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Thursday, March 6, 2008
Queen of the missions in HDR VROk, still taking a while to get these images together this way. But after taking all the time to build the VR interface I could hardly wait to use it again.I got the opportunity today when the clouds started to get interesting. We dropped everything to try to get some nice images. Turned out to be a busy afternoon and an amazing sunset. This is the first of several nice images that will come out of the adventure around town today. The clouds look a little ominous, but they were fast moving and quite beautiful. |
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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 26 | creative lighting 18 | evening 35 | fountain 27 | glow 9 | light 48 | long exposure 9 | Mediterranean architecture 21 | mission 32 | Mission Santa Barbara 21 | panorama 14 | panoramic 14 | Queen of the Missions 21 | rain 13 | Santa Barbara 120 | sunset 75 | tree 47 | wet 3 |
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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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Friday, April 14, 2006
La Purisima Mission FenceAs I look back I see that my site has been the FLOWER of the day lately. So I thought I would find some good California architecture. I really like the cart and the random fence. And that is a real fence! As umm... impromptu as it looks there is real livestock in that pen. |
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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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Friday, July 15, 2005
Bells at Mission Santa InézThis is the bell tower from inside the mission grounds. |
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Tuesday, July 12, 2005
La Purisima Mission BellThis was taken the first day experimenting with a new present, a polarizing filter. It made the sky much more intense.There is a never-ending supply of wonderful subjects at the California missions. |
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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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Thursday, July 7, 2005
Mission Santa Ynez ArchesNot long after I took this photo they repaired the plaster. Which would have made the photo much less interesting. :-D |
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Wednesday, July 6, 2005
Mission Santa YnezAnother in the line of California Missions. This is just on the other side of the mountain. The bell tower is much simpler than the Mission Santa Barbara, but the simplicity is kind of nice too. |
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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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Tuesday, June 21, 2005
La Purisima RoomI like this room, just simple and plain. This mission has been destroyed and rebuilt at least once in it's history. Fortunately it is in pretty good shape now. It's a beautiful place. |
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Friday, June 17, 2005
The First MissionStatue of the founder of this and eight other California missions, Father Junipero Serra. This is the first of twenty-one missions. |
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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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Sunday, June 5, 2005
Ventura Mission SilhouetteUnlike most of the missions, this one is right in the middle of downtown Ventura. It makes it convenient to get photos of it since I have been doing some coding for a company right down the street from it. |
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Saturday, May 21, 2005
Mission SunsetThis was an amazing sunset. I thought it would be at a good angle to get a shot of the mission. You can see the Mission's silhouette in the lower right. Of course, splitting the exposure between the front of the mission and the sky caused the much brighter sky to be washed out. I had been hoping the spotlights on the mission would be on, but they come on much later. I did my best and came up with some good shots of what I wanted. But, before I was done, I grabbed this shot metering just for the sky. Because I knew the combined shots couldn't do it justice.If you are interested in seeing the comparison, there is a similar shot with the mission more in the picture from another evening of shooting here. |
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