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Friday, January 4, 2008
Mission StormClick on the main image for a bigger versionAnother attempt to get to the Nativity Scene at the mission a couple of weeks ago, and still no animals. Probably a good thing for them, it was raining like crazy. But I do so hate to come home empty handed! And, I still have not had a chance to develop the film from this evening. This was from my digital camera, but four feet wide just might not be big enough. :-D architecture 49 | California 108 | California Mission 27 | creative lighting 18 | evening 35 | fountain 29 | glow 9 | light 49 | long exposure 9 | Mediterranean architecture 21 | mission 32 | Mission Santa Barbara 22 | panorama 14 | panoramic 14 | Queen of the Missions 21 | rain 13 | Santa Barbara 120 | sunset 75 | tree 47 | wet 4 |
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Monday, December 17, 2007
Mission Christmas TreesMerry Christmas!Some of the Christmas decorations at the Mission Santa Barbara. They don't usually do a lot in a flashy way, but I like the Christmas trees. They put them up really early too so you have lots of time to enjoy them! |
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Thursday, December 6, 2007
Mission NativityBy request! This is actually a little older shot, I still have not seen if they are doing the nativity this year. I'll have to go check it out. This is one of my favorite Christmas attractions in Santa Barbara too. |
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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, April 30, 2006
Nun BeeThe sun came out today!!! Not something that would normally be such a surprise in California, but this year you have to take it one day at a time.In honor of our beautiful sunny day we decided to take a bit of a rose garden tour. We went to the Mission rose garden and the rose garden at Fess Parker's Resort on Cabrillo. This was one of my favorite roses of the day. I was actually taking pictures of it before the bee flew into the picture. She was quite the ham! She hovered all around in front of the rose for me. |
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Monday, March 6, 2006
Twilight MissionBy 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.
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Friday, February 17, 2006
Santa Barbara Mission TwilightThis 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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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Mission LilyThere are a million photos of the Mission Santa Barbara out there. Which is all the more reason to look around while you are there to see if there might be something you would miss with the standard "Visitors Bureau" shot. |
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Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Mission SunsetSunset at the Mission, would only be better if that tree were not in the shot. But that's ok, I like the trees around here. |
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Friday, August 12, 2005
A View from the MissionMost of the mission shots you see don't give you an appreciation for the beautiful setting of the surrounding Mission grounds. The beautiful color in this photo is from the setting sun which was behind me to my right. Although the moisture in the atmosphere makes it hard to see where sky ends and sea begins, you can see hints of the outlines of the Channel Islands at the horizon. |
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Monday, July 11, 2005
Nighttime MissionThe cool thing about this long exposure is that fact that it made the surface of the water look like glass. If you look closely you can see that there are blurry areas near the center of the fountain where the water was running down. But most of the waves that moved slowly across the surface disappeared. I thought the motion of the ripples across the water would blur a larger part of the reflection but sometimes you get a pleasant surprise. |
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Friday, July 8, 2005
Mission DoorwayOnce in a while my best friend and I go out and take pictures together. This would be the same best friend who taught me most of the technical things I know about photography. The best part of going to the same place together is you get to see what you missed. Or, see the same subject through someone else's eyes.Her picture of this scene was a really nice close up on the basket. With the filtered light through the trees and the texture of the basket it made a really striking composition. Ever since looking through our shots from that day I have been much more aware of the drastically different images you can get from the same subject at the exact same moment. Now, when I approach a subject, I try to grab a few "first impression" shots immediately. Then, I take the time to ponder what else is possible, what textures and odd compositions can I find, and of course... What would my best friend see? |
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Mission Palms at NightAlways lookin' for a different angle on a subject. Especially one as photographed as the Mission. |
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Mission KitchenI really liked this picture. It is one of the first batch of photos I pulled out to scan when I got my new scanner a year ago. But, I was not sure who else might find it attractive. Turns out, it is pretty fitting for a Mexican Restaurant. |
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Monday, June 13, 2005
Mission ArchesOne of my new collection of local architecture images. I am preparing them for a restaurant remodel. |
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Sunday, June 12, 2005
Cross BirdWell... maybe a little agitated anyway. (Cross Bird... Mad Bird... get it? oh never mind! it's not funny if I have to explain it!) |
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Thursday, May 5, 2005
Mission StormI actually went out to get a shot of a really nice rainbow. But the scene of the clouds over the mission was the best opportunity of the day. The clouds were bunched around the mountain. As the sun set, it was shining under them through the heavy rain close the mountain. It made for some particularly dramatic lighting. As you can see from the streak of car headlights on the right of the photo, this was not a short exposure. |
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Sunday, May 1, 2005
Mission GardensThere are quite a few images of the front of the Santa Barbara Mission. And for good reason, it is a beautiful place. But it's beauty is much more than skin deep. |
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Sunday, April 17, 2005
Nighttime at the MissionI almost lost this image. It was on a roll of film in a camera that I had not used in a few weeks. Assuming it was empty I opened the back of the camera. Luckily the best shots seemed to be early on the roll and deep enough in the camera to not be affected.This was a long exposure from the edge of the fountain. the blurry area in the water is the affect of the water on the surface over the length of the exposure. |
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Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mission SunsetWe don't get a lot of clouds around here. But when we do it's quite a show, the whole sky was lit up like this. |
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Sunday, February 27, 2005
Christmas MissionMission Santa Barbara “Queen of the Missions” 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. |
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Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Mission LilyOne of the things I like most about this photo is the small ring of ripples to the left of the flower. |
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