Sunset Figures

16 April 2013:
Well, maybe this is a reproducible technique as long as there is strong back lighting and a fairly distant background. Not yet sure if this can be a project, but it is interesting. Note that you cannot really tell that one of the three figures on the right side is in fact a bronze statue and the other two figures are living beings. Wow. See the 27 March posting for the first of the series.

Canon 5D, 75 mm focal length, three-stop neutral density filter, 400 ms at f/22, Nik Color effects pro 4, and a sunset.

Subway

15 April 2013:
On our walk home from dinner in downtown Hermosa.

Not sure what they are defying...  but the floor is certainly nice.

Canon 5D

Beets

14 April 2013:

I think these might end up in a new batch of beet cake.

Canon 5D (top, a bit boring); iPhone with Olloclip macro (below, at Lily's request)

Lily's Barrel Cactus

13 April 2013

It's blooming.

iPhone, Olloclip macro

Closed

1 April 2013:

On my evening walk to get some Chayote squash at Ralph's.

Canon 5D

Hidden Valley

31 March 2013:

This was taken on March 21 in Hidden Valley, Joshua Tree National Park. Nice place! This is Rika enjoying the view.

I forget how nicely saturated Fujichrome looks in full daylight. The blue sky here is just outstanding.

Hasselblad 500 C/M, Fujichrome 100

Desert ruins, in black and white

30 March 2013:

Both of these were taken on the trip to Joshua Tree earlier this month. The heater was found in the back yard of our cabin. The old truck carcass was found at the Wall Street Mill, an abandoned stamp mill used in the gold mining process. The mill is inside the park.

Hasselblad 500 C/M, Ilford 100