The Owl - Fisherman's Wharf

Spent several hours at Fisherman's Wharf on Sunday, Nov. 31, 2008 shooting in the fog. Lots of subject matter, will need to go there again.

Shipping

Airport Way, somewhere south of Spokane Street.

Two Drums - Airport Way

Went down to Georgetown again this afternoon. After an hour or so I took the car up Airport Way toward Spokane Street just to see what was there. Found a condemned factory waiting for demolition. Had only a hour of sun left and this shot was just before the sun disapeared.

Ranier Brewery - Coldstorage Demolition

From my most recent Georgetown shoot, a view of the Old Rainier Brewery from the north west looking at the site where the cold storage building was recently removed due to "safety factors". A man out getting a little fresh air on his Ducatti told me the ground underneath the building was in a state of permafrost having been frozen for decades.

Wheel & Window - Georgetown

Behind the Brewerey

This was taken behind the old Rainier Brewery in Georgetown.

Backyard Project - Georgetown

This was a messy yard, with several projects. I gave these shots a sever Lightroom treatment. It seemed to suit the subject.

Two Pumpkins - Georgetown

Wheelbarrow - Georgetown (again)

Sunday 11/16/08, went back to Georgedown, armed with my e510 + 14-54zd. Another Dark day, needed IS for a day like this. Long exposures.

SouthPark Bridge on the Duwamish

The Corner - Georgetown

Yet another photo from my recent Georgetown shoot. I shot this through the gap in a gate of a chain link fence. Didn't leave many options for framing the photo, other than, zooming, portrait and landscape.

Loading Dock - Georgetown

These were taken during my Georgetown shoot, Sunday Nov. 9, 2008 late in the day. The light was failing and the exposures were long.

Lucky's Manor - Georgetown

Went to Georgetown today to do some afternoon shooting. I was exploring an alley and came upon this place which I have no idea what it might be. I wasn't the least bit inclined to go up those stairs and inquire about the nature of the business.

Still Life with Junk

This was taken in South Park on election day, Nov. 6, 2008.

Last Light at Duwamish Bridge

Election Day, just before sunset I was down in South Park at marina just east of the bridge. The storm had passed and the remaining clouds were dramatic. This isn't something over cooked in LightRoom, this is what it really looked like. I did use LR2.1 to recover the original look. Camera was e500 iso400 14-54mm ZD at 17mm f6.3 1/160th.

Water Tower at Sundown - Duwamish

These were taken on election day, Nov. 4, 2008 just a few minutes before the sun disappeared. I kept moving as the sun went down to get a better angle to shoot from. I was walking along a fence at marina in South Park and trying to get close enough to the river to see this tower which was obscured by some trees. It was a race with the sun to see if I could get up close to water before it disappeared. As I was moving the light kept changing, the result is several looks all taken just one or two minutes apart.

Liliana's Salon

These businesses are on one of the back streets of Burien WA, not to far from the police station, court house and fire department.

Chapel at Ft Lawton

These were taken Sunday Oct. 24, 2008 at Fort Lawton. This chapel has been a subject of interest for a number of years. It hasn't been used as a Chapel in my memory which dates back forty years. Perhaps when my father was here in 1941 to qualify with the 30'06 on the rifle range down the hill from the chapel near the bluffs, perhaps then it was still a chapel.

Dog Dream

This was created by moving the clarity slider in LR2 all the way to the left to get the soft look for the dry grass and flowers. Then the original was put on one layer in PSE6 and the soft version on another layer with a mask so the dog and the upper background had the minus clarity masked out. The whole image is very soft but the local contrast is reduced in the grass to make it blend into a liquid mass. To see the image without this effect take a look at the second photo under fun dog.

Sunday 3pm

Another photo taken in Magnolia Park Sunday Oct. 26, 2008 at 3:11pm.

A Walk in the Park

A woman walking alone in Magnolia Park at 3:08 pm Sunday 10/26/08. This is the sort of neighborhood where women can walk alone. At least they think so.

Two Benches

This was taken in Magnolia Park on Sunday 10/26/08. This park is along the south bluff overlooking the north west corner of Elliot Bay.

waiting for the sun

I had about five minutes before the sun disappeared to photograph this young man sitting at the edge of the south bluff at Fort Lawton looking across the water toward the southern end of the Olympic range, facing almost directly into the sun. Watching the sun is something people do here and probably everywhere else. I see something like this several times a week. Reminds me of my ancestors who gathered at Stonehenge.

Fisherman's Wharf - Ballard

Stopped by the wharf on my way home but it was too cold and windy for doing much night photography and working with a tripod isn't my normal way shooting anymore so I didn't do much. Took a few shots and then just decided it wasn't going anywhere and packed up the gear and came home.

Fun Dog

Went up to Fort Lawton today just to see the place. Took the cameras along just in case. These dog photos remind me a little of cave paintings. If judged by some mundane criteria for photographic quality like sharpness they don't pass the test. They were taken with an Olympus e510 + 70-300 ZD toward the long end 250-300mm at f8 1/250th IS mode one (not the panning mode, it didn't occur to me to switch to mode 2) , panning fast to keep up with the dog but not even an attempt to capture the movement of the dog. Mostly this was focusing practice on a fast moving object using auto-focus in mode one (shutter activated) with all three AF sensors active. This reminded me of the dispute a year or so ago about the Olympus E3 in Africa promo video where the cheetah was running and the camera was trying to grab something with one of the AF sensors and only when the cheetah was in the clear where there was no competition for a focus target did the AF lock on the animal. In view of the now notorious focusing problems with the E3 it is kind of humours to look back on the discussion of that video in which we were speculating about the capabilities of the E3 to track a moving subject.

Steel Works - Blue Door

The steel works in south Seattle has a new building. I took some photos of the old building as it was being torn down. Here is a door on the south wall.

Weelbarrow