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It finally rained but not enough to cloud the water. I was hoping for a nice sunset but all the clouds cleared so I went and shot the creek instead.

This is definitely not my normal type of processing. I was playing around with ColorEfex and ended up using a custom bi-color filter. I set it as my desktop background to see if I liked it and now it is up to you to judge it. Let me know what you think.

This has been one of the driest winters in a very long time. You can see the water line and this is the time of year when flow should be approaching the high mark. Down the valley farmers have been forced to irrigate their winter crops because no rain has fallen.

Canon 50D
EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM @ 10mm
f/16
1.6 sec

This shot was taken looking across the road 57 bridge near Vernon A Nichols county park along Cache Creek. When I shot this my intent was to go black and white so I used a polarizer to get the sky as dark as possible and to create the contrast with the cottonwood tree. The black and white conversion was done with SivlerEfex pro

Canon 50D
EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM @ 10mm
f/13
1/60 sec.

Th Balclutha is a three-masted, square-rigged ship that was built to carry cargo around the world. It was launched in 1886, in Scottland. She was powered by 25 sails with the Mainmast reaching up 145 feet. Her overall length is 301 feet with a 38.6 foot beam. Over the course of her career she carried coal from Wales and Australia providing fuel for the railroads. Additionally, she carried grain between San Francisco and Europe. In 1904 she ran aground in Alaska and was purchased for $500, restored and used in the salmon packing business, making runs up and down the west coast of North America. Today she rests at the San Francisco Maritime Museum for all to enjoy. I hope you enjoy this view.

Canon 50D
EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM @ 10mm
f/10
1/80 sec.
Circular polarizer