This local tattoo shop caught my eye while taking an alleyway shortcut back to my car. FTR, I don’t have any tattoos, nor do I plan on getting one any time soon, but I appreciate the art form.
Canon G11 making the most of a shortcut.
A gang of angles
It’s approaching the one year mark for my blog and my T2i. I’m not obsessed with anniversaries, but, for fun, I thought I’d post a shot taken today of another angle on the G11 images I showed in my very first post back in August 2010.
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 26mm. 1/160 second at F/11, ISO 200.
(Why so many f/11 shots? Because most of my commute shots are taken during the afternoon when the sun is high and bright–and, as every photographer worth their salt should know, f/11 is much sweeter than f/16 after 3:00 PM. ;^)
Canon T2i nearing one revolution around the sun.
Shades on reflection
Sitting at a café twiddling my thumbs? No way. The beer was good and the conversation scintillating, but I liked the colors in the reflection on the table so I posed my shades and grabbed a few close-ups. This was the fave.
Lens: Canon 15-85mm at 46mm. 1/100 second at f/5.0, ISO 200.
Canon T2i close to the shades.
Old cypress
This small, old stand of cypress out in the middle of a field immediately caught my eye. I’m not sure I can explain why the scene drew me in, but the shot definitely conveys what attracted my imagination–metaphorically. I’m going to leave it at that.
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 85mm. 1/320 second at f/11, ISO 200.
Canon T2i framing a metaphorical scene.
Bright afternoon heading west
Yesterday, we had a band rehearsal in Berkeley. Here’s a shot I took from the passenger seat while crossing the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge on our way home in the late afternoon. The sunlight was obviously very intense, over-exposing the bay, but the image captures the feel of the moment. For people not familiar with the Bay Area, the tall mountain is Mt. Tamalpais and the small peninsula at the center of the image is San Quentin prison.
Canon G11 riding shotgun.