Wired

The world and its ever growing need for energy and communication, connections. I find some strange beauty in this jungle of ugly wires overhead.

Nikon D200,Nikkor 17-55, 34mm,  1/160 sec @ f/11, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Something fishy

A souvenir from the "Marché Aux Poissons" in Fort-de-France. None of the fishermen wanted their photo taken, but it was ok for their catch!

Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-135, 125mm, 1/60 sec @ f/9, ISO 100
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Topaz Adjust

99 bottles on the wall

On a tour of the Gold Country, we were once lucky to have a private tour of the buildings at the North Bloomfield ghost town (close to Malakoff Diggings). This was taken in the saloon.
Mining was hard and the men spent what little was left of their pay after room & board trying to forget their dire condition through alcohol. Effectively giving back the hard earned money to their employer who was owning everything in town.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-135, 28mm 1/60 sec @ f/7.1, ISO 100
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Seeds

I was intrigued by the white fluffy stuff I was seeing in the Yosemite Valley's meadows until I came close and discovered it was the open pods of the Showy Milkweed, full of seeds ready to take off on their journey to a new life.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 70-300, 135mm, 1/1250 sec @ f/8, ISO 560
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Cloudy skies again

2 different treatments of the same shot of these beautiful clouds over the pier at Lake Tahoe.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-70, 18mm, 15 sec @ f/22, ISO 100
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3,  Photomatix / Adobe Photoshop CS5

Blue truck

I liked the shape of this pick-up truck that I found a bit out of place in that street. Framing and composition are less than ideal though.


Casio Exilim ES-600, 79mm eq, 1/60 sec @ f/4.1
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Color Efex Pro

Zantedeschia

A single white and yellow calla lily from a San Francisco community garden. The latin name is more poetic!

Nikon D200, Nikkor 28-200, 75mm, 1/1000 sec @ f/8, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Mannequins

 
Half bodies in the street markets of Thailand have an even eerier look in black and white

Nikon D200, iPhone 4
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 & Nik Silver Efex Pro

Half Dome

The last sunset from Glacier Point this year before they closed the road.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 70-300, 174mm, 0.6 sec @ f/22, ISO 100
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Nik Viveza 2

After the rain

A flashback to Australia for this delicate flower, shot after one of these tropical storms that stop as suddenly as they start and leave everything soaking wet

Nikon D200, Lensbaby Composer 50 mm @ f/2.8, ISO 100
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Kubota Lensbaby Pak, OnOne FocalPoint 2

Stairways to heaven?

The original Point Arena lighthouse's spiral staircase. The tower itself did not survive the 1906 earthquake.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-70, 18mm, 0.4 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Nik Silver Efex Pro

Point Cabrillo

We had moody skies the whole weekend. This one serves as a nice backdrop for Point Cabrillo lighthouse.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-70, 70mm, 5 exposures @ f/32, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, Nik HDR Efex Pro, Topaz Adjust, Adobe Photoshop CS5

Old wagon at the salt ponds

Unfortunately the sky was really ordinary today, so I chose a close up of the wagon instead of a broad landscape view.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 70-300, 240mm 1/320 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2