This is a remake of one of my first infrared shots. The difference is that this shot is not stiched panorama. Instead, I used the fisheye lens so that I could be close to the trunk inside the branches.

Bill’s trail is a trail in Samuel P Taylor state park on the way to Stairstep Falls. This is another high-dynamic range (HDR) image. Again, the colors shifted and I could not correct very well.

This is Stairstep Falls in Samuel P Taylor state park. This is a high dynamic range (HDR) image. The colors became very saturated and I tried to de-saturate and correct. I am still not thrilled with the colors but decided this is good enough to post.

On a different topic, this is the new blog site design with one entry per page view. This should cut down scrolling and improve page load time.

This is looking down Papermill Creek just below Stairstep Falls. This is a fisheye shot. Given the extreme dynamic range, I took 13 exposures bracketing 2/3 of a stop to merge into a high-dynamic range image in Photoshop.

Another from my quick visit to Coyote Creek Trail last nite. This is post-processed and fiddled just like the earlier post.

This is the Devil Gulch Trail in Samuel P Taylot park taken looking the opposite direction.

Another image taken along Coyote Creek trail. Post-processed and fiddled just like the first Coyote Creek Trail image.

Another taken out in Sunol before Christmas. The wood on the left hand side is actually a very weathered tree root that has been exposed by the creek.

This was taken on Christmas Eve right before I came down with the flu. Chip and I hiked in Samuel P Taylor park up to Stairstep Falls. I do not like any of my falls shots but I like this one monochrome. I heavily fiddled to get the contrast that I liked.

Here is the color version for comparison…

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Today, Chip and I went out to lunch in Milpitas. On the way home, I noticed a trail along the edge of the marshes. I have been past this area dozens of times but never noticed (my excuse is that I was driving). Turns out this is part of the Coyote Creek Trail. Later that afternoon, I returned but only had about 20 minutes until sundown. The sky was completely overcast without any sundown colors. I fiddled this image for what I will call inspired by “Judith Polakoff” look. Judith Polakoff has a gorgeous photoblog and some of her photos seem slightly fiddled to me. I encourage you to check out her photoblog and prepare to be inspired.