The posts below contain some of my favorite images. No particular reason, just cool stuff I’d like to share with viewers. Each post contains:
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Just before I was about to pack up for the evening, came upon the candles and decided to wait and see who came along. The patience paid off, I think.
February 14, 2010
Canon EOS 50D
f/2.8 • 1/400 • 55mm • ISO 1600
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The Huntington Beach Pier at sunset. Okay, I’ll admit to moving the seagull slightly right and forward from its original position. Everything else is exactly where I found it.
October 2, 2008
Canon Digital Rebel XT
f/8 • 1/640 •18mm • ISO 100
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Taken on a gorgeous evening while I was attending a two-day workshop in Monterey, CA. I was just getting into digital photography after years with film.
November 14, 2005
Canon Powershot SD500
f/2.8 • 1/80 • 7.7mm • ISO 200
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Another shot from Monterey, CA.
November 14, 2005
Canon Powershot SD500
f/2.8 • 1/60 • 7.7mm • ISO 200
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Cropped from a larger image. What’s wrong? Well… the third gull from the left is actually a satellite dish.
November 14, 2005
Canon Powershot SD500
f/2.8 • 1/80 •7.7mm • ISO 200
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This one’s cropped and turned upside down. The rippling effect is from reflection off the waters of Monterey Harbor.
November 14, 2005
Canon Powershot SD500
f/2.8 • 1/80 • 7.7mm • ISO 200
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Taken on the trip from Monterey to Bakerfield (via Paso Robles). This is a view looking west on State Route 46 not too far from the location of James Dean’s fatal car crash.
November 17, 2005
Canon Powershot SD500
f/7.1 • 1/800 • 7.7mm • ISO 50
I came across this mother/daughter during a visit to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The wall is deep purple, the sweaters primary blue and red. Somehow the framing colors were appealing, but the b/w version tells the story I want to tell.
February 17, 2007
Canon Powershot SD500
f/2.8 • 1/40 • 7.7mm • ISO 400
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The Getty Museum’s architecture is as impressive as the collection. This image is a reflection of a travertine covered building. No filters, just cropped and flipped vertically to show only the water surface.
February 17, 2007
Canon Powershot SD500
f/7.1 • 1/1000 • 7.7mm • ISO 50
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Curving glass windows and overhangs make for fascinating views every direction you turn.
February 17, 2007
Canon Powershot SD500
f/7.1 • 1/1250 • 9.0mm • ISO 200
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From early in my transition from film to digital, using a point-and-shoot three megapixel camera. This has way too much processing, but somehow the atmosphere in the chapel screamed for the overstated saturation and filtering. Then again, maybe it’s a case of “look what I can do with Photoshop.”
November 2, 2003
Canon Powershot S30
f/2.8 • 1/30 • 7.1mm • ISO n/a
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Not much to tell about this. Just a classic view of an exterior hall.
November 2, 2003
Canon Powershot S30
f/2. • 1/125 • 7.1mm • ISO 50
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I was enamored by the artistic filters available in Photoshop. When I look back at the original image without the post-processing, I think it might have been just fine. What I really like is the unusual perspective on the statue of Father Serra from inside the ruins of the original mission chapel.
November 2, 2003
Canon Powershot S30
f/2. • 1/125 • 7.1mm • ISO 50
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Salvation Mountain in Niland, CA near Salton Sea. Featured in the film, Into the Wild. It’s a wonderful, eerie, and, quite frankly, disturbing place. Apparently some desert loner has spent a good part of his life acquiring free latex paint and covering the earth. There’s no charge to visit, just a request to leave some paint. It’s unclear to me whether the creator is still working on this project.
April 7, 2007
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
f/4 • 1/4000 • 18mm • ISO 200
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I have a boatload of images from this trip to paradise. After browsing through them recently, I’m considering creating a gallery to show more context of this place.
April 7, 2007
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
f/5.6 • 1/2000 • 52mm • ISO 200
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So I’m not really a flower guy. Love to look at them… can’t tell a daffodil from a daisy. This trio of cool looking purple flowers was taken at the Wild Animal Park, in Escondido, CA
April 5, 2009
Canon EOS 50D
f/5.6 • 1/250 • 22mm • ISO 1600
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At some point, if the lions at the the Wild Animal Park keep this up, the SD Zoological Society is gonna need to tack some carpet and rope onto that tree.
July 7, 2008
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
f/8 • 1/125 • 55mm • ISO 400
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Not much to say about this one, except that I couldn’t resist taking it when I saw the line-up.
June 6, 2009
Canon EOS 50D
f/5.6 • 1/500 • 55mm • ISO 400
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June 6, 2009
Canon EOS 50D
f/9 • 1/60 • 55mm • ISO 400
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June 6, 2009
Canon EOS 50D
f/5.6 • 1/320 • 194mm • ISO 400
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Augut 23, 2008
Canon EOS Digtal Rebel XT
f/7.1 • 1/200 • 70mm • ISO 1600
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June 6, 2009
Canon EOS 50D
f/10 • 1/800 • 250mm • ISO 400
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Not sure why, but I’ve always liked this picture of my beautiful wife, Becky. It’s always a treat to watch her joyfulness around animals (even bronze ones).
August 23, 2008
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
f/5.6 • 1/60 • 250mm • ISO 1600
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The parents of this perfectly painted tiger-child were gracious about allowing me to take this shot, but never contacted me for a copy. Anybody know him?
June 6, 2009
Canon EOS 50D
f/5.6 • 1/500 • 250mm • ISO 400
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Right place – right time. Taken from a moving tram tour of the Wild Animal Park. Photoshop processing included removing several animal silhouettes and straightening the angle of the balloon.
July 27, 2008
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
f/16 • 1/500 • 55mm • ISO 400
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This was submitted to the 2007 Daley Ranch Photo Contest where it received an honorable mention.
March 20, 2007
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
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Another Daley Ranch shot from a couple of years later. What appeals to me about this image is the contrast of the aged wood, deterioating paint, and the brand new padlock.
April 9, 2009
Canon EOS 50D
f/3.5 • 1/25 • 28mm • ISO 200
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This one comes from a day-long solo Harley ride to Joshua Tree National Monument.
February 4, 2007
Canon Powershot SD500
f/13 • 1/400 • 23.1mm • ISO 50
2006 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Classic (not shown)
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Taken on an anniversary Harley Trip with the beautiful Becky, to Palm Springs/Joshua Tree.
April 12, 2008
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
f/10 • 1/100 • 52mm • ISO 100
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From the same trip as above. What I really like about this image is the depiction of four cactus flowers in progressive stages of bloom.
April 12, 2008
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
f/13 • 1/125 • 55mm • ISO 100
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Taken on a weeklong trip to the east coast. This image is from a window display outside the anthropologie store in Georgetown, outside Washington, DC.
October 29, 2008
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
f/8 • 1/125 • 42mm • ISO 1600
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The Hirschhorn Museum in Washington, DC is part of the Smithsonian, dedicated to modern art and sculpture.
October 30, 2008
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
f/8 • 1/125 • 42mm • ISO 1600
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Among the displays in the Hirshhorn Museum is this room size walk-in light box. Very cool place.
October 30, 2008
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
f/3.5 • 1/40 • 22mm • ISO 1600
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This is a photo that Becky’s son, Jason, took during our lunch at Escondido’s own Stone Brewery. Great beer, great food, great atmosphere and great company at lunch
July 2009
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This was taken in Laguna Beach, CA at the end of Becky and my Harley honeymoon. It’s a tiny portion of a larger image. One of my favorites of all time and officially adopted as my online avatar.
July 14, 2003
Canon Powershot S30
f/4.9 • 1/320 • 21.3mm • ISO 50
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