Author: circadianreflections

My name is Deborah Zajac. I'm a photographer living in Nevada at the base of the Eastern Sierras. I am a passionate nature, landscape, night/astro photographer. I shoot predominately in color and use Nikon Digital Cameras, and lenses. I hope you enjoy seeing some of the photos I've taken while on my travels. Please feel free to leave a comment I'd love to hear from you.

Tres Leches Cake Challenge

Posted in Cakes, Food Photography, Foodie, From My Kitchen, PhotographyTagged , , 10 Comments

Copyright ©2015 Deborah M. Zajac. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Tres Leches Cake Challenge

In April Lili of Lili’s Cakes blog challenged her readers to make a Tres Leches Cake and since I had never made one I decided to participate. The deadline to have my cake made was approaching fast so, on Mother’s Day I made my cake.

I used a Martha Stewart recipe I found online since I couldn’t get to the box with my Mexican Cookbook. 90% of my books are packed and stacked in boxes in the garage while we’re working on the house.
Anyway, the recipe was pretty easy, and I think the cake is delicious. Unfortunately, aside from #1 Grandson, and me no one else in my family likes milk so it didn’t get rave reviews here. 😦

So, I gave most of it to friends, and the work crew working on my house. What are friends and work crews for right? 🙂 I did save myself one piece though, and it was even better the next day!

Tres Leches Cake Challenge

To see all the other Tres Leches cakes that were made and get recipes click here.

Nikon Df| AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| SB910 camera left slightly above hero at 1/8pwr bounced off ceiling, triggered with SU800| CS6

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P52 19/52: Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted in Flowers, Images with Textures, LensBaby Composer Pro, Macro Photography, Project 52Tagged , , , , , 8 Comments

Copyright © Deborah M. Zajac. ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDP52 19 of 52 Happy Mother's Day!

Wishing all Mother’s a wonderful Mother’s Day, and fabulous week-end!

Nikon Df| Lensbaby Composer Pro w/ Soft Focus Optic at f/4, 8mm Macro Converter, and Wide Angle Lens| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| Alzo Continuous light 5500K camera right high| Developed in Photoshop CS6 and Nik Suite| Texture “White” by Jennyw47

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Spring Clover

Posted in Alameda County, EBRP, LensBaby Composer Pro, Northern California Wildflowers, Sunol Regional Wilderness, WildflowersTagged , , , , , 7 Comments

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Clover

Nikon Df| LensBaby Composer w/Soft Focus Optic @f/4 and 16mm  Macro Converter| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| CS6 and Perfect Effects Suite 9.5

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Wild Yarrow Café

Posted in Alameda County, Calero County Park, California Wildflowers, LensBaby Composer Pro, Santa Clara County, Sunol Regional Wilderness, WildflowersTagged , , , , , , , , , , , , 11 Comments

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Throw out the blanket, or find a nice rock in the shade, then relax and let the perfumed breeze fill your senses with the sweet scent of Spring.

Yarrow in the Meadow

I took the above image a couple of weeks ago while hiking in Calero County Park in South San Jose, CA.  I and several other photographers hiked 5.5 miles and spent 6 hours photographing wildflowers.

Here’s another one from that day…

Triteleia Laxa- or it’s common name Ithuriel’s spear. This is the first time I’ve seen this wildflower, and I found it again in Sunol, CA last Saturday!

Wildflower

A friend and I went for an easy hike in  Sunol Regional Wilderness Saturday morning and we found these tiny mushrooms.

Fungi

…and nearby along the creek where it pooled up a bit we found this lovely little bouquet of Spreading Fleabane…

Spreading Fleabane

I used my Lensbaby Composer Pro with Soft Focus Optic at f/4 for all the images, and for the mushrooms, and Triteleia Laxa I also used the 16mm Macro Converter.  For the two landscape images I used the Wide Angle Attachment all mounted to my Nikon Df.

On this last image of the Spreading Fleabane I really like the swirling background and how much it reminds me of the Petzval Lenses.

I hope you find time to enjoy Spring this week!

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MM2/9 Fences

Posted in Black and White Photography, Leanne Cole, LensBaby Composer Pro, Macro Photography, MM2, Monochrome Madness2Tagged , , , , 2 Comments

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It’s Theme Week over at Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness 2! Yes, we’re doing Fences. This is a fence in my neighborhood. I love the worn, distressed paint on its slats, and the beautiful Roses peeking out.

MM2-8 FencesI used my LensBaby Composer Pro with the Soft Focus Optic @ f/4, and the 8mm Macro Converter to make this image. My Composer Pro is living on my camera (Nikon Df) this season!

To see all the fabulous contributions to this week’s MM2-9 head on over to Leanne’s site here.

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P52-18/52: Yellow Lupine

Posted in Alameda County, EBRP, Lupine, Project 52, Sunol Regional Wilderness, WildflowersTagged , , , , , , , , 9 Comments

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P52 18 of 52- Yellow Lupine

The more I use my LensBaby Composer Pro the more I love it.  Don’t you love that soft creamy Bokeh?

Nikon Df| LensBaby Composer Pro w/Soft Focus Optic @f/4, and Telephoto Lens Attachment| Hand-held| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film| Developed in Photoshop CS6

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