Pushing the envelope

August 17, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

I’ve been an avid Photoshop user since the early 90s. During the first 7 years of my current career I did a LOT of image production work in Photoshop. So, yeah, I can make it go. I took this image of a section of the support columns under the Mill Valley bridge during yesterday’s commute shoot. The golden yellows and blues were in the original, but I used some Photoshop moves to make the colors more vibrant and dramatic. Why not?

Support columns under the Mill Valley bridge

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm. 1/125 second at f/9.0, ISO 200.

Canon T2i gathering pixels.

Commute, Photos

A view from underneath

August 16, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

The traffic through the city wasn’t too bad today so I pulled off a few miles after crossing the Golden Gate at the Mill Valley exit and did a few minutes of exploring. I found this view of Mt. Tamalpais looking north under the overpass on the Mill Valley-Sausalito Path. The cyclist probably sees it all the time in all different conditions, but this is what it looked like today.

Petaluma Bridge

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 40mm. 1/200 second at f/9.0, ISO 200.

Canon T2i peering through an overpass.

Commute, Photos

Riding the ferry to the next dock

August 15, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

I’ve got two very busy weeks ahead of me–commute… work … commute…, plus several band gigs (like work, but more fun). Then I’m on vacation. Until then the blog posts will mostly be a grab bag of shots. This one is a grab from a recent bag.

Ferry heading towards a fog veiled San Francisco

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm. (Have I insinuated enough that this is a GREAT walk-around lens for a Canon APS-C camera!!)

Canon T2i fishing for time.

Commute, Photos

Live oak lying low

August 14, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

I love the California Live Oak. Each one is unique, adapting and shaping itself to its immediate environment over time. Kind of like people–though, in the modern world, I think this kind of “adapting” makes much more sense for a tree.

California live oak laying down

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm.

Canon T2i laying down the live oak.

Commute, Photos

Man sized perspective

August 13, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

I’m enjoying an increasingly rare weekend off, so I dipped back into the archive for today’s post. I took this shot back in early June during a commute stop.

Man on bench under looming bridge

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm.
Black and white conversion: Nik Silver Efex Pro (version 1).

Note: I indicate the version of Nik SEP because version 2 does not run on my machine. Alas–though I’m still very happy with v1.

Canon T2i on par with the subject.