28. April 2012 by David.

This is the brake wheel on an old rail car.

While the lines are a major factor in this photo, for me the addition of the colorful lichen is icing on the cake. In black and white it loses most of it’s impact.

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Dave

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19. April 2012 by Friedhelm.

This is one of my earlier images of Sans Souci, the private castle of the Prussian King Frederick the Great. Sans Souci means “without worries” and this is what the King had in mind when he had the building constructed. You can read about the history at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanssouci.

Enjoy and keep on creating great images!

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8. April 2012 by David.

If you’ve ever driven Highway 140 outside of Merced you’ve seen this structure.

Shot with a wide angle of 15mm it’s a monolith dedicated to one George Francher who died in 1900. I was told he had it erected to memorialize himself. So is it a memorial or an ego gone amuck. Either way I of course liked the clean lines. A polarizing  filter helped intensify the blue sky’s contrast to the marble and 112 years later people still notice.

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Dave

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6. April 2012 by Friedhelm.

The Balclutha is on of the historic ships at the San Francisco Maritime Historical Park. If you are in San Francisco it is definitely worth a visit. I shot this image right after a rain storm when the light was still beautifully soft.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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28. March 2012 by Friedhelm.

I photographed these glasses in one of the upper rooms of the Point Pinos Lighthouse at the Central California Coast. The lighthouse is beautifully restored and decorated. It is well worth a visit.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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17. March 2012 by David.

As I’ve said before I really like old tools and equipment.

While processing this photograph I tried turning it to black and white. That gave it an older look but lost all the subtle hues that were brought out by the evening sun. Even a sepia tone wasn’t quite right so I left it as I saw it in the camera.

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Dave

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12. March 2012 by Friedhelm.

I photographed this image at the Celtic fair in Sonora, CA. The best way to photograph those kind of images is to pre-focus on the ring, set the camera on a higher ISO setting and open up the lens to get a 1/1000sec. or better exposure time. Then you set the camera on multiple high speed exposure mode and look with on eye through the camera and the other eye watch the rider coming. right before he gets into the frame press the shutter and hold it down. You will get several exposures and at least one of them will be great.

Enjoy and keep on photographing.

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10. March 2012 by David.

The theme for the Chowchilla Photo Club for March was ‘Plastics’.

This is one of my favorite images. Not because of the great lighting or composition. It’s the subject. This is the same type camera my dad used ( his is safely stored away, including accessories) and these are the memory cards I now use, both made of plastic. Photography can and should be a very personal endeavor. That blurry photograph of grandma will probably bring out more emotions than that perfect sunset. Remember to always photograph for yourself (unless you’re getting paid) you’ll be a lot happier and the photographs will be better.

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Dave

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10. February 2012 by Friedhelm.

This is a scan of a photograph that I took more than thirty years ago. I used my Minolta XE5 which I still have and I still photograph with original Minolta lenses. The image itself is still meaningful to me and it is one of the greatest gifts to trust.

Have a great week-end and keep on photographing!

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29. January 2012 by David.

As usual I was concentrating on a shot looking the other way when I turned around and this caught my eye.

I like how the tree horizontal layers are interrupted by the wheel and how the wheel ties all three layers together.

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Dave

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