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Out and About, Photos

Reflections on the river

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During the late afternoon I spent an hour or so walking around town with the T2i (mounted with my trusty Canon EF-S 15-85mm lens). Because I’m usually so busy with the day to day I don’t often take the time to just go out and take pictures as a leisure activity. I should definitely do it more often because I had a lot of fun, and got some decent shots. I’ll be posting more from today’s batch, but for now here’s a couple of “impressionistic” images of reflections on the river.

Petaluma River reflections 1

Petaluma River reflections 2

Except for resizing and the usual tiny bit of sharpening, both of these shots are straight from the camera.

Canon T2i digging the reflections.

Out and About, Photos

Crows on a fence

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It’s my Friday off so in the late afternoon after running some errands I took a detour out into the hills looking for photo ops. At the very top of a ridge I spied this pair of crows basking in the sunlight on a wooden fence. My camera was still bagged up so I had to quickly get it together before the birds took off. Fortunately, they stuck around long enough for me to take a few shots.

Crows on a fence

Crows on a fence

Canon T2i basking with the crows.

Commute, Photos

A commute route view

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When I’m commuting I see the same views EVERY day. (Yeah, I know, me and all the rest of the commuters–but, hey, I’m taking photographs!) The light changes, but it’s usually a subtle change from day to day here on Northern California. Sometimes I look at something familiar and think, “maybe tomorrow I’ll get that shot…” I’ve passed this little “bridge” a zillion times, but never stopped to give it its due. Nothing special about the light–just a blip on my radar.

San Antonio creek bridge in January

Canon T2i on the commute route.

Commute, Photos

Silhouettes before the rain

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There’s some weather coming our way. Just regular rain, nothing newsworthy. Nonetheless, as I was driving north the sky was getting progressively more cloudy–in a good way for capturing silhouettes. I stopped on San Antonio Road again looking for more barnyard animals. I was in luck! This time it was horses.

Horse silhouettes

I processed the horse photo with Nik Silver Efex Pro, but the following shot is pretty much straight out of the camera–the original horses image had a very similar color tone.

Hills and trees silhouetted

Canon T2i letting the foreground go dark.