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Friday, September 2, 2005
Purple Tiger
By request! (see yesterday's feedback) This is the only purple
rose I could find, and even though
they are named "Purple Tiger" they
are a very red purple. But, at least I grew
this one myself! :-D
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Thursday, September 1, 2005
Yellow Rose
This is the same rose bush from yesterday's
photo, just a little different angle.
I like the other rose and buds falling out of focus in the background.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Rose Bud
Sometimes the plant is as interesting as the flower!
Especially in the right lighting.
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Saturday, August 27, 2005
Posing Butterfly
This guy was posing so nicely. I particularly
like the color of the leaves he is perched on.
They go nice with his wings.
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Shadow Puppets
The Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens
is a beautiful place. Never a shortage of subjects. But, I wonder
if the plants get bored when the gates close and everyone goes home.
At least they can entertain themselves making shadow
puppets on the rocks.
The fern is doing his impression of a
Norfolk
Pine.
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Friday, August 5, 2005
Lily Pads
This one, as with many of my photos, was only
walking distance from my front door.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Poppies in the Sun
A couple of weeks ago I was in Ventura
to meet a client that I am doing a little
development work for. Fortunately,
I try to carry my camera with me everywhere.
While I was in Ventura I found these beautiful
poppies in a parking lot. They are much redder
than the average California poppy. Although, it
is a little hard to tell in this image because of the backlighting.
More to come though as I finish scanning the other rolls of
film from that day (it was a good day for pictures!)
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Thursday, July 14, 2005
Natural History on the Wing
The Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History has a
wonderful exhibit right now called
"Butterflies Alive".
It is basically a giant tent with thousands of live butterflies
in it that you can actually walk through. It's really a
great experience!
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Thursday, May 26, 2005
Fern Curl
I'm getting ready for a really busy weekend of shows,
Actually, from what I have heard, the start of a busy season.
The Santa Barbara Arts and Crafts show
is having
another Saturday show at the beach for the holiday.
So I have been organizing my photos in preparation.
This is one of about 65 prints I take on the road with me.
(of course I am always watching for the opportunity to
increase my stock :-) and there are plenty of opportunities
in such a beautiful place!)
If you are in the neighborhood of Cabrillo and Cesar Chavez this
weekend, be sure to stop in and say hi!
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Yellow Bearded Iris
Another subject that makes a beautiful
photo no matter how you look at it.
But the backdrop of the other Iris'
leaves make the beautiful
flower stand out more. After all,
you wouldn't put a beautiful picture
in an ugly frame.
This is another photo I grew myself... :-)
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Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Monterey Rock Rose
This flower was from a morning Basset walk in Monterey. These bushes
line many of the streets in the cannery district of Monterey where
we were staying. There are several different varieties of them
and I will have photos of the others in the coming days.
I just scanned a few more rolls of film from my recent trip
to Monterey. It is a slow process. I am a bit fanatical about
getting detail out of the slides. So I push my scanner to the
limit and I only get about 40 scans on a DVD. But I think it
is worth it. I catalog the images on my computer and when I am
ready to make a print for a show I do not have to go find the slide
and scan it again. (I am much more organized in cyberspace than real
space) :-)
Incidentally, this is one of the main reasons I still don't use a
digital camera for "real" photography. To get a camera that would
come close to the resolution that I can get from film and a scanner
would cost $8000. (that still would not compare to the bit depth,
the number of colors. Which is what allows me to pull detail from the shadows)
And really, I would rather have an $80 camera
with me everywhere than an $8000 camera wrapped in bubble wrap at home.
The other reason I stick with film is I really like the film feel.
I am planning on renting some of the new digitals in the near future
just to keep up on what they can do and see if they are getting close.
But I have not seen anything convincing so far. I also like to be
able to encourage people to get into photography if they are interested.
Most people think it takes a huge investment. But it is more an
investment in time and love.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Rose in the Clearing
This rose was in a small clearing surrounded by
a man-made (or woman-made) jungle at Lotusland.
There was just enough opening in the canopy to allow
a nice shaft of light on the rose. The setting
made the background much darker offsetting the
vibrant flower.
As I have experimented with my photos I have found that
the background is sometimes more important than the subject itself.
The right surroundings can make a mediocre subject really pop, and
it will make a beautiful subject something really special. Another
good example of this and one of my
favorite backgrounds is in the first image on this site.
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Friday, March 25, 2005
Floating Pads
The thing I like the most about this
picture is the refraction happening at the edge
of the lily pads where they touch the water.
the surface tension of the extremely still water
is grabbing the bottom edge of the pads. Which is causing the
surface of the water to bend. This creates a
refraction, like light going through a lens, giving you the bright edges
around the shadows in the bottom of the fountain.
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Saturday, March 12, 2005
Morning Light
Well it's a very late image of the day.
I have been preparing for tomorrow, my first time at
the Santa Barbara Arts and Crafts Show
(more commonly known as the Sunday Art Walk on the Beach)
in Downtown Santa Barbara. So I am a little behind.
This leaf is one of my earlier photos and it is just one
of the prints that will be available for sale at the show and soon
on my main site.
Oh and, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to... well, you know who you are!!! :0)
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Friday, February 25, 2005
Banana Leaf
Still thinking about a nice vacation, this
was from my first trip to Santa Barbara, before I lived here.
I took 22 rolls of film in about 10 days,
and I think I would use twice that
in the same situation now.
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Friday, January 21, 2005
Dewdrop Marigold
This is another picture from my back yard.
When I am feeling like taking pictures
but don't have enough time to go on
a full expedition, I like to wander there.
There is always something new if I look close enough.
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