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

Embarcadero in S.F. on on fine, fine summer day

An interesting effect with a lensbabies 3G.

Nikon D200, Lensbaby 3G 50 mm, 1/1250 sec @ f/4, ISO 100
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Open door

An abandoned house in Martinique, next to a cemetery. Is the door open so that ghosts and spirits could freely come and go? If they needed any door, that is...

Nikon D200,  Nikkor18-135, 28mm 1/125 sec @ f/7.1, ISO 100
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom