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.
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.
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.
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.
This is my sister’s dog, Bailey. Taken in doors and a tough shot, he just will not keep still and everytime I tried to lower the camera down to his level he would run away, so a little stealth was required. Only editing was to crop the image, this is straight out of the camera, ISO6400, 1/60 at f2, taken with the X-Pro 1 and the 35mm f1.4 lens.
Some cypress leaves at the Fullerton Arboretum. Taken with a Fuji X-Pro 1, 60mm macro lens, f2.4 and 1/280, ISO 200. Took me awhile to get a decent shot of the hanging leaves there was light breeze so they kept swinging around. Enjoy.
Hard to believe half the year has gone by, I guess that is the sign of getting older, time flies! Here is this week’s image, it was more an experiment but I like how it came out. I got an adapter for my Fuji X-Pro 1 to use my Canon lenses, so this is taken near Temecula with the X-Pro 1 and a Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens, taken at f2.8 and a 30 second exposure at ISO1600. I thought it turned out pretty well, the yellowish glow in the bottom right is the light pollution dome from San Diego. The summer Milky Way always a neat thing to see. Enjoy.
Roaming around the garden I found these and the light was nice in the late afternoon. Taken with the Fuji X-Pro 1, 60mm lens at f5.4 and 1/4000 exposure. Sometimes it is fun just to walk around the garden and see what you can find, you never now what you may find. Enjoy.
While at the Getty we took a look at the Herb Ritts exhibit, really worth going to see. Amazing images, really creative and great lighting. I was quite impressed with the images and highly recommend anyone interested in photography to go to the Getty and see the exhibit. I am going to go back and take another look, really very creative uses of lines, shapes and light. This shot is taken at the entrance to the gallery, no photography is allowed in the exhibit. Taken with a the Fuji X-Pro 1 18mm f2 lens, 1/80 at f2 and ISO 400, converted to black and white using Lightroom.
This week’s image comes from the Getty Center. Taken with a Fuji X-Pro 1 and 18mm f2 lens, setting were ISO 800, 1/25 at f8. I love black and white and not all images work well in black and white, but I felt that this one did, hope you did too.
