Tag: exposure
Best Seat In The House
These rocks are by the old Sutro Baths in San Francisco, and I don’t think anything has a better spot to watch the SF sunsets than they do. Info: Made with a Nikon D700 Digital SLR Camera, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, on a Manfrotto 055XPROB Pro Tripod with a […]
Read MoreTahoe Regional Planning Agency at Work
Several aspects of doing work on our place in Kings Beach have seemed unnecessarily complicated when it comes to what we can and can’t do on the property according to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. There are strict limits on moving soil, coverage of the land itself, runoff, etc etc. But after this last trip […]
Read MoreSetting Moon
The setting moon was visible from where I’d been shooting for about 7 minutes this morning as the clouds were changing pretty quickly. This morning’s colors in the sky were subtle but quite nice. The amount of snow that had melted since last week allowed me to reach several new spots, such as this one […]
Read MoreSunset at the Sutro Baths
I just got a neutral density filter to play around with and tried it last night out at the Sutro Baths. It’s a B + W #110 ND filter, making a difference of nine stops, so long exposures are possible even in daylight and as the sun drops, you can leave the shutter open for […]
Read MoreLuna
Another composite of two images, the first so we can see the world and the second MUCH darker so we can see the moon.
Read MoreOnce more, with feeling!
Last fog image for a while. Maybe. Info, same as below, but 110 seconds, F/9, 70mm.
Read MoreTucked In For The Night
Another amazing instance of fog last evening, but this time it covered pretty much the entire view from Grizzly Peak. I arrived just before the sun disappeared and found the blanket of thick fog covering all three bridges, and pretty much everything else below my lofty perch. In the distance only the top of Sutro […]
Read MoreGlowing Fog
Another image from the amazing fog the other night. Where the fog moved over lights from the city, it glowed eerily…
Read MoreRising Tide
When shooting landscapes here in the Bay Area, I’m usually in San Francisco wishing I lived there so I could respond quickly to changing weather. I often see what look like interesting conditions from Oakland, but don’t have time to get across the bridge and into position; the light and conditions change too quickly for […]
Read MoreA Million Silent Worlds
Those stars we can see through the haze of pollution and wash of city lights look white for the most part. But get up to altitude, to clear, dark air and you can see that stars come in many colors. I drove to Yosemite on Tuesday night and as I was descending into the valley […]
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