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Monochrome Madness 2 31/52 Clouds

November 3, 2015November 3, 2015Posted in Black and White Photography, Clouds, Lassen National Park, Monochrome Madness2, Night PhotographyTagged Black and White Photography, Clouds, landscape, Lassen National Park, Lightning, Monochrome Madness2, Night Photography8 Comments

It’s Theme Week at Monochrome Madness2 and our theme is Clouds. I went back to my archives for an image I made this summer while in Lassen National Park. I went up for the week-end with friends hoping to photograph the night sky’s stars, but clouds rolled in, and with them Lightning. It was Sheet Lightning I think. No bolts were visible at any rate, but the clouds lit up and were amazing.

Instead of photographing stars we chased the storm, and lightning for a couple of hours. Then the sky opened up and poured down rain. We packed up and dashed back to the car, and down the mountain to our hotel wet, but exhilarated.

To see the other submissions to this week’s Monochrome Madness2 go here.

Nikon Df| AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm| CS6 & Silver Efex Pro| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film

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It’s raining!

November 2, 2015Posted in Photography14 Comments

Let’s hope it’s the beginning of a wet winter.

iphone5

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This and That

November 1, 2015Posted in "Castle Rock Recreation Park", "Woody's Adventures", Eastern Sierras, Macro Photography, Monsters, October, Pumpkins, This and That, ZoombiesTagged Eastern Sierras, Fright Night, Ghosts, Halloween, Macro photography, Monsters, October, Pumpkins, This and That, Zoombies23 Comments

Here are some of the images I made during October.

Welcome Friends- I really like the Calligraphy phrases on the Pumpkins.

the Sun cresting the mountains over Mono Lake’s marshland and Tufas.

a creek in the Eastern Sierras

an Amber bead on the trunk of my Flowering Plum tree

and some images from around the neighborhood last night-

and Me- a rare iPhone Selfie

Nikon Df| CS6 and iphone 5

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Autumn Leaves II

October 30, 2015October 30, 2015Posted in Fall Leaves, Flowering Plum Tree, Lonely Trees, Macro Photography, PhotographyTagged Flowering Plum Tree, Leaves, Macro photography, Trees14 Comments

My Flowering Plum Tree in Autumn…

Time is moving so fast. #1 Grandson is eating with a spoon and isn’t as messy as I thought he’d be, and he’s talking up a blue streak and knows more words, and is articulating sentences and thoughts I had no idea he was able to understand. He’s planning for, and stratagising for Christmas at 2yrs 10 months while I’m still trying to compose a good macro image of leaves in Autumn! Perhaps I should give him my camera.

I’ll give you an example of how clued in he is. His mom had her lips done at my Doctors office a couple of weeks back, but I was talking to #1 Grandson about the importance of going to the Doctor for Health, not just being sick. I said, ” We go to the Doctor for check ups to make sure we’re growing big and strong, and we get shots to prevent sickness and infections.” He added,” And, to get big lips.” WE HAD NO IDEA HE WAS AWARE! We are now!

My Flowering Plum Tree in Autumn. It’s dropping leaves as fast as #1 Grandson is learning, and the Squirrels are trying to break my Squirrel Free Bird Feeder.

I love the veins, and colors of these leaves right now. We don’t have many trees that turn red in Autumn in California. It’s a treat to actually own one!

Nikon 105mm Micro| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| CS6| Nikon Df

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Monochrome Madness 2 30/52 Morning Light and Fog over San Francisco

October 28, 2015Posted in Black and White Photography, Bridges, California, Cityscape, Fog, Golden Gate Bridge, Monochrome Madness2, San FranciscoTagged Black and White Photography, Bridges, Cityscape, Fog, Golden Gate Bridge Towers, Monochrome Madness2, San Francisco10 Comments

For this week’s Monochrome Madness 2 I chose another image of Sunrise over San Francisco with the fog

beginning to pull back a bit. Revealing some of the taller building’s upper floors and a couple of famous buildings too. To make this image I switched to my telephoto lens. This is a view of the South Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, and the city behind it.

Can you spot The Transamerica Building’s Pyramid, and the Palace of Fine Arts?

To see all of this week’s entries into Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness 2 click here.

Nikon Df| Nikon 80-200mm D| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| Tripod| CS6 &Silver Efex Pro

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P52 44/52 Chicken Noodle Soup

October 26, 2015Posted in Comfort Foods, Food Photography, Off Camera Flash, Project 52, Soup, StrobistTagged Chicken Noodle Soup, Comfort Food, Food Photography, Off camera flash, Project 52, Soup, Strobist21 Comments

It’s getting chilly here in the morning and evenings which makes me crave comfort foods. One of my favorite comfort foods is Soup! I had some left over chicken in the fridge so while #1 Grandson napped I deboned the chicken, and chopped up all my veggies then made my soup.

Earlier I took #1 Grandson for a run around the block looking for Spooky stuff and he ran 3/4 of the block before slowing down to a walk. When we got home he asked for cold juice then cuddled up next to me and promptly fell asleep. He napped long enough for me to get the soup done! 🙂

My soup is semi-homemade. The chicken was a store bought rotisserie chicken, and I bought Organic Chicken Stock to speed up the prep time, and cooking time. From there it’s a pretty basic Chicken Noodle Soup.

Nikon Df| AF-S 50mm f1.8g| SB910 camera left front @1/4pwr| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| CS6

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P52 43/52: Golden Gate Sunrise

October 24, 2015October 24, 2015Posted in Golden Gate Bridge, Marin Headlands, Photography, Project 52, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay, SunriseTagged Fog, Golden Gate Bridge, Hawk Hill, Marin Headlands, Photography, Project 52, San Francisco Bay, Sunrise22 Comments

I rose this morning at 2:40am to be on time to meet with a group of Photographers at 5:00am in Marin County to photograph the Sunrise over San Francisco Bay, and Golden Gate Bridge. We hoped for fog on the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge, but it looked like there wouldn’t be any fog rolling into the city when we met, but as we waited for others in the group to arrive the fog began to creep in.

Once the group assembled we drove over to Battery Spencer in the Marin Headlands to shoot. Then several of us broke off from the group to move higher. We drove up to Hawk Hill and photographed the rest of Blue Hour, Dawn, and the Sunrise from there.

The fog never did make it to the bridge, but the colors, and light of the sunrise this morning was glorious. Well worth the O’Dark Thirty wake up call.

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