Another macro shot from the Copia vineyard in Napa. Decided that I liked this one better in black and white rather than color.

One more macro from my recent visit to Napa. This is another shot from the vineyards at Copia winery.

One more from my recent visit to Napa. This is from an apple tree in the vineyards of Copia.

This is a fisheye shot of the pond at the Reynold winery in Napa. I did not polarize and the colors just popped when I started processing. I did crop heavily because there were bright spots along the left-hand side that were distracting.

This is a shot of the pond at the Reynolds Winery in Napa. This is a small family owned winery with excellent wine. They graciously allowed a group of us to shoot photos. I was not interested in shooting the vines because the pond was there beckoning me. This is an overview shot and if you look close, you can see the grape vines at the upper right of the shot. The colors looked very bold with my polarized sunglasses but seem even stronger in my shots.

Over the course of the next few days, I will post more shots of this pond made at the same spot so you can see different viewpoints.

One last picture from Uvas Canyon visit on the weekend. This is taken on the hill just above the parking lot. I thought I needed a high dynamic range image but this dappled lights was within range for the infrared camera.

One more from our visit to Uvas Canyon. Originally this image and Uvas Canyon were part of a horizontal panorama of 5 images. When I reviewed the images on the back of the camera, I decided that these two images were stronger than the whole.

One more infrared shot from Alameda Creek. The reflections are totally eliminated. I think it is a combo of the polarizer and the infrared.

Today, Chip and I went out to Uvas Canyon. Right now, Swanson creek is barely running and it is very dry and brown. After a few more rain storms, Uvas Canyon should have the magic back.

After a long dry spell, I finally made it out to Sunol for a quick photo adventure. Of course, I arrived about noon. I recently read an article about Red-Eye Reeves’ infrared photography. So, here is a infrared detail from Alameda creek. I did get a wet foot for this shot but I am happy with the results.