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I like contrast in my images. In this image I like the warm-cold contrast. There is the cold frosty roof and the warm sun that shine on the tree.
This is my last image on this blog in 2016, I wish you all a happy time with your family, creativity with your camera and a peaceful 2017!
I took a selfie early in the morning. I lifted the tripod up and triggered the relatively light camera with the smart phone. See how the sun melted the frost. Only the grass in the shadow of the tree was still frozen.
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This is a typical image for the Central California Valley during the winter. The roofs are covered with surface frost and people are burning their fireplaces. Luckily there are few and fewer people that do this since it is common knowledge that the particulants from the fireplaces are a health hazard.
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I photographed this image in my backyard. Enjoy and keep on working on your images!
We are having a cold spell in central California meaning there are some ice crystal on the leaves and some surface frost on cars and other objects. The current weather should last a few days giving me the perfect opportunity for some interesting images early in the morning before the sun melts it all away. I challenge you to do the same. Go out and photograph early in the morning and get some winter images.
I used a 180mm macro lens photographing this frozen potato plant blossom early in the morning. Enjoy the image and keep on working on your images!
This house did not have this great, fancy decoration that I found in so many other homes. It was rather elegant and fit beautifully into the surroundings.
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I was happy that I could bring out the clouds in this image. With the naked eye the clouds were not visible at all. I am always impressed how good camera sensors are these days.
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I challenge you to go out and look around in your community and find some great decorated homes.
Normally it is better to photograph beautiful lit homes after sunset and before total darkness. But sometimes the owners have not turned the light on or you arrive late. I photographed this beautiful home very late but I was able to get some of the leaves back by creating thee bracketed images out of one raw file which I than combines to this final image.
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I love the Christmas flowers on this property This image is also from Sacramento, CA. Enjoy and keep on photographing!
I photographed this house in Sacramento, CA. I was intrigued by the simplicity of the house decoration. There was just a simple star that caught my attention right away.
Enjoy and keep on photographing!