Silhouette

I just added a bit more vibrance to the sky to provide a nice textured backdrop to this beautiful tree's silhouette.

Fuji X100S, 23mm, 1/2500 sec @ f/16, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6

Mangrove

Venturing through the red mangrove tree roots. But I guess the path stops here...

Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon 10-24, 24mm, 1/60 sec @ f/6.4, ISO 1600
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6

Foroglio

I'm ready for my vacation, and although this year I will not go to Foroglio again, I'm sure to find some delightful windows, old stones and flowers in my travels. Can't wait!

Nikon D200, Nikkor 24-70, 24mm, 1/320 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6

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

Pine Trees

Painting with my camera in front of El Capitan.

Nikon D800, Nikkor 70-300, 85mm,1/50  sec @ f/5.6, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5

Under Over

Playing with film again, which is very liberating when street shooting in San Francisco.
This "herborist's scale" in a little garden in the Mission made me smile.


Nikon N80, lens and settings unknown
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4

Dahlia

The blossoms around the Conservatory of Flowers are past their prime, and most of them badly wilted, but the Dahlia Garden still have some pretty and colorful blooms.


Nikon D200, Nikkor 24-70, 70mm, 1/80 sec @ f/3.3, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Fall morning in Camp Curry

 
The sun was playing in the trees above the cabin, where falling leaves had started to softly blanket the roof.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 24-70, 56mm, 1/250 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 320
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Washburn Point

Before these last glorious minutes of sun on Half Dome (here), the scenery was rather dull. So I focused instead on the silhouettes of the pines with their needles like pom-poms dangling from the sky.

Nikon D200, Nikkor 105 macro, 1/1000 sec @ f/4, ISO 200
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

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

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

Under the roof

A colorful cascade of flowers under a Venetian roof.

Nikon D200,  Nikkor 18-135, 135mm, 1/125 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom