A Cinderella Pumpkin at the Earthbound Farm’s Farm Stand in Carmel Valley, CA.
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The Earthbound Farm’s Farm Stand in Carmel Valley has an amazing collection of pumpkin varieties for sale every year. This is one of the beautifully colored Cinderella Pumpkins… It’s right out of the movie. (Click on the comment bubble to leave a comment.)
The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/750 sec at f/4, ISO 10 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film.
Ground squirrel at Asilomar Beach in Pacific Grove, CA.
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This ground squirrel was just coming out of his burrow when he looked up having heard a sound. The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF70-200mm f/4L IS lens, 1/500 sec at f/4, ISO 100 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film. The image was post-processed with Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.
Rocks and tide pools at Asilomar Beach in Pacific Grove, CA.
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Peaceful waters at Asilomar Beach in Pacific Grove. At low tide, many tide pools are revealed and are great fun to explore. (Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.)
The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 60 seconds sec at f/22, ISO 100 with a 10 stop ND Filter on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film.
Yesterday, I posted a photograph of the Living Roof of the California Academy of Sciences. The roof is an integral part in the Academy’s cooling and ventilation system. The Piazza contributes to this passive cooling system since cool air “drains” down the slope of the Living Roof in the evening. At the center of the building there is a piazza that has a glass roof. That roof will open at night and the cool air will drain into the Piazza. To cool the building, they open windows at the base of the Piazza so the cool air flows into the building causing the warm air to rise and circulate out the open port holes in the Living Roof (see yesterday’s Post and watch the video). A very clever and efficient system and the building needs no mechanical air conditioning system.
The Piazza Structure at the California Academy of Sciences
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The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, f/13, ISO 200 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film. Black and white processing was done with Nik Silver Efex Pro 2. (Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.)
The Living Roof at the California Academy of Sciences
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The Living Roof is an integral part of the California Academy of Sciences. This fascinating 197,000 square-foot rooftop is home to a number of native plant species. There were many challenges in building the roof and it provides far more than a covering for the Academy of Sciences. It’s an important ecological project, a learning laboratory about native plant life, it provides cooling for the interior of the building through its unique design and the unique design of the building, and much more. To learn more about how it was designed, built and what its many functions are, watch the short movie below. It’s fascinating. The photo also pays special recognition to my Alma Mater, UCSF, which you can see on the far right edge of the photo in the distance.
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The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/90 sec at f/13, ISO 200 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film.