This past weekend, I came upon this building while wandering around the flood damaged Czech Village in Cedar Rapids. The distressed look of the whitewashed brick immediately caught my eye, but getting a good angle from street level was difficult. I settled on this one.
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 27mm. 1/80 second at f/11, ISO 200.
Canon T2i wandering the old Czech Village.
Yesterday, it was HOT and there was a fire to the east producing lots of smoke that was blowing west towards the Golden Gate. Needless to say, it wasn’t pleasant to be near the bridge. Once I got a little farther north the air quality quickly improved so I stopped at the familiar Mill Valley exit to grab a few perspective shots.
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 38mm. 1/160 second at f/11, ISO 200.
Canon T2i enjoying the shade from a bridge.
While wandering around between sets during the late afternoon on Saturday in Cedar Rapids, I grabbed a batch of perspective shots. Why? Because Iowa is super flat so perspective centric vistas abound. Here’s a long shot of a rail line heading out towards a corn processing plant.
Lens: Canon EF-S 15x85mm at 15mm. 1/400 second at f/11, ISO 200.
Canon T2i looking for perspective.
This past weekend we were in Cedar Rapids, Iowa playing music at a three day Czech Festival. To say we had fun would be an understatement–we had a BLAST! A big reason why we were there was because of a massive flood of the Cedar River in 2008 which devastated much of the city including most of the old Czech neighborhood. They’ve been rebuilding and are now pushing to revitalize the area. Here’s a shot of a very placid looking Cedar River taken in the late afternoon from the 16th Ave bridge just outside the Czech Village.
Lens: Canon 15-85mm at 15mm. 1/100 second at f/11, ISO 200.
Canon T2i on a river in Iowa.
Were packing up our gear and heading out to Cedar Rapids, Iowa tomorrow night to play music at a three day Czech festival. It’s going to be big fun! A bunch of our Bay Area musician friends are playing too so besides the party, we’re going to PARTY! I won’t be posting on the blog until I get back, but I will have my cameras in tow so expect a few shots from the wild and crazy weekend.
