three amigos

shot an hour ago at seahurst beach

end of the day

shot last night at sundown on seahurst beach.

winter light

This was taken early afternoon on Jan 17, 2009 at Fisherman's Wharf. The light in January is good all day long, when sun is out. Looking at this now, the title, the light, the treatment, I am thinking there must be something here about Ingmar Bergman or Andrew Weyth.

live out of balance

driftwood

Shot this afternoon at the beach. Not much happening at the beach today, cloudy and cool.

Had a question asked about how this was shot and developed, to which I replied: This was shot from above, looking over a concrete bulkhead. Had to do some fancy moves just to get the shot. I had spent half an hour plodding around in the bear grass looking for something to shoot. As I was walking up the steps to the prom, I saw this log and liked the way it was nestled in the grass.

I bracketed the exposure, getting it right up to where the yellows were starting to blow out on the dead grass. That gave me lots of shadow margin to play with. I usually let the black block up in the shadows during development but don't like blocked negatives if I can avoid it.

PP was something of a pain. Worked it up in two versions, a natural one and a tortured negative version (useful for heavy metal images). I got it looking good in LR2 but when I exported it to a jpg the colors flattened out for some reason. So I had to go back and jack up the saturation and via trial an error getting the final version looking like the LR2 screen. Ended up with thirteen snapshots (LR2) which is a new record. Allows me to go back and recreate the stages of development.

Didn't do any noise reduction beyond the standard color noise filtering in LR which is set to 15. I like noise, so I don't filter for it.

Portlock - Fisherman's Wharf

wheels

... get yourself a set of wheels. South Seattle BNSF Car Shop. You can see the setting of the previous post Paint Job in the background, where if you look close you will note that I was shooting through a hole in the fence. Places constraints on angle and composition.

paint job

South Seattle, near the BNSF switching yards, there is some renovation going on.

woof ...

closing time (again)

I parked outside and walked into the park just before sundown so I could stay after closing. Got some shots of people waiting for the sun to go down.

shoes in hand

Update 05/29/09. I guess this might be considered a romantic theme. Something that is conspicuously absent from my previous work. Actually, I was just shooting anyone on the beach within reach of my lens, and this couple had been perched on a log with their backs to me until the got up to leave and I grabbed two quick shots as they approached. Any romance here is more or less accidental.

The Guardian - Fiserman's Wharf

Just moments before sundown on 03/29/09. One of the classier looking fishing vessels.

report to office

detail - Fisherman's Wharf

Another detail of a fishing boat at Fisherman's Wharf in Seattle. Not sure about the crop. I tried cutting off just below the horizontal bar to remove of some of that busy detail at the top but after looking at both versions, side by side, I kind of like that top part. Sort of spooky looking.

on the bench

to an unknown god

... as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ Acts 17:23

dog house

This dog was just curious at first but then he started barking and the owner came out to see what I was doing. I told him I liked the looks of his house. He laughed and took the dog inside, shooting session over, four exposures. Two keepers.

white wall & windows

Returning to a theme I developed at great length several years ago.

iPod Man

A frustrating day with the cameras. Went back to some old haunts out of desperation and expected to come back with nothing. After several hours working my way south I did some hill walking in the park to get over it. This shot was a marginal intrusion on this man's privacy, as private as you can be with several hundred people standing around. After cropping it several different shapes I decided to go with wide

suit & tie

If you want to attract attention at the Pike Place Market all you need to do is come wearing a suit and tie. That will make you stand out. No other sort of clothing, no matter how bizarre, will attract attention because weird is normal. But a suit and tie is certainly going to make people look at you.

Homage to Rauschenberg

I posted this first with a frame and then it occurred to me that Rauschenberg would not have used a frame and after some thought I decided he was right.

Jordan 23

This one asked to cropped square. Not a normal practice.

closing time

This image was less than an hour old when posted. It was taken a few moments before sundown as the park closer was chasing us out with his bullhorn, threatening to lock us in.

Blue on Blue

fresh paint

Russian Dance

texture of spring

le danse

Yesterday I took my old e500 and the 40-150mm Zukio with me to the beach and spent some time capturing various activities on a cool but pleasant Saturday afternoon. There was a group of Russians (from Moscow) having a family outing. I talked briefly with one young man who wanted to see my photos of this fellow preforming some traditional dance.

Swamp Scene

The last several images were taken in the same place where I first tested my e500 in April 2006. While this isn't really the same camera (there were two replacement e500 bodies under warranty) it is a return to the area where I first used a DSLR. Had some mishaps in this swamp, like the day I busted a pair of "can't bustem" Lee Dungaries by trying to leap over a wet place and going down on one knee into the muck fairly hard, kept the camera above my waist so there was no damage to the photo gear. The logs that look like you can walk on them are often in an advanced stage of decomposition and will not support your weight. The photo opportunities for nature freaks are there for the taking. I actually photographed a young man stalking through the brush with a DSLR and a long telephoto. I wasn't making much noise and I don't think he was aware of my presence.

Swamp Flower

This taken this afternoon down in the swamp just above where the stream flows into the fish basin in Seahurst Park.

spring

This was taken at Fort Lawton just north and above the parade ground near the chapel.

light on water - Fisherman's Wharf

Took advantage of the sun yesterday and spent the late afternoon shooting at fisherman's wharf.

Bob and Friends

I have now crossed paths with Bob (or Bill?) three times in the last year. I am posting three shots from last summer on the prom in Lincoln Park taken just before sunset.

ductwork

Amtrack Northbound - Ship Canal Bridge

To see the whole bridge see Ship Canal Bridge

in port in a storm

Fisherman's Wharf was just north of the big storm hovering over downtown Seattle, hail, sleet, snow and very dark with a wind blowing.

Railroad Bridge - Ship Canal

Spend several hours shooting around the locks on the Lake Washington Ship Canal yesterday. The weather down town was horrible, sleet, snow, rain and dark but out toward Ballard I found optimal cloud conditions for shooting landscapes. This is one of about 150 images I captured of this bridge. This style of landscape might appear a little over cooked for some of you minimalists. It is inspired by artists such as Albert Bierstadt.

Sunday Morning #3

Another Sunday Morning

Door Light

winch rope drum - Fisherman's Wharf

The Chair - Fisherman's Wharf

some more details - Fisherman's Wharf