March 2016 – Page 3 – Circadianreflections Blog

Monochrome Madness 2 48\52 Silos

March 9, 2016March 9, 2016Posted in Agriculture, Americana, Black and White Photography, California, Monochrome Madness2, Photography, Sacramento Valley, CA, SilosTagged Agriculture, American West, Americana, Black and White Photography, Central California, Farming, Monochrome Madness2, Nikon, Sacramento Valley, CA, Silos11 Comments

I am loving Silos at the moment, and wish I was a little closer to the central valley or countryside where there are more of them. In the right light I think they’re really interesting and tell wonderful stories.

These silos are located in Sacramento Valley where a lot of rice is grown.

Monochrome Madness 2 48 of 52 Silos

I added a border with the curly edges because it reminded me of the old black and whites

from my childhood, and I thought it worked for this image.

This is part of Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness 2 challenge. To view all the images

submitted this week click here. here.

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| PS CC 2015, Nik Silver Efex Pro, and On1 Photo 10

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Bewick’s Wren Pen & Wash

March 8, 2016March 8, 2016Posted in Photography23 Comments

It poured down rain all day Saturday foiling my birding plans so, I was really lazy all morning, then He-Man and I thought soup for dinner at our favorite Japanese restaurant would be good on such a cold, blustery, raining day which prompted me to shower, and get dressed. Hours early, but I was motivated. Feed me and I’ll follow you anywhere! 🙂

Then I spent a couple hours getting ready for our upcoming tax appointment. UGH! I’ll be glad when that’s over!

After that I thought what the heck I’ll try to draw a bird since I can’t go out birding.

I drew it in pencil then went over that with Pigma Micron pens 03, and 01. The paper is Arches 140lb Hot Press watercolor paper. It’s a smoother less toothy paper which I find I

prefer more than the cold press paper which has a lot more texture. Then I added a wash using my Turner Watercolors.

I used my MimiK Kolinsky 12 round, and Robert Simmons Sapphire #8 round brushes.

Color mixing. I really need to find the box that has my book in it about color mixing!

I struggled with the gray. I ended up opening a tube of black and mixing a bit with ultramarine blue, and turquoise to get the color I sort of wanted. It’s a bit darker than it should be in the neck area, but I’m learning!

I wanted to use my own image as my muse, but my image was rather blah with very little color so, I went online to find a reference photo. I’d like to thank photographer Jacob S. Spendelow, who’s image I found to use. The link to the reference image is here.

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm| Delkin Digital Film| PS CC 2015| Tripod

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Oh joy, oh bliss…

March 7, 2016March 7, 2016Posted in American Robin, Bird Photography, birding, Birds, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Photography, WinterTagged American Robin, American Robin Male, Berrries, Bird Photography, Birding, Birds Feeding, Birds of North America, California, San Mateo County21 Comments

They’re mine! All mine!

Mine, Mine, Mine! They're all Mine!

It was a great morning for this American Robin, and for me too. It was a lot of fun

seeing him on this branch so full of berries.

American Robin-Male San Mateo County, CA

Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm VR| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2015

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California Thrasher

March 6, 2016March 6, 2016Posted in Bird Photography, birding, Birds, Birds of North America, Photography, Santa Cruz CaliforniaTagged Bird Photography, Birding, Birds in the Wild, California Thrasher, Nature, Santa Cruz County, Toxostama redivivum12 Comments

I don’t see these guys very often so I was thrilled when I spotted one singing a couple of weeks back.

I carefully and quietly walked closer to it trying to get a closer image, but I spooked it, and even though I waited and waited it didn’t come back.

This image is cropped in a bit.

More to come…

Thursday Doors 9/52 San Francisco

March 3, 2016March 2, 2016Posted in Architecture, Photography, Red Doors, San Francisco CA, Thursday DoorsTagged Architecture, Art Deco Doors, Doors, Glass Doors, Modern Doors, Photography, Red Doors, San Francisco California, Thursday Doors44 Comments

While I was in San Francisco walking around North Beach last week I couldn’t help but take notice of the doors; quite a few caught my eye.

Nº 551, 553 & 555 – I love these doors, moulding, and color scheme.

Nº 551, 553, 555

Nº 1405- These are so modern or perhaps it’s Art Deco? I think it’s a bit glamorous. 🙂

I really like this shade of yellow. It’s so uplifting; like sunshine.

Nº1405

Nº 4: The wire work, arch, and color scheme grabbed my attention with this door. I saw it while on my way to lunch, and had to stop to make the image.

Nº 4

Nº 325, & Nº 327- These were by far the cheeriest, and prettiest doors I saw on my walk-about. They were also pretty steep. 🙂

Nº 325 & Nº 327

I have more doors from this walk about that I’ll be sharing at some point.

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm| Delkin Digital Film| Hand-held| PS CC 2015

This is part of Norm 2.0 Thursday Doors. To see all the doors posted this week click here then click on the little blue view/sync up button at the bottom of his page where you’ll be directed to links to all those participating.

More to come…

Monochrome Madness 2 47/52 Straight

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016Posted in Black and White Photography, Cityscape, Monochrome Madness2, Photography, San Francisco CATagged Black and White Photography, Cityscape, Monochrome Madness2, Photography, San Francisco, Straight, Streets5 Comments

This is my entry to Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness 2 this week. The first week of the month is Theme Week and since we had Curves last month it made sense for her to pick Straight for this month.

This image is one I made last week-end while in San Francisco.

Monochrome Madness 2 47 of 52 Straight

To see all the entries for this week’s MM2 click on over to Leanne’s site here.

Nikon Df| Nikkor 28-105mm| Delkin Digital Film| PS CC 2015 & Nik Silver Efex Pro

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An Australian Beauty

March 1, 2016March 2, 2016Posted in Australian Plants and Flowers, Flowers, Non Native Plants and Flowers, Photography, ProteaTagged Australian Flowers and Plants, Blur, Bokeh, Flowers, Non-Native California Plant and Flowers, Pink, Protea18 Comments

UPDATE: Pauline over at https://pommepal.wordpress.com/ has identified this plant! It is called Waratah, and is in the Proteaceae family. Thank you so much Pauline!

The Wintering birds are beginning to head north which means they’ll be fewer bird posts, but I won’t be slowing down. Spring is blooming all over and I love hunting for flowers and photographing them.

Protea

This particular plant and blossom is a Native of Australia. Much to my surprise I learned last year that Santa Cruz has the same Mediterranean climate as Australia. The University of California in Santa Cruz has a lovely Arboretum with quite a few native Australian plants and flowers of which this is one. The Elevenia J. Slosson Research Garden established in 1978 began looking for drought, and pest tolerant beautiful ornamentals to give Californians some options for our gardens. Since their trials they’ve paved the way with Koala Blooms Programs to introduce many new plants to California gardeners.

I think this is in the Protea Family. I couldn’t find the marker to snap an image so I’d have the name of it. If anyone knows what it’s called please let me know.

More to come…

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