Warm winter sheep and pigs

January 3, 2012 Gary Wium Leave a comment

After a lazy holiday week off, I was back on the commute roads today looking for photo opportunities. I had already stopped at the Golden Gate Bridge and taken some shots, but it was so nice out I decided to get off the freeway and take a backroad for the last leg home. I’m glad I did because I had a lot of fun watching these sheep and pigs enjoying the unseasonably warm weather.

I took this shot first. That the sun had already dropped behind the hills gave the scene a dusky look.

Sheep and lambs in pasture

A few miles closer to home, the sun was still providing a nice backlight on the pigs.

Pigs rooting in a field

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm.
Sheep image: lens at 85mm, 1/30 second at f/7.1, ISO 100.
Pig image: lens at 17mm, 1/40 second at f/5.6, ISO 100.

Canon T2i back on the road.

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Winter gazania

December 29, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

I took this shot on the winter solstice (one week ago) at the homestead in Northern California. That the gazania is still blooming in an inland valley normally prone to a harder morning frost and chilly afternoons is a testament to just how warm it’s been this December.

Gazania blooming in winter

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 59mm. 1/20 second at f/5.6, ISO 100.

Canon T2i logging the local climate change.

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I’m hibernating

December 28, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

I’m off work this week and have settled into a lazy mode of watching movies, noodling on guitar, and avoiding getting in a car. It’s a good thing to slow down and rest now and again! So… photo posts here will be spotty until the new year–unless, of course, something catches my eye and I happen to have a camera in hand.

Sláinte!

Sunny face in winter

iPhone/Hipstamatic set to lazy mode.

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Post Holiday chilling

December 26, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

It’s an overcast, chilly day here in the northern San Francisco Bay Area and I’m hanging out at the homestead. For photo fun, I took advantage of the subdued afternoon light and grabbed this close-up of one of our wintered bean poles.

Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II. 1/60 second at f/2.8, ISO 100.

Canon T2i staying close-up during the holidaze.

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Old cactus on the patio

December 24, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

My son gave me this cactus many years ago. I call it the Graham cactus. It’s still blooms every year, but seems about to let its offspring take over the duties.

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 85mm. 1/40 second at f/5.6, ISO 100.

Canon T2i thinking about the offspring.