Rika and I went for a late afternoon walk down to the pier so that she could enjoy a bit more Southern California sunshine before heading home. I put the lensbaby on, and this little guy in his red shirt caught my eye.
Canon 5D, Lensbaby composer
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Even more kids-at-the-beach
Rika and I went for a late afternoon walk down to the pier so that she could enjoy a bit more Southern California sunshine before heading home. I put the lensbaby on, and this little guy in his red shirt caught my eye.
Canon 5D, Lensbaby composer
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Let's see now...
Farmer's market on a Saturday morning finds Lily choosing a watermelon. The numbers on the melons are the price in dollars. She picked a 5. I just had 50 cents worth, and it was good. Note Rika in the background, who is visiting this weekend.
Canon 5D
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
More kids at the beach
8 September 2012:
Who wouldn't jump for joy with the sun shining and both the air and water temperatures in the low 70's. It was a very nice morning on the beach.
Canon 5D, Lensbaby composer
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Three Kids in the Surf
Late on Labor day afternoon, while looking for more beach abstracts in Hermosa, I spotted these three kids having way too much fun in the surf.
Canon 5D
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Catalina Island
2 September 2012:
We were returning from a pool party this Sunday afternoon and drove the long-way 'round the Palos Verdes Peninsula. As we came over the top of the peninsula near San Pedro we were treated with this very nice view of Catalina Island. A tropical storm to the south sprinkled some clouds into the scene. A light fog on the water along with a low sun angle did the rest.
Canon 5D
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Brentwood Criterium
5 August 2012:
I rode over to the Brentwood Crit with Kevin this morning. I took along the Canon 5D camera and had fun experimenting with three very different lenses. I think I like the results. This will get a little technical, but I wanted to write down and think about what happened.
First: Lensbaby composer, women's category 3 / 4 race: All sense of motion is from the distortion of the composer lens. Shutter speed was a very high 1/2000 second so everything was frozen. I am almost lying on the sidewalk! Kind of fun. I did not get run over.
Second: Lensbaby zone plate, men's category 55+ / 60+ race: This one is at 1/15 sec because not much light is getting through the zone plate, which has an effective aperture of f/19. Getting an effective background was a big challenge with this 'lens' - it had to be simple and fairly light colored or everything became a jumbled mess. The image is worked a bit further in Color Efex Pro. I like the effect. Will have to play with both of the Lensbaby options some more.
I rode over to the Brentwood Crit with Kevin this morning. I took along the Canon 5D camera and had fun experimenting with three very different lenses. I think I like the results. This will get a little technical, but I wanted to write down and think about what happened.
First: Lensbaby composer, women's category 3 / 4 race: All sense of motion is from the distortion of the composer lens. Shutter speed was a very high 1/2000 second so everything was frozen. I am almost lying on the sidewalk! Kind of fun. I did not get run over.
Second: Lensbaby zone plate, men's category 55+ / 60+ race: This one is at 1/15 sec because not much light is getting through the zone plate, which has an effective aperture of f/19. Getting an effective background was a big challenge with this 'lens' - it had to be simple and fairly light colored or everything became a jumbled mess. The image is worked a bit further in Color Efex Pro. I like the effect. Will have to play with both of the Lensbaby options some more.
Third: Used the Canon 24-105mm zoom lens, and applied a more common treatment of a bike race - lens at 105mm, 3 stop neutral density filter to slow things down, pan with the action. This is Rick Lilleberg wearing last year's club kit, racing in the men's 55+ / 60+ race. ISO 100, f/16, 1/13 second.
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