We’ve got a nice first bloom of roses this year. What more can I say?
Lens: Canon EFS 15-85 (with EF 12 II extension tube) at 85mm. 1/80 at f/5.6, ISO 200.
Canon T2i admiring the rose.
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The whole shootin’ match.
Distracted by an arachnid
The May roses are right on time here in Northern California, and this year ours are particularly nice. Being my Friday off, this morning I grabbed the G11 and headed out into the yard to snap some close-up shots of the lovely yellow floribundas. I saw this spider basking in the warm sunlight so I moved in for a closer look. Instead of a shot of a perfect yellow rose, here’s what I got.
I thought the original, full frame of the image above was OK, but I cropped off a bit of the extraneous edge details to make a better picture (hence the square format). For fun, the image below is a 100% crop of the same shot.
Canon G11 distracted by an arachnid.
Down by the river
Yesterday, at the end of my commute, I went down by the river to grab some shots. Off 1st Street there are several streets that dead end at the river that have new sitting areas. These two shots were taken from one of the sitting areas (actually at the end of H St.).
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm
First image: 26mm, 1/250 at f/11, ISO 200
Second image: 18mm, 1/200 at f/11, ISO 200
Black and white conversion: Nik Silver Efex Pro (version 1)
Canon T2i at the river’s edge.
Peeping Tom
Obviously, not really a peeping Tom–it’s just a visual thing. I grabbed this shot in town at the very tail end of today’s commute.
Lens: Canon 15-85mm at 15mm. 1/80 second at f/11, ISO 200.
Canon T2i doing some peeping.
Pretty in pink
Hwy 101 through the Novato narrows is either the first or last leg of my daily commute. Midway through the reduced lane section of highway is the dump. In the wee dark hours, the brightly lit dump looks like something out of a Mad Max movie. In the afternoon, it’s hardly visible–especially in the Spring when the grass is still green, the mustard is in full bloom, and the oaks are swelling with new growth. I’d been seeing some streaks of bright pink way out the dump road for the past week or so, so today I decided to have a look. I figured it was iceplant, and I was right. It’s probably been planted next to the slough for erosion control (though that’s just a guess).
Lens: 15-85mm at 20mm. 1/125 second at f/16, ISO 200.
Canon T2i chasing streaks of pink.