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Setting 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 […]

A Good Value?

When I switched from Canon to Nikon I had to replace not only my camera bodies and lenses, but all of the essential accessories, too. One of my most-used gadgets is a wired remote shutter release, and a friend had just raved about a third-party version that was only $10, compared to the $70 street […]

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 […]

Sunset 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 […]

Luna

Another composite of two images, the first so we can see the world and the second MUCH darker so we can see the moon.

A 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, […]

This 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 […]

Once more, with feeling!

Last fog image for a while. Maybe. Info, same as below, but 110 seconds, F/9, 70mm.

Tucked 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 […]

Glowing Fog

Another image from the amazing fog the other night. Where the fog moved over lights from the city, it glowed eerily…