Feb
24
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Deer Trail on the Hillside, Carmel Valley
This is a beautiful hillside next to the road that runs down into the area in which we live. This hillside is covered with majestic old Oak trees and California Buckeye trees (which are just beginning to get their green leaves for this year). We have quite a few deer that travel in our area and can often be seen on trails like this one along our hillsides and behind our house. In addition to the families of deer, we have families of wild turkeys that seem to like this hillside.
The photo was taken with my new Canon EOS 6D, EF24-105mm f/4L IS lens, 1/2000 sec at f/5, ISO 1000 captured on a Lexar 400x SDXC UHS-1 memory card.
Feb
14
Door in the courtyard of Georis Winery Carmel Valley
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I have a new camera and lens, a Canon 6D with a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens. It’s really the camera I’ve been dreaming of having, so I was excited to be able to go out and test it. This is my first real test image taken with the new camera. It really takes very sharp beautiful images and I like how this test photo came out. I did do some work on it in Photoshop, but only some minor enhancements.
One of the locations I’ve been wanting to go shoot is the courtyard that’s part of the Goeris Winery in Carmel Valley Village. It’s a beautiful space with some great old wooden doors and stone and brick walls. I’m really happy with this first real test and look forward to getting out to experiment more very soon.
For those who are interested in the camera settings, Canon 6D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens at 73mm, 1/100 sec at f/13 ISO 1250 (this camera has built in noise reduction so I can now use very high ISO setting in low light with little to no noise in the image).
Nov
28
Japanese Maple Leaves in Fall after a rain
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This is the last photo in my series of Fall Colors for this year. It was taken at the same time as the others I’ve posted, and it shows the beautiful colors of the leaves still hanging from the tree.
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Nov
25
Japanese Maple leaf lands atop the metal roof of the birdhouse
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The last image I posted was of the Birdhouse hanging from a branch of the Japanese Maple tree in front of our house. I loved the way this leaf, with its beautiful yellow and orange colors, was framed by the rusted metal roof of the birdhouse.
The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/90 sec at f/4, ISO 100.
Nov
20
The birdhouse hangs from a branch of this Japanese Maple Tree.
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As promised, here’s another photo taken in front of our house. Our Japanese Maple tree’s leaves are turning beautiful colors and falling from the tree. Some of them are caught by the birdhouse with its rusting metal roof that is hanging from a branch of the tree. The leaves on the birdhouse were as I found them, having fallen on the roof and onto the twigs that serve as a perch for the small Finches that nest in this area.
The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/30 sec at f/4, ISO 100, camera mounted on a Vanguard tripod with a Manfrotto head.
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