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Foster City, California - San Mateo County

Last week as I drove over the San Mateo bridge I looked down at the Foster City shoreline and saw some old pier pylons sitting just off the shore. I made a quick detour to have a look, and decided that a foggy morning would be best for this spot. I knew I wanted to go as minimal as possible, so the lack of clouds and the screen of fog made for perfect even light.

On Wednesday morning the fog was in thick over the bay, so I went into work to take care of a few things, then headed out on a early lunch ( I start work way early). The tide was moving in fast so I only had enough time to make one or two exposures at the most.

I am sure I will be back to this spot to capture some cloud movement, but for now its this. Slightly over exposed in the upper portion of the frame to add to the contrast of the pylons and the distant bridge.

Thank you for the views and comments? Always appreciated....

Canon 5D Mark II
Exposure: 481
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed:50
Lens: EF 24-70 f/2.8L
B+W 10 stop solid ND (no grads)

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Uploaded on Dec 3, 2009  |  Map

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China Camp State Park - San Rafael, California - Marin County

With a long holiday weekend, and no work for 5 days... I had plenty of time between tasty meals to sort through some images. Some new, some old, some I forgot I even made. Even with finding some old images to work on, I found myself continuing to look at the different compositions I have of this little island out in the San Pablo bay.

Here, I decided to get low and add some foreground to the composition. Normally the climb down to the shoreline wouldn't have been all that hard, but I was being lazy and didn't want to take my filters off and pack my camera back into my bag. So I climbed down the crumbly, short cliff with camera mounted on the tripod in one hand and holding onto whatever would keep me from falling into the bay with the other. Damn I am LAZY at times!

Canon 5D Mark II
17-40 f/4L @ 24mm
Aperture: f13
Exposure: 601sec / 10 minutes
ISO: 50
B+W 10 stop solid ND
Lee .6 & .9 hard edge ND grads

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Kehoe Sunset

Kehoe Beach - Point Reyes National Seashore - Marin County California


A contact of mine John sent me a link to my photostream displayed on black, so I figured I would pull up a old image to post with the direct link. If you have a chance, have a look at your own stream as well.

Thanks for the views and comments!

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Canon 5D Mark II
Exposure: 10
Aperture: f/14.0
Focal Length: 20 mm
ISO Speed: 50
Lee hard edge ND grads .6 & .9

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Uploaded on Nov 26, 2009  |  Map

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China Camp Island

China Camp State Park - San Rafael, California

Tuesday afternoon I decided to make a visit to a spot that I came across earlier this year, but never got a chance to photograph. Originally I had plans to make a few images of an old fishing pier, but as I pulled into the parking area, I saw this little island. The low Fall afternoon light was hitting it dead on, so I made my way over and checked out a few compositions.

As soon as I saw the little tree on top of the island, I knew I wanted to get a little separation between the tree and the distant hills out in the background. It was a little tough, but I did find a high spot on the land that got the tree just under the line of the land.

The plan of the day was more about scouting out a few new spots to add to my list of places to go when the weather was right, but I couldn't resist the thin clouds that were moving over head. So after a test shot or two to get my exposure times right, I came away with this. Intentionally dark on the sky to make a high contrast image of clouds, water, and pull as much detail of the island and tree out as possible.

Canon 5D Mark II
Exposure: 300 sec
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal Length: 45 mm
ISO Speed: 50
Lens: EF24-70mm f/2.8L
Lee hard edge ND grads .6 & .9
B+W 10 stop solid ND filter

Thanks for the views and comments..... Have a great Thanksgiving!

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Uploaded on Nov 25, 2009  |  Map

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