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Monday, April 17, 2006

Spring Evening

The hound picked a nice time for a walk this evening. The light was beautiful. Finally a break from the rain and it actually felt like spring. For better or for worse the news anchors were excited about the fact that we should actually have three beautiful days in a row! Not exactly a long run for Southern California, but at this point I'll take what I can get!

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Purple Daisies

My muse took me for a walk yesterday and we found some beautiful daisies that don't seem to mind the sub 40° F night time temperatures right now.

daisy ₂₉ | light ₄₉ | purple ₃₀

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.

Friday, January 6, 2006

Christmas Tree

I was really trying to get a nice photo of the Christmas tree. I was experimenting to get the angle I wanted, I knew it was too late to get the glow in the sky I wanted. But, the thing I like about this photo is the turn signal of the car that was going around the corner. The yellow dashed line was created by that moving blinking light. It made for an interesting (if not terribly beautiful) photo.

This tree has been the Christmas Tree in Santa Barbara for many years. During the Christmas parade they put a huge cut tree in the middle of state street too. But this is the one that is the most impressive. We were a little worried about it, the parking lot that it used to sit on was changed into a Ralph's Grocery store a couple of years ago. But, they made a really nice garden around the tree and kept a nice space for it. Seems like that would not be a problem in California, but our local government seems to hate large trees even though the people who pay them want to keep them.

Chapala Street ₁ | Christmas ₉ | Christmas Tree ₄ | light ₄₉ | Turn Signal ₁

Monday, October 31, 2005

Santa Barbara Sunset

We live in an odd little spot on the coast. If you look at a map of the California coastline there is a small area that runs from east to west. That is where Santa Barbara is. As a result, the sun does not set over the water as you would expect it to on the west coast. Moving straight out from the coast, once you pass the channel islands about 25 miles out, the closet land is Antarctica.

Sunday, October 16, 2005

La Arcada

This is a little shopping center on State Street. We ate lunch there today, as much for the atmosphere as for the food. Down this path on the right is Gallery 113, the gallery of the Santa Barbara Art Association. A fitting place for a gallery.

La Arcada ₃ | light ₄₉ | shopping center ₁ | street ₅

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Dolphins at the Wharf

I really like the water in this image. The long exposure hid the fact that the water was moving pretty well in the fountain. If you look closely you can see where the drops of water leave the edge of the fountain and hit the pool below. But they disappear in between. The surface of the water was covered with ripples which caused the blurred surface as opposed to a smooth reflective surface of a less agitated pool at night.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Monterey Pine Lily

I used to live at an apartment that was surrounded by beautiful pine trees. These lilies grew under one of the trees that I walked by often. I took quite a few photos of them but I think this one reminds me the most of the feeling of standing under the tree in the late morning with the sun filtering through the branches.

Calla Lily ₂₁ | flower ₃₁₃ | light ₄₉ | lily ₃₄ | Zantedeschia aethiopica ₁₇

Monday, July 11, 2005

Nighttime Mission

The 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.

Sunday, July 3, 2005

Courthouse Lights

Another courthouse shot, taken moments before yesterday's, but has a completely different feel. The lighting had not changed much between the two shots. However, in this image I was facing the glow in the western sky where the sun had set. The long exposure brought out the glow of the lights more than yesterday's.

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Courthouse Archway

In keeping with my recent architectural theme! I'm really enjoying those night shots!

Sunday, April 24, 2005

La Arcada Phone

Still experimenting with the evening shots. I particularly like the phone booth in this shot.

Thursday, April 7, 2005

Sunset Reflection

This was taken from East Beach in Santa Barbara. The strings of lights are Christmas decorations on Stearns Wharf.

Saturday, April 2, 2005

Santa Barbara Harbor

Sunsets and water are a great combination. This shot was from an evening walk by the Santa Barbara Harbor.

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Storke Sunset

This is the view from the top of the building I used to work in at UCSB. There were some particularly beautiful sunsets last winter and I tried to make a habit of going up to watch.

Sunday, March 20, 2005

Stearns Wharf Dolphin Fountain

I like the fact that this exposure was long enough to get the red, green and amber lights on the traffic signal. The people were waiting for an evening tour bus so they were there long enough to be visible in the photo.

Thursday, March 17, 2005

Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunset

The Spanish Style of the Santa Barbara Courthouse makes a beautiful subject at any time. But in the evening the lighting makes it spectacular.

Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Eat at Joe's

This is about a two minute exposure while wandering on State Street one night. Joe's neon is kind of a land-mark in downtown Santa Barbara.

Sunday, February 27, 2005

Christmas Mission

Mission 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.

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Moonlit Laguna

This shot was taken after dark, lit only by the nearly full moon. I have been experimenting with evening and night time exposures. This was a twenty minute exposure on Fuji Velvia.

Monday, January 31, 2005

Arcada Ficus

Another night picture in La Arcada Court. That is not the sun at the top of the picture, it's a light on the bottom of a foot bridge between the buildings.

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Festive Bird House

I like to think these birds were really in the Christmas spirit. The alternative is they are getting a lot of sleepless nights because of their neighbors' lights!

For Christmas my friend and I went to Laguna Beach. Right behind our hotel was a building that was totally decked out for Christmas. Their trees were amazing, after taking a few pictures of the overall scene I noticed the bird houses.

Monday, January 10, 2005

Courthouse Palms

Last Thursday looked like it was going to end with a beautiful sunset. So, I went to the courthouse to get some shots of the city from the tower (it is one of the tallest buildings in Santa Barbara, since there is a limit of about three stories these days).

However, after realizing I had loaded the film incorrectly in my camera loosing all of the shots from the tower (no great loss, the clouds were too heavy at the horizon to make a very good show). I wandered around the grounds as the light was fading and got the best pictures of the day.

Wednesday, January 5, 2005

State Street Christmas

Just before Christmas I took a walk down State street with my new toy, a fish eye lens (courtesy of eBay). For several years I have wanted to take some shots of the Christmas decorations on State street, this is one of my first.