Today, C and I went for a long delayed lunch and caught up. It was a great day and we went out to Hakone
Gardens for a short visit. When we arrived, the light was very flat and gray. So, this has a the Nik Midnight Green filter applied for a little more mood.
Author: DorothyPhoto
Hall of Mirrors
Have not been out shooting this week so I raided my archives. This is the main entrance of the San Francisco de Young museum. I have been to the museum about 3 times and they always have a different beautiful display of flowers.
Spackled Chrysanthemum
Another grungy flower using yesterday’s abstract from the sailing yard and a chrysanthemum shot from earlier this year.
Sailing Club #4
Another of my many abstracts from the Berkeley Sailing Club.
Coyote Creek #3
Another from our aborted hike along Coyote Creek, cut short by a sudden rainstorm.
Coyote Creek #2
I put this one in the surreal category. Funny that I was stuck next to a freeway when these beautiful rainbows appeared. Somehow the shed and the telephone poles add to the mystery feel. The blurring is because it was raining hard.
Cho-Cho
My interpretation of this one is probably going to very hard for someone else to see so here goes. This reminds me of our fat little dog, Cho-Cho. When we watch tv in the family room, Cho-Cho likes to lay in the kitchen with her head hanging over the step. She peers through her tangle of hair with what we call her laser-beams (actually she is older has bad cataract in one eye). Behind her head rises her overly large rump. If you cannot see it, you are probably the vast majority. Hopefully, you can appreciate it as an abstract.
Sailing Club #3
Another detail shot from the Sailing Club. I think this one was from the underside of a boat sitting like a lawn decoration at the entrance.
Sailing Club #2
This is a small detail of a wooden boat that is being worked on. After walking around the Saling Club, I can really understand why people say boats are so much work!
Sailing Club
Today, Aphra and I went to the Berkeley Sailing club to take abstract shots of the ship hulls that are being worked on in drydock (?). We were inspired after hearing about the recent photo expedition led by Klaus Lange. For me, I felt a little visually overloaded but it is fun to keep trying my hands at abstract images.
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