a great pleasure to pick up my D200 again. The ergonomics of the camera were instantly familiar the moment I picked it up, and the resulting image quality of the larger sensor and good optics made the image very easy to work with.

It was a gray day, but it was a nice, calm landscape here with the still water making for very nice reflections.

--Warren

Arch Series on the Seine, Paris

Lumix LX5

I went for a walk along the Seine one day while we were in Paris. As I walked along the bank, I saw a wonderful mix of curves and lines as I got close to one of the bridges. I took a number of shots, and I picked three to post here.

Which one do you like, and please explain what it is that you like (or not like) about it.

Hey, I missed playing here on our blog, let's get it rolling again!

--Warren

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Keshav in B&W

Lumix GF1, Lumix 20mm f1.7

Here is Keshav channeling HCB.

--Warren

Stream

Lumix G1, Lumix 100-300mm



--Warren

Clarissa's Profile

HTC One X

Last day for this month's project!

--Warren

Award Winning Form

Lumix GF1, Lumix 14-45mm

I met up with Dan to shoot the pre-parade scene at Carnaval. BTW, I also ran into Lena there, so there were at least 3 of us shooting yesterday. :)

I look forward to seeing our different visions of the same event. I think this is what makes participating in a group like this especially fun and interesting.

--Warren

Turtle Togetherness

Lumix G1, Lumix 100-300mm



--Warren

Dusk Over Ocean Beach

Lumix LX5

View of Ocean Beach from Sutro Park right after sunset.

I was out for a sunset stroll with my LX5 today.

--Warren

Ripples

Lumix LF1

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

--Warren

Into the Forest

Lumix LF1

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

--Warren

Raven Tree

Lumix LF1

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

--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

Open Air Music

Lumix LX5

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

--Warren