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San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge

March 17, 2013March 17, 2013Posted in Copyright 2013 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved., Nikon, Photography, TravelTagged All rights reserved, BayLights, Leo Villareal, Nikon D700, Photography, San Francisco, San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge2 Comments

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.

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The bridge has new lights! It’s a temporary art piece by Artist Leo Villareal. I went up to the city with a group of photographers to photograph it. It is pretty. I’m planning to photograph it again while the lights are still up.

For more information about the artist, and lights:
“The Bay Lights is an iconic light sculpture designed by world-renowned artist Leo Villareal. This stunning fine arts experience will shine from dusk until 2:00 a.m. on the San Francisco Bay Bridge West Span from March 5, 2013 through 2015. ” ~ The Bay Lights Project
thebaylights.org/

San Francisco’s ‘other’ bridge prepares to shine (mysanantonio.com)
Bay Bridge lights up San Francisco like never before (boston.com)
Watch Video: Light Sculpture to Brighten the Bay Bridge (blogs.kqed.org)
San Francisco’s Bay Bridge lights up with 25,000 computer controlled LEDs (engadget.com)
San Francisco Bay Bridge Lights To Shine (VIDEO) (huffingtonpost.com)

Campsite 24

March 10, 2013March 10, 2013Posted in Astrophotograhpy, California, Copyright 2013 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved., Nikon, PhotographyTagged Astro Photography, Fremont Peak State Park, Night Photography, Nikkor, Nikon D700Leave a comment

I’ve wanted to shoot my tent under the stars for about a year now. Last night the opportunity arrived. It’s not the shot I’ve imaged, but it was good practice and a great learning experience. As always there are a couple of things I’d do differently, but overall I like this shot.

I had a lot of fun hanging out with like-minded photographers last night, and I hope to do more shoots like this as the weather gets a bit warmer.

A beacon to light the way

March 4, 2013March 4, 2013Posted in California, Copyright 2013 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved., Nikon, Photography, TravelTagged Chinese New Year, Night Photography, Nikon, Nikon D700, Photography, San Francisco2 Comments

A beacon to light the way, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.

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I took this a couple of weeks ago on a wonderfully clear night in the city. I lucked out with the light on top of the Transamerica Pyramid Building being on. It’s only lit during Holidays and by special requests. It was lit in honor of Chinese New Year on the 23rd and 24th.

My Intervelometer was acting up and I didn’t have my glasses to see what the heck was wrong with it. I knew it was a setting, but I couldn’t read it to figure it out so I used a higher ISO to get the proper exposure. Once home with my reading glasses on I discovered it was as I thought a setting reversed.

Mare Island Drawbridge Lift Bridge

February 25, 2013February 25, 2013Posted in Copyright 2013 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved., PhotographyTagged Mare Island, Napa River, Night Photography, Nikon D700, Northwest PassageLeave a comment

Mare Island Drawbridge Lift Bridge, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.

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An unplanned photo op. While on the way to meet a Night Photography group to shoot with I wondered if the moon would line up over one of the Drawbridge towers and with a little scouting my friend Dali and I found a spot.

This bridge operates 16 hours a day, and is the first bridge you encounter on the Northwest Passage up the Napa River.

The water highway (napavalleyregister.com)

Hybrid-Crested Pekin Mallard?

February 20, 2013February 20, 2013Posted in Copyright 2013 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved., Nature, Nikon, Photography, WildlifeTagged Crested Pekin Mallard, Ducks, Lake Merritt, Nikon D700, Photography, WaterfowlLeave a comment

Hybrid-Crested Pekin Mallard?, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.

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On my recent jaunt up to Lake Merritt to find the Tufted Duck I was walking past a little enclosed pond when I spotted this duck. I had to call Phil over to see it since it was unique.
Neither of us knew what the name of this duck was and we planned to do some research to see if we could figure it out. Phil got on it straight-away. He found very little information out there, but he did find a photo with a duck that looks like this one and it was called a Hybrid-Crested Pekin Mallard.
Bred for the little Pom-Pom on their heads I’m sure!
Anyone know anything about this breed?

This pond was pretty dirty so, I did a little work in PS to clean it up, but as you see it’s still a mess. The disadvantage of a small pond I guess.

Nikon D700| Nikkor 80200@ 112m + Tamron 1.4x TC| f8| 1/250s| ISO 400| Manual Priority| Hand-held

Tufted Duck (circadianreflections.wordpress.com)

Horsetail Fall 2013

February 19, 2013February 19, 2013Posted in Copyright 2013 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved., Nature, Nikon, PhotographyTagged Horsetail Fall, Nikon, Nikon D700, Photography, Waterfalls, Yosemite National Park4 Comments

Horsetail Fall 2013, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.

This is the 4th yr I’ve gone up to Yosemite trying to capture the natural light show that happens when conditions are just right. For a week or so in February and October during sunset the sun lines up with the fall, and if there is water running down the fall the sunlight will turn the water red like lava or fire.

This year we had more snow on El Capitan than last year, and the day was sunny, but it was cold up there, and it’s been rather dry with no rain for awhile so there wasn’t as much water as we hoped for.
We did get some lovely color and the wind kicked up a little so we were treated to the mist lighting up at the top of the fall.

Every year it has looked different, and I’m hoping one year the fall will be spewing tons of water, and the sun is shining brightly.

Nikon D700| Nikkor 80-200mm| Tripod

Jay Sousa: Conditions must be right to photograph Horsetail Fall (mercedsunstar.com)
Horsetail Falls (ritholtz.com)
Yosemite Waterfall Turns To ‘Flowing Lava’ (unofficialnetworks.com)

“(i do not know what it is about you that closes and opens; only something in me understands the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)” ~ E.E. Cummings

February 8, 2013February 9, 2013Posted in Copyright 2013 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved., Nikon, Photography, Still LifeTagged e e cummings, Holidays, Nikkor, Nikon, Nikon D700, Speedlight, Still life Photography, Valentine's DayLeave a comment

“(i do not know what it is about you that closes and opens; only something in me understands the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)” ~ E.E. Cummings, originally uploaded by dmzajac2004-.

While I have my stand with umbrella out I thought I’d compose a couple of still life scenes with a Valentine’s theme.

I purchased a kit of CTO gels for my Speedlight, and have been playing with those too. I hope to create something good enough to share in the future.

I bought the Rogue Universal Filter Kit.
The gels go on easily, and seem to be of good quality. This is my first gel kit, so we’ll see.
I bought my kit at a local camera store, but Amazon has it too.

A Light in the Forest | Rod Planck Photographs Critters with Speedlights from Nikon (nikonusa.com)
Woody Studies the SB600 (circadianreflections.wordpress.com)
Quick Tips for Taking Better Portraits from Nikon (nikonusa.com)

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