I photographed the northern lights on our last trip before Covid struck. Iceland is worth any season. We flew in November 2019 just to see and photograph the northern lights. In the background you see the lights of Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland. Enjoy!
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Pelican
I photographed this pelican this morning in Monterey, CA. Enjoy!
My Street
I tested a new drone in front of my house. I had the idea flying a few feet forward, stopping and taking a still shot, flying forward, stopping etc. In post production I combined the images in layers and got this image. Enjoy!
Sunflower in the Fall – Cell Phone Image
Currently I am trying to earn to photograph properly with my cell phone. My first obstacle is that my phone takes images in a 4:3 format. I actually prefer the 3:2 of my camera. Of course I also miss all the manual control but I am adjusting. On this images I added a circular polarizer to my cell phone camera to bring out the clouds real strong. In post I added an art filter. Enjoy!
Fall Colors in Merced
Merced has beautiful Fall colors as you can see in this image. Enjoy!
Freight Train in Merced
I used a drone to capture this freight train going through Merced county. While viewing my images I discovered a container from Hamburg-Süd (see second image on the lower right below the Maersk container) The world is small and greetings to Peter in Hamburg who shared his wonderful images yesterday.
Oil on Water
At night I poured some water into a translucent bowl. I used a few books to raise the arrangement and added a few drops of oil into the water. The I picked some colorful backgrounds on my tablet which I arranged underneath the raised water bowl. Now I stirred the oil in the water and started photographing. Enjoy!
Tip of an Anvil
In preparation for our quarterly assignment David and I drove to the Railtown 1897 State Historic park in Jamestown , CA. Inside the shop I was able to capture this large anvil with my 50mm lens at f1.4. Enjoy!
Lights
I photographed with a Russian Helios 44-2 lens. The lens is reasonable sharp and most importantly produces a beautiful background blur. Enjoy this image which I photographed in downtown Merced.
Milky Way in September
David and I went out to Eastman Lake in central California. Our goal was to try some night photography knowing that there was a lot of light pollution in the area. We were surprised how low the water in the lake was. I was still able to get some decent images of the Milky Way. Modern cameras are just amazing!