Just a short hop from the homestead there’s a walking trail with a nice view of Petaluma with Sonoma Mountain in the background. I’ve being looking at this view for a lot of years.
Here’s a 15mm, wide angle view.
And fully zoomed in at 85mm.
Lens: Canon EFS 15-85mm.
Canon T2i overlooking the hometown.
I play in a band so I spend a fair amount of time at local venues. Occasionally, I have time to pull out my camera and grab a few shots. This one is of my musician friend Renee’s ear–and pink hair. Though I haven’t used it much, I love the bokeh this lens makes.
Lens: Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM.
Canon T2i at a gig.
Here’s a close-up of something I see several times every day when I’m home and standing in front of the toilet–every day when I’m shaving or brushing my teeth. Sharply focused and free of graininess it looks completely mundane, because it is. So I gave the close-up an artsy, filmic feel. Why not?
“I learn by going where I have to go…” –Roethke
Canon G11 learning where to go.
In September 2009 our beloved cat, Alice, passed away. She was fortunate to have lived at least nine lives having made it to the ripe old age of 24 1/2. Alice was with us since she was a wee kitten so for nearly a quarter of a century she graced us with her ever sweet and sociable presence. These are the stones that mark the spot where we buried her in the back yard.
I blended in a black and white layer (Nik Silver Efex) and overlayed the merged layers with the original, unaltered layer using the “color” menu selection in the layer palette.
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm IS USM at 300mm. 1/80 second at f/5.6. Tripod.
Canon T2i remembering Alice.
This is the front entrance to the local Catholic church. I’m not the religious type, but I can appreciate the architecture–and in this case, the available light. The outside light is from street lamps and the inside is from tungsten sources (I think). No Photoshop tricks here, just a straight black and white conversion and a bit of cropping on the sides.
Lens: Canon EFS 15-85mm at 28mm. ISO 800 (it was almost totally dark out and the 15-85 is a slow lens), f/5.0, 1/4 sec (handheld and not breathing 😉 ). Black and white conversion: Nik Silver Efex.
Canon T2i peering in at night.