Tag: photography
Looking For The Wave
Going though some photos recently from last winter’s trip to the Southwest I ran across this one. The distinctive rock formations found in the region of The Wave, which is the most famous, are often quite striking. This was taken during a pause on our hike to The Wave at an area that was very […]
Read MorePhotos for Riders for Health
This weekend is the Cycle World motorcycle show in San Mateo, and our local NorCal Riders for Health chapter will have a booth to help spread the word. As usual, I’m donating something, in this case two of my favorite photos from the 2009 season. The above photo was taken a the Sachsenring in Germany, […]
Read MoreThe Best Nikon Teleconverter Tip I Know
If you’re using any of Nikon’s current model teleconverters, either the TC-14E II (1.4x),, the TC-17E II (1.7x), or the TC-20E II (2.0x), you may already have run into this problem: the cap that protects the teleconverter’s female connector can get locked in that end such that it’s VERY difficult to remove. By some unfortunate […]
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 MoreA Good Night’s Sleep
On a recent trip to Yosemite, I zoomed up to see what the red spot on the face of El Capitan was. Turned out to be a couple of climbers just waking up for the sunrise. Wikipedia has El Cap at 910 meters tall, and these guys were about two thirds of the way up, […]
Read MoreThis Magic Moment
The other day I noticed some piers in the water on the Embarcadero, and I went out this morning to use them as a foreground element in a sunrise shot of the Bay Bridge. I made those exposures, got pretty much what I was after, then packed up and went back to the truck to […]
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…
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