Had feedback that this image would be better in black and white because the colors were ‘horrible’. I am not sure that I agree but think the B&W is nice as well.

One more from our visit to downtown San Jose’s River Walk. This one had the leaves blurred by the breeze. So, I went ahead and fiddled until it looked more painterly.

My last post from our adventure yesterday to downtown San Jose. This is a glass wall of depicting various Californians. I had intended to get some people interacting with the wall but the light was too low and everyone just disappeared.

This is part of the newly opened Guadalupe Riverwalk park. It runs from the San Jose airport through downtown San Jose. It is really lovely and going to get better as the plants and wildlife get better established. I tried several variations of this composition on both sides of the overpass. However, this is the only version that kept any details. There was a nice gentle breeze that kept blurring all the foliage.

Another from the nite that I visited Sunol and forgot my camera.

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This time of the year is my least favorite because I do not like all the brown grass and dried up creeks.

One more from Hunting Hollow. I would have like to do a little “gardening” before taking the shot, but I was afraid to get too close.

One more from my visit yesterday to Hunting Hollow. Last spring, I had a nasty run in with poison oak. I can almost forgive it now because it is so pretty in fall. I used my long lens to stay well away from and to compress the trees with the poison oak.

I was searching for an image for the Photo Friday’s Divine theme. Instead, I stumbled across this shot that I like better in hindsight. My lesson for the day is that I have to have a better archiving scheme because I cannot find my images.

Went out tonite by myself to Sunol. I did some bushwacking along a stream I had never visited before. When returning to the car, I saw the moonrising over the hills. Pulled out the long lens and tried for a High Dynamic Range (HDR) Image. Turns out you can see the moon moving in an arc. So, this is a composite of two images and quite a few adjustments to keep details in the moon and the trees.