ornamental trees

Before I just throw away these digital negatives I will make another try at post processing.

duck head down #2 and #3

If you missed #1 you can see it here: october mallard

October Mallard

This is a resident Mallard at beach where I walk. No sign of the mate, which is unusual. Perhaps a victim of the predators. Eagles we have plenty of and even a few Coyotes. I shot up almost 300 exposures of this duck, some crows and seagulls. The crows and seagulls are also a permanent presence, along with Blue Herons. I see an occasional Sand Piper which seems to have wandered from its normal habitat, it is not a local bird. You see them at the Ocean but not here. These are the beach birds, walk into the woods and you couldn't begin to list all the birds in the woods.

gear - Fisherman's Wharf

broadside #2 - Fisherman's Wharf

custom charters - Fisherman's Wharf

light, bell & chain - Fisherman's Wharf

cabin light - Fisherman's Wharf

broadside - Fisherman's Wharf

Cutty Sark - Fisherman's Wharf

This is a classic case of not being able to capture a promising subject. No matter what angle I tried -- there were constraints, like not getting wet -- it wasn't possible to frame this one in a manner which did it justice. Probably the boat has sunk by now so there will be no opportunity to shoot it again. A for sale sign was posted but nobody was lining up to make an offer. Fit for a museum perhaps, not for use in the water.

06900 deck clutter - Fisherman's Wharf

Another detail of a fishing vessel from Fisherman's Wharf Seattle.

bracket - Fisherman's Wharf

another detail of a fishing vessel from Fisherman's Wharf Seattle.

The Guardian #2 - Fiserman's Wharf

Another view of The Guardian can be seen here.

the wheel - fisherman's wharf

Another detail of a fishing vessel at Fisherman's Wharf Seattle .

sisters?

net boat

beach hut

industrial #1

first of a series.

authorize personnel only

loading zone #2

5807 4th Ave South

4th Ave South

enchilada & taco salad

loading zone

Same shooting session as sorry we're closed and no parking. Just one block south on a side street.

sorry we're closed

In fact this Enchilada and Taco Salad place is really closed. Closed forever. The windows revealed bare walls and empty floors. I spent the last hour of light shooting on one block of fourth ave and two side streets. Perhaps a mile north of the Duwamish bridge.

no parking

This was taken a little over an hour ago just as the sun was disappearing behind the hills. The location is South Seattle on fourth ave south, north of Michigan St. about half a mile.

the blues

Shot at the Burien thursday market under an overcast sky.

3626 E. Marginal Way

steel

shop window #1

Shot half an hour before sunset under the south ramp of the viaduct in South Downtown Seattle.

Lindmark Machine Works

This was taken this evening less than an hour before sunset in South Downtown Seattle, near the south end of the viaduct. I got permission to shoot at a steel works which was just south of the machine works. Spent a hour there dodging BNSF trains and fork lifts from the steel plant. They obviously have a late shift.

the phone call

Another shot from Sunday evening.

shoot yourself

football #1

Playing catch at the beach barbecue.

generations #2

I shot this just after 8pm this evening. 300mm, F8, 1/400th ISO400 and very nearly 100% crop so the effective focal length is something awesome, well over 1200mm anyway.

the channel

These were taken on Easter Sunday April 21, 2009 late in the day during a storm.

yellow hotel

This is on East Marginal Way S in Seattle. Not far from the Duwamish river. The color in the late sunlight was very intense. I adjusted the gray scale curves but didn't do anything to enhance the color, just left it at default Lightroom settings (all my photos are developed from raw captures).

roof line

This was taken just after 8pm 7/6/09 on the north bank of the Duwamish up stream from the Duwamish Bridge about have way to the 16Th Ave Bridge. Some guy came out of this building and wanted to chat, that happened twice in half an hour during this shoot. People like to chat with photographers. I'm not unfriendly but the light was going away and I cannot chat and shoot at the same time.

Posted three different color treatments. What looks good in LightRoom 2.4 doesn't always look good after it gets exported to a small sRGB jpeg. [update, decided to choose one with a little less saturation in the sky.]

stern veiw (again)

a horizontal crop of the previous post.