A Couple of Contre Jour Shots

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

Haight Ashbury Street Scene:

Golden Gate Park, Late Afternoon

Misty Passage

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This was seen last Saturday at Pacifica Beach.

--Warren

Mammoth Hot Springs

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It was mostly dry at Mammoth Hot Springs when we were there, but I did manage to find this surreal hillside scene.

--Warren

p.s. I hope everyone is having a great summer!

Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park

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Vintage Scene

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This was shot in Carmel during the Motorsport Reunion Week. It was in the early evening, and I had a really nolstalgic feeling when looking at this vintage Porsche 550. When I took the picture, I had a B&W image in mind.

Too bad the car had a a web site address graphic on it, which kind of ruined the illusion. :)

--Warren

Stadium Flying Saucer

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I shot this fun panorama last weekend at Opera in the Ballpark.

--Warren

Musician's Hands

The hands of a street musician in Chinatown.


--Warren

Three Amigos in Florida

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Photo by Gail.

Dolph, Carl D., and me, in Florida.


--Warren

Gail at the New Devil's Slide Trail

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We checked out the new Devil's Slide Trail the other day, and I took the opportunity to try out the automatic panorama mode of my Lumix LF1. It was crazy easy to make a panoramic image using this camera. This wasn't exactly what I had in mind for this month's project, but Lea reminded me that a picture like this would qualify to be included in this month's project. :)

--Warren

Florida Squirrel

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Hi Everyone,

We had a change of plans, and we're back home!

We had a nice, relaxing week in Florida, staying with Dolph and Peggy. Gail and I went for a walk around Dolph's house one day, where I spotted this guy on a tree.

We also had a chance to meet Carl D. over lunch one day. It was nice to finally meet each other in person.

--Warren

A Big Field

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For our monthly project...


--Warren

Al Popping Out Of His Birthday Cake

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

--Warren

Ripples

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

--Warren

Arch on a Distant Planet

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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

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

--Warren

White Crowned Sparrow

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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

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

--Warren

Watch Dial Macro - LF1

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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

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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

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--Warren