Photo 365 - Day 69 (Crepe Helix)

Day 69 (September 11th, 2010)
Title: Crepe Helix

Sometimes you can see the most mundane/boring thing, but for some reason you are intrigued by it.  I saw these two lengths of crepe paper twisting around each other in the wind with a perfectly blue sky as a background and I thought it was a great example of both simple, pure colors and of textures. The separation and then mixing of the red and yellow to create a nice green tone at the point where they overlap was something that I didn't even notice until I was looking at the picture.  I imagine since the paper was constantly moving in the wind my mind didn't have the chance to see the subtle hues of green. 

For this picture, I kept the photoshopping to a minimum.  I increased the contrast and saturation slightly, but mostly left it alone.  I know its a simple picture, but sometimes there is nothing wrong with simple.

Ps: I was going to name it "DNA of Colors", but I thought that might have been a bit too geeky. 

Enjoy!

Photo 365 - Day 68 (City By The Bay (Bridge))

Day 68 (September 10th, 2010)
Title: City By The Bay (Bridge)

Another night shot of the Bay Bridge and San Francisco.   I did nearly kill a security guard to get this picture, to whom I would like to apologize.  Sorry for taking 5 years off, but, at least they were the last 5, so you'll never miss them!  To get this shot, I went out to the fire escape with tripod and gear.  I was out there for a bit, shooting away, not worried about anyone else coming out there because its the fire escape!  What I didn't know it the security guards in the building have to check the escape as part of their hourly sweep.  She opened the door, expected to see nothing but a nice view and continue on with her nightly tasks.  Instead, she opens the door, sees me in the darkness, with a tripod, light meter, camera bag, lenses, and other things laying around.  At that point, she decided that either a) I was a sniper about to take someone out or b) crazy stalker. 

Either way, she decided the best way to react was to scream like a 5-year-old who just watched "The Best of Animal Vivisections!"... in High-Def. She was slightly upset. After convincing her that I was neither a killer or stalker, but instead a crazy photographer (which, I not sure was much higher on her list than stalker) she decided not to beat me with her "Officially Issued Security Beating Baton".  I thanked her, confirmed with her that, yes, a nice bottle or two of wine would be good when she gets home, and finally got a nice shot of the Bay Bridge heading into San Francisco.

As for the technical parts of this photo, here you go:
f/5.6 @ 2.5 seconds (via tripod) - 300mm (ISO 800)

Its a bit of a fuzzier picture than I had intentional wanted, but after looking at it for a while I kind of like that "haze" effect.  That's basically how SF looks most of the time anyways. 

Enjoy!

Photo 365 - Day 67 (Drunk Stop)

Day 67 (September 9th, 2010)
Title: Drunk Stop

"Of course I saw the stop sign Mr. Oppicer!  I saw all 7 of them!  I just didn' know which one you realllly wanted me to stop at!"

Just had some fun taking night shots from the balcony.  I was trying to hard to get a "good" shot of the sign (in focus, good lighting) that at the time I never thought of how fun it might be with the "mistake" shots. 

Enjoy!

Photo 365 - Delay

My Photo 365 project is paused for today, due to the events in San Bruno, CA (a major fire has broken out).  If you have any friends/family in that area, please call and check in on them!

Anthony

Photo 365 - Day 66 (Wong Photo)

Day 66 (September 8th, 2010)
Title: Wong Photo

Sometimes a pun is just so bad, that it has a life of it's own.  This is a Wong number.  Many Wong numbers.  Have you ever called the Wong number?  If so, did you hang up and dial someone else instead?  Did someone ever call you, and you realized they called the Wong number.  And you told them, it's not Wong, and they said: "So, it's the right number then?"  You of course, said: "No, its the wrong number."  "Exactly, the Wong number, that's who I'm calling!" 

I'll stop now.  Enjoy the Wong photo.  Tomorrow I'll put up the right one.

Photo 365 - Day 65 (Best Hat Ever)

Day 65 (September 7th, 2010)
Title: Best Hat Ever

Top Hat - 1930
Bowler - 1940
Fedora - 1950
Beanies - 1960
Cowboy Hat - Never
Baseball Cap - 1980
Baseball Cap (Backwards) - 1990
Baseball Cap (Sideways, 90 degrees) - 2000
And now - The Board Cap - Forever!

And while carrying a coffee and cell phone. 

Enjoy!

Photo 365 - Day 64 (Sailing)

Day 64 (September 6th, 2010)
Title: Sailing

This Labor Day weekend was jam-packed with beach fun in Santa Cruz.  One of the things I love about a perfect summer day is all the sailboats!  There were an armada of sailboats out playing on the sea, from large 6-8 crewmen boats to little 2-man boats, but everyone was having a good time.  The water was really calm and the weather was perfect (78-82) for sailing.  So perfect in fact, I avoided even getting near a boat and just hung out at the beach taking pictures of them!  I figured, the last thing I'd want on a perfect day would seasickness and throwing-up all over the dolphins.

[Squeak] [Squeak] - That's dolphin for "Thank you!" 

Enjoy!