Electric Jelly

Nocturnal visit to Chinatown. All these lanterns moving in the wind against the dark sky made me think of jellyfish...

Nikon D810, Nikkor 24-70, 62mm, 8 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 400
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6

Cracking

Could not resist snapping one of this old tatty enamel.

iPhone 6, 4mm, 1/15 sec @ f/2.2, ISO 640
On1 Photo 10

Island trees

A little different view of the coconut palm trees near Grande-Anse.

Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-70, 27mm, 1/13 sec @ f/22, ISO 50
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5

Trees and reflection

The blue hour had passed but there was still some purplish color in the sky and I wanted a different type of photo for the last one of the day.
During the 3 minutes exposure, I rotated the lens slightly every 10 seconds or so, covering the full focal range of my zoom.

Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-70, 24 to 70mm, 180 sec @ f/4, ISO 800
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5

Liquid Gold

Night falls quickly after sunset this time of year, I had fun playing with the street lights reflecting in what's left of the pools of Sutro Baths.

Nikon D800, Nikkor 70-300, 92mm, 30 sec @ f/8, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4

Mongolia Impression

The green of the steppe under the "eternal blue sky".

Nikon D800, Nikkor 70-300, 300mm, 1/5 sec @ f/40, ISO 50
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4

Grafitti

A piece of "street art", except we're not in the street but at the top of the hill in Bernal Heights. This graffiti among others adorns the base of the American Tower (which is particularly ugly). Not sure what it says, but I like the mix of the spirals and curves with the straights lines, and I see plenty of elephants!

Nikon D200, Nikkor 70-300, 70mm, 1/60 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

The ghost in the bark

 
The redwood was probably struck by lightning, and was all hollow. I loved the patterns inside and the beautiful contrast between the wood and the moss. And fortunately it wasn't Halloween, for I'm sure the creepy character on the burnt trunk wall would have come back to life to steal my soul or something!

Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-70, 18mm, 2.2 sec @ f/13, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

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