Monthly Archives: July 2020

Sequoia National Park – 3

In the same Sequoia National Park visit, I made a few black and white images as well.  A series on cascading hills.  Here’s one of them.  https://www.pixgaga.com.

Cascading Hills, Sequoia National Park, CA, USA

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Sequoia National Park – 2

A few moments after the previous photograph.  Is this a color photograph or a black and white photograph?  Answer: The black and white rendering of the land is natural.  As the sun set below the horizon, no direct sunlight fell on the land and it rendered black and white.  https://www.pixgaga.com.

Cascading Hills, Sequoia National Park, CA, USA

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Sequoia National Park – 1

A few winters ago, I went to the Sequoia National Park for a few days.  My favorite location in the park to easily see and photograph great landsapes, is the Moro Rock.  One can easily climb it and get great views from the top.  Here is one such image, close to sunset.

Cascading Hills, Sequoia National Park, CA, USA

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Pt. Reyes National Seashore – 1

Today and tomorrow, I shall present a couple of photos from Pt. Reyes National Seashore in California.  I was at the top of a mountain viewing this scene.  It was an extremely windy day and despite my sturdy tripod, my Nikon D4S with Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 lens vibrated a lot.  I could see the view vibrating as I looked at it through my eyepiece.  I set my exposure at f/8 at 1/1000 s, to get it sharp.  This required an ISO of 640, which is highly unusual for a landscape made by me.  https://www.pixgaga.com.

Point Reyes National Seashore, California, USA

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Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco

If you have visited San Francisco, CA, this is definitely one place to see, especially at night.

If you are a photographer, who has visited San Francisco, I think this is a must have in your portfolio.

The technique to make such a photograph is pretty straightforward.  16mm lens on a full frame DSLR.  Mount on a firm tripod.  ISO 100.  f11 @ 1 minute exposure.

Given the symmetry involved in this scene, I emphasized the symmetry by centering it.

Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco

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Alaska#65

Brown Bear on Brooks River, Alaska, USA.  Nikon D4S with Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 lens.  I like this image due to the human like tongue out expression on the bear’s face.

This concludes my Alaska series.  Tomorrow, I shall change topics and post other work.

Brown Bear in Brooks River, Alaska, USA

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Happy July 4th to everyone

Folks, this year, I am sheltering at home, to contain the spread of coronavirus.  No July 4th fireworks for me.  However, let me present to you, my July 4th celebration from last year.  Here’s an image I made a year ago.

Happy July 4th, everyone.

Fourth of July fireworks, Santa Clara, CA

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