Category Archives: Photos

The whole shootin’ match.

Marigold mania

Sometime you have to make it up as you go. Today was long, work was work, the commute was OK, but the light was drab… Who wants to take photographs in less than ideal conditions? I sometimes do, and today I did–at the homestead. But, I massively photo-manipulated the image of choice in order to make it more interesting. Why not?!? And yes, if you follow my blog, the tagetes lemmonii is, as is evidenced by this image, still blooming big time in December.

Marigold mania

Canon G11 providing the pixels.

Fish on ice

The blog was down for half a day yesterday because of some unknown ISP glitch. I also had a band rehearsal–no time for taking photos, but I had a lot of fun making music. Today, I rolled back into the work/commute grind and didn’t feel particularly inspired to stop along the route. So… for today’s post, here are a couple of iPhone/Hipstamatic shots I took of the Pike Place Fish Market at the Pike Place Market in Seattle the day before Thanksgiving.

Fish on ice at Pike Place Market in Seattle

Fish on ice perspective at Pike Place Market in Seattle

iPhone/Hipstamatic keeping it fresh.

Mags in the mirror

Continuing with the Vancouver/Seattle trip photos… I took this shot of Maggie’s reflection in our hotel room mirror with my iPhone at about 5:00 AM, just before heading out to catch a morning train back to Seattle. I had a feeling the Hipstamatic app would make an interesting image because it gets very painterly under certain light conditions. Fortunately, Maggie, who’s not naturally a “morning person,” was a willing model.

Mags in the mirror

iPhone/Hipstamatic light painting.

On Vancouver Harbour

Portside Park, on the northwest side of Gastown, was a short walk from the hotel we stayed at last week in Vancouver, BC. It’s a small shoreline park with some very nice harbour views.

Looking towards the city.

City view on the harbour

A view of harbour industry.

Harbour view on the harbour

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm.
First shot: 50mm, 1/125 second at f/11. ISO 200.
Second shot: 24mm, 1/60 second at f/11. ISO 200.

Canon T2i at port side.