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Friday, October 19, 2007
Harbor Earth Shadow
I really love this shot and all the others I took along with it.
It was a great evening right after a Photography show
walking with my dad at the Santa Barbara harbor.
Aside from the beauty of the scene and the great memories it brings
back (as most of my photos do for me), I like the science
in this shot. If you poke around the photo of the day
it's not hard to notice
other
evidence of
the left side of my brain creeping into my photography.
In this case, the dark blue near the horizon that
slopes upward to the left is what intrigues me.
It is actually the shadow of the Earth. As the sun was
slipping further below the horizon behind me
on my right side, it still lit the atmosphere above me.
It is easiest to see this effect looking out over the
ocean so there are no hills or even buildings and trees to block it.
BTW, I finally got back to the photo of the day
thanks to a really nice post
the other day from Mary Ann. Always wonderful to
know people are enjoying my creativity.
One of the many things I was doing in my absence
was working on a new gallery site of my Santa Barbara
photos... www.ImagesOfSantaBarbara.com.
Thanks again Mary Ann!
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Sunday, August 26, 2007
Courthouse Light
We are getting some unseasonable moisture from the
hurricane that went through the Gulf of Mexico
last week. The days have been really humid, but the
clouds have been a nice change. Seemed like a good
time for some evening shots of the courthouse.
This is actually a combination of about ten exposures
in a technique called a High Dynamic Range Image.
Takes a little work, but a normal long exposure
would have blown out the image around the lantern
and you would still not have been able to see
the clouds and stars.
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
California Sunset
Santa Barbara (where we live) is beautiful in general, don't get me wrong.
And, I have heard people try to extol the virtues of our south facing beach. But
you just don't get a sunset like this off of a
south facing beach! Which is probably one of the main reasons
I like exploring the rest of California.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Cup of Gold Nectar
Kind of like The Hound when she gets
into her food "Face First".
This bee was very cooperative. She spent a lot of time on each
blossom. I guess she wanted to make sure she did not miss anything.
This was the only flower on the plant that had the cool "crumpled"
look. All of the other flowers were more cup-like. Fitting,
since their name in Spanish (Copa de Oro) means "Cup of Gold."
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Monday, May 28, 2007
Poppy Seed Pod
No, it's not upside down! Well, the photo's not anyway, the flower is.
This is the same flower from the Photo of
the Day on the 20th. By the looks of things there will be
poppies all over the place in our back yard next year.
I like the "cross section" look of the flower. And the ruffled
edge of the petals too.
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Thursday, May 24, 2007
Orange Centered Poppy
I found this guy the other day at the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens
along with his friend. Unlike the dark one
they actually had quite a few of these, but only one with a flower
with this cool shape. This particular one caught my eye first
through my camera lens as I was chasing a bee hovering by it!
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Sunday, May 20, 2007
Dark Poppy
About a year and a half ago I found some
beautiful dark poppies in Ventura. Yesterday we went to a Bonsai show
at the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens. Along with a really cool grape
and curly willow we found a single dark poppy. Of course I had to
bring it home. I went a little crazy yesterday. In addition to the
Bonsai sale, my wife found
a bunch of Epiphyllum cuttings for sale.
I think it's about time for a real back yard!
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Friday, February 23, 2007
I Can FLY!
I took several shots of this dog, but the thing I like
about this one in particular is the fact that none of
his feet are touching the ground. He was running far ahead
of his friend, the guy to the left. Then he would run all the way back.
Apparently the pace of the walk was not quite as fast as he would like.
In my case, it could be me making multiple trips back and forth waiting
for The Hound. Not because she is lazy, but
because when she really gets into her walk she likes to inspect every
inch along the way. I experience our walks with my eyes and camera.
She is all about her nose. I don't think she even pays attention
to her eyes unless something out of the ordinary happens. As evidenced
by the orange traffic cone that snuck up on her tonight and made her
jump straight up in the air when she realized it was there.
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Monday, January 15, 2007
Quiet Spot
This is a nice relaxing spot right along Highway 1 in Big Sur.
I love the color of the water here. The beautiful blue-green
makes me want to grab my Scuba gear. Of course, even
though you can't really see it in this shot the
waves this day would have made a dive more of an adventure than I'm lookin' for.
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Monday, October 16, 2006
Poppies
I like the look of the closed poppies, but the one
over achiever that decided to stay open later makes
it much more interesting.
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Sunset at the Mission Rose Garden
(click to see a bigger version)
More experimentation! This image was created from about 11 shots of the sunset.
I could not get exactly what I wanted from one shot from any one lens. The only
thing I had that was wide enough to get the whole sunset was a fish eye.
I like my fish eye, but in this case I wanted to give more of the feeling
of standing there in the rose garden watching the sunset.
The distortion of the fish eye detracted from that too much.
The sheer scale of things caused some interesting problems. The full scale image
could be printed easily 4 and a half feet at high resolution. And as long as I
am building this kind of thing I figure why not go for full scale!?
I think I need more ram... and more hard drives.
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Sunday, August 27, 2006
Butterfly Beach Sunset
It was a nice sunset this evening.
No clouds, but still a nice glow in the sky.
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Thursday, August 24, 2006
Sunset Exercise
I went to the doctor and, big surprise, I have to eat
healthier and get more exercise! (should have seen that comin')
On the plus side, walking is his recommended way to do that.
And I figure, if you're gonna walk, you might as well do it
someplace nice!
This is Butterfly Beach in Santa Barbara. It is one of the
less traveled beaches around here. It is not in an area that
you would normally stumble on. And it is our favorite beach.
So after making one good pedometer out of two broken ones,
we had a nice sunset walk. Oh, I mean... we went out and got
some exercise!
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Friday, July 7, 2006
Santa Barbara Sunset at the Wharf
This image reminds me of visiting Santa Barbara,
about nine years ago, on vacation with my best friend.
When we first got here she told me that she had to warn me
that I probably was not going to want to leave.
She was right! But Santa Barbara was not the only thing
I got attached to. Now that we live here, my best friend
has also become my wife!
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Saturday, July 1, 2006
Catamaran Beach
Another Santa Barbara sunset shot taken a few minutes after yesterday's.
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Friday, June 30, 2006
Stearns Sunset Panorama
(click to see a bigger version)
More shots from yesterday's wharf walk.
Actually, it's a combination of 9 shots.
It was a beautiful evening.
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Thursday, June 29, 2006
Stearns Twilight
Tonight we took a walk on Stearns Wharf.
It was hot and we were hoping to cool off.
Of course, we were not the only ones with that
idea. It was pretty crowded, but it was a nice walk and a beautiful evening.
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Thursday, May 11, 2006
Santa Barbara Beach Bums
We have not been seeing the sun much lately.
But, it is a beautiful day when we do!
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Monday, March 6, 2006
Twilight Mission
By request!
I had someone leave feed back who was interested in
photos of the Mission Santa Barbara.
(see August 12, '05)
I am developing a tool that will allow everyone to browse the
previous photos of the day by keyword and various
other tools to allow easy navigation. I do have the calendar,
if you have not seen that, be sure to click on the link
on the upper right of the screen. That will allow you
to see thumbnails of the photo of the day a month at a time.
Now, on to the Mission. This is the Mission Santa Barbara “Queen of the Missions.”
It was founded on December 4, 1786 by Father Fermin Lasuen. It was the tenth of
21 Franciscan missions in California. It holds the distinction of being the only
one to remain in continuous use since the day it was founded. Named for Saint Barbara,
and founded on the day of her annual memorial feast, it continues to operate as home
of the Saint Barbara Parish. And it is a place that always makes me happy to
be a photographer!
Here is a list of my other images of the Mission Santa Barbara
and her grounds on the photo of the day.
- September 7, 2005: Mission Sunset
- February 17, 2006: Santa Barbara Mission Twilight
- April 17, 2005: Nighttime at the Mission
- May 1, 2005: Mission Gardens
- May 5, 2005: Mission Storm
- June 13, 2005: Mission Arches
- June 22, 2005: Mission Kitchen
- June 29, 2005: Mission Palms at Night
- July 8, 2005: Mission Doorway
- July 11, 2005: Nighttime Mission
- August 12, 2005: A View from the Mission
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Friday, February 17, 2006
Santa Barbara Mission Twilight
This was a long exposure. The exposure
time made the reflection much more interesting.
it gave the effect of the sharpness near the bottom of the
image getting blurry near the top where the water
was falling from the top of the fountain.
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Sunday, December 25, 2005
Pelican Christmas
You have any idea how many fish I had to give him to get
him to pose like that? He drove an especially
hard bargain when it came to wearing the hat!
Merry Christmas!
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Saturday, December 24, 2005
Santa Barbara Beach Panorama
(click to see a bigger version)
Ok I got a new toy! This is actually seven images
stitched together in a panorama by a cool little
tool named PTGui.
Actually it is quite powerful. I am a bit fanatical
about image quality and size. I usually work with
16 bit originals from my scanner and the this
tool can work with them which is rare.
To truly appreciate this image you have to realize
the full resolution version is over 500 megabytes
and could easily be printed almost nine feet wide.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Carmel Beach Fire
The people on the beach look almost insignificant under this
awesome display. And, believe me that is how
it made you feel! And, at the same time, it filled
you with awe.
Some days I see things that make me
wanna kick myself for leaving my camera at home. The days
like this one make up for them many times over!
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Saturday, November 19, 2005
Santa Barbara Sunset
There is an artist in the Sunday Art walk on
Cabrillo Blvd. (where this shot is taken) who
does woodcut images, silhouettes with a gradient color in the
background. These evenings, the beautiful
cloudless sunsets remind me of those.
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Thursday, November 17, 2005
Backlit Poppy
I had fun getting this image. I actually had to lay
on the ground to get this perspective. (and it was
a very HOT day to lay on the sidewalk)
This is one of my favorite subjects, in fact it was
the subject of the first image on this site.
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