The only prescription is more bridge

June 7, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

Finally a beautiful day in the Bay Area! Back to the commute photos. Just before the northbound toll plaza there’s a turnoff that heads down to the Crissy Field area. Along the route, I took a short jaunt down to Fort Point. If you’ve never explored the access areas near the Golden Gate Bridge this is a good one to check out.

Petaluma Bridge

And, on this side, there’s waves and surfers who surf them.

Petaluma Bridge

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm.
First image: 15mm, 1/400 second at f/11, ISO 200.
Second image: 85mm, 1/250 second at f/11, ISO 200.

Canon T2i dishing up the prescription.

Out and About, Photos

Pros and Cons

June 6, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

The VERY unusual late Spring rains have once again put a damper on my commute stop, so for today’s photo I went to the well. I flipped through several dozen images and stopped at this one. The shot was taken back in late March at a recording session. The feet belong to two of my band mates.

Pros and Cons -- shoes

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 70mm, f/5.6 for 1/4 second, ISO 400.
Black and white conversion: Nik Silver Efex Pro (version 1). Color added back in Photoshop.

Canon T2i on the beat with the feet.

Out and About, Photos

Thursday night dénouement

June 3, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

After the gig last night several of us hung out at this establishment to chat and drink beer. It was literally 50 feet from where we played so it couldn’t be more convenient. This shot is the dénouement.

Local establishment after a gig

Canon G11 after a gig.

Commute, Photos

First impression

June 1, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

It’s June and it’s still raining in the Bay Area. Not the insubstantial rain we occasionally get during late May/early June some years, but RAIN! The sky did, however, clear this afternoon and the view was spectacular. I took a brief detour up onto the Marin Headlands because I could see while driving across the bridge that it would be lovely–and it was! I took a dozen photos, but this was the first image of the shoot.

The Golden Gate from the Marin Headlands

Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 24mm. 1/200 second at f/16, ISO 200.

Canon T2i taking in the view.

Photos, The Homestead

It’s all subjective

May 31, 2011 Gary Wium Leave a comment

While relaxing on the patio yesterday afternoon, I saw this half spent salsify (has a seed cluster like a giant dandelion) and thought “time to pull out the G11.” I took a least twenty shots of it–everything from fuzzy, hairy, swirly macros to underneath close-ups aiming into the bright sky shots (the G11’s articulating screen rocks for close-ups!). I picked this shot out of the batch. Why? Because for some reason it works for my aesthetic sensibility–aka, it’s all subjective.

Salsify from underneath

Canon G11 looking over, under, sideways, down.