Just got back from my visit to Santa Fe. For some reason, there were a lot of Indian Head or Buffalo nickels for decoration. This is a close-up of a nicket studded into a belt that my Mother bought. Santa Fe is a MARVELOUS place and I hope to return to soon.

I am going on vacation for a week to Santa Fe. I am taking my camera gear but do not know how many shots I will get. Hopefully, I will have many images to post when I return. Here is one from the archives taken in Scottsdale last spring.

This week’s Photo Friday theme was difficult for me. Darkness conjures up negative emotions which is not what I want for my photography. So, I decided to try a nite shot. This is my first attempt at nite photography. Chip came as a chaperone to Lake Elizabeth. There was a car that kept cruising by, we were sprinkled, and the lights kept flicking on and off.

This is an extreme closeup of a light bulb filament. This is one of those decorative clear bulbs shaped like a candle flame. I used my Lensbaby with an extension tube to get close enough. I decided that the orange cast did not do must for me so I tweaked the colors. I am not sure but I think all those donut highlights are really out-of-focus dust spots. I did clean the lamp after the shot.

Last week, I rushed Chip and the dogs out to Sunol before the light went. Well, we were unloading the dogs when I realized that I had forgotten my camera! I used my little Canon S1 instead and worked without a tripod (because I forgot that too). This was was handheld at a 1/30 of a second and still pretty sharp I guess the image stabilization works after fall.

Taken in the parking lot of Sunol. Was a gray day but there was a light show through the tree when we arrived. By the time that I setup, it was gone. Fortunately, I waited and the lights resumed.

This is a small section of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. During July, the tall ships came to town. As you can see, massive depends on your viewpoint.

Tonite, I got around to playing with our new scanner.  After taking the fine art printing course at SFAI, Michael Creedon showed prints made from scans of flowers.  I bought this cheery bouquet and gave it a shot.  I think that artistically arranging the flowers is tougher than it looks but fun to try.  Chip has had great fun scanning all his old shots.