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Wishing I could return

You know it gets that time of year when you wish you could return to some winter holiday location you went to before. For my its either Hawaii or Florida. With Florida its great in May and October. With Hawaii its good almost all the time, maybe not September.

While visiting the sites at the north west side of Kauai, we found a nice restaurant to have lunch. Much to our surprise we found a plantation style resort out back. It is beautiful with small cottages and lots of green grass to enjoy your time at. The shot was taken looking back at the resort from the beach. I'll have to thing about posting that beach shot. Are you interested? Let me know.

above 7000 feet

When you are at high altitudes, the sky becomes more blue. This is simply because there is less atmosphere (and therefore less partials) in the way. This shot was taken at Vikings home at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe. No not a shot of the island which everyone gets, but a shot of the rock formation just at the top of the road. By pointing your camera up, you are shooting into space. Ok, well not that dramatic. But you can get those dark blue skies without a polarized filter.

I took this shot in the second week of 2009 and usually this section of Lake Tahoe is not accessible because of snow. Since there has not been much snow (the jet stream is still high over the pacific north west), we were able to drive there. But just a few weeks later, it has snowed in again. What luck.

Escape to the past!

Renaissance Faire are everywhere. It's what we as photographers call an target rich environment. Some are there to enjoy the sites, while others are there to be the sites. It's a fun time. Look for one in your area.

This year at the Nor. Calif. Renaissance Faire was different than last. That's good because people get tired of the same old show. There are performers of all kinds, from singing to dancing to amazing knife juggling to glass blowing to jousting. Food is also an adventure as people try to create the meal of the past, well at least the one that movies have portraid.

I left the pro cameras at home and took the small SLR. There was definitely time when I wished that I lugged the big camera for the creamy smooth colors and contrast of the pro lenses. Here's hoping you get a chance soon to go to a Renaissance Faire this coming year.

Orbs over Head

After an event this past weekend. I was able to stroll through a small outdoor mall area that had its mix of modern and turn of the century accessories. While walking under the side walk lamps I found myself seeing UFO's. Not a real one mind you, but a lamp post want to be.

I took this picture pointing to the evening sky. As I gazed at the structure I realized the best way to capture this abstract was to under expose the shot by a stop. This helped to emphasize the lamp light instead of the sky. By doing this it has that space ship propellant system look.