Category Archives: Photography around SoCal

Image of the week #38

September 28, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

Well I am really behind this week…sigh, too much going on.  Barbara and I went to watch the shuttle Endeavour arrive in Los Angeles, this was a great event as it was the last time a shuttle would be on the 747 and last time one would be in the air! Since the shuttles are all now retired and now they are all near their final resting places. Endeavour still has a short road trip to the Exhibition Park but for now it is at Los Angeles International Airport, or LAX. We had a good spot as it arrived in L.A. it flew right over us…

 

Image of the week #37

September 19, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

A bit late this week, got tied up with some things that needed to get done. This was taken at the LA Arboretum in the Queen Anne’s Cottage carriage house, I thought this looked good in black & white, converted using Silver Efex Pro 2. Enjoy.

 

Image of the week #36

September 10, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

I was down in Dana Point, CA this last weekend and visited the annual tall ships festival. Here is a shot of the Brig Pilgrim, which is based in Dana Point. It was a nice sunny day and getting warm and humid. Taken with the Fuji X-Pro 1, this was 3 exposures and blended to capture all the details. Enjoy.

 

Image of the week #35

September 4, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

Well another glorious sunset this week, taken in Laguna Beach. The clouds started building in the afternoon and as it got closer to sunset they were not disappearing, so grabbed the camera gear and headed out and took this shot. Just before sunset there was a nice large rainbow. Shot with the Fuji X-Pro 1 and the 18mm lens on a tripod. Enjoy.

Image of the week #34

August 26, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

This shot was from a quick trip out to Joshua Tree NP. I was hoping to run into some thunderstorms with some lightning but just a few clouds formed and no real storms. I did take a lot of timelapse shots that will probably get used in something, fun to watch the clouds building, amazing how fast they build and change. While I was waiting for the timelapse sequences I walked around took a few pics with the Fuji X-Pro 1. Converted to black and white using Silver Efex Pro 2. Hope you enjoy it.

 

 

Image of the week #33

August 19, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

I love watching sunsets and ones that get all kinds of nice colors and clouds can be especially nice, I never get tired of watching sunsets. Here is a sunset from Wed. evening that was pretty cool, some nice colors and then a few minutes later it all changes. Taken with the Fuji X-Pro 1, the first was taken with the 35mm f1.4 and the second was with the 18mm f2.0. Both are very minimal processing, pretty much just straight out of the camera. Enjoy.

Image of the week #32

August 12, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

Went and saw the cheetah run at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, pretty fun to watch, although it was very hot and very humid. It was not great day for running so the cheetah only did one run, which was too bad. The course was 100 meters, this run was done in 5.92 seconds, not their fastest time, but certainly fast enough. Taken with a Canon 1DM4 and a 80-200mm f2.8L lens. The running shot is cropped from the original frame. The portrait shot was not. Enjoy.

Image of the week #31

August 5, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

The last beacon of light for the day as the sun slowly sinks in the west. Taken in Laguna Beach, Fuji X-Pro 1, 60mm f2.4 macro at f2.4 and 1/3300 at ISO 400.

 

Image of the week #30

July 30, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

Delicate wispy clouds, softly lit by the setting sun….. this weeks subject. Taken with a Fuji X-Pro 1 and 35mm f1.4 lens at f4, 1/75 second at ISO 200.  The sun was well below the horizon and the immediate area around the horizon was muddy looking and not very interesting, but almost straight up  we ended up getting this nice soft pastel palette to finish off the day. Hope you enjoy it.

 

Image of the week #29

July 23, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

This is a re-edit of an image from the Huntington, actually 3 images, done as an HDR, I wanted to try out some new techniques. Taken at the Huntington Library gardens, using the Fuji X-Pro 1, 35mm f1.4 lens at f8.