February 15, 2012

Lilly Lake, Mt. Tamalpais


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photo by Donald Kinney

Perfect timing. It was purely by accident that I found a heart-shaped Lilly leaf on the day before Valentine's Day. I have no one to give it to this year, so here you go, it's yours...

Soooooooo, here's the deal... That photo above was made hand-held without a tripod (f-4, 1/160, -2/3e.c., ISO-100) so naturally I knew I wasn't going to get a lot of depth-of-field. I'm okay with it, but then there are the photogs (I won't mention any names) who think they need every shot sharpened front to back with pinpoint technical perfection. Soooooooo, I went back to Lilly Lake yesterday and used my tripod, sort of to prove that I CAN do it the "way a pro would". Curously, my result with the tripod (f-32, 5sec, -1e.c., ISO-100) seems to be less life-like than my original hand-held example, above.



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First there will be tadpoles, then there will be noisy frogs, pesky dragonflies, and all sorts of creepy crawlies, including funny looking photographers with even funnier looking cameras. (f-8, 1/5sec, -1.33e.c., ISO-100, tripod=yes)



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Cool morning on Alpine Lake.



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Cool sky over my beloved Mount Tamalpais (Tam - al - pie' - us).


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2 comments:

Hooly said...

Maybe it's just me, but in your 2nd, sharp, photo I sure see a cloaked witch or wizard flailing around giant leaves as part of a spell

AphotoAday said...

oh yeah, look at the hat!

 
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