The Viewfinders camera club had a field trip on Feb. 25. It was a photoshoot at Mission San Jose coupled with a contest with one entry per member. I entered a shot inside the sanctuary, but I also like this one because of the aging of the sepia tone. It reminds me of a post card that may have been sold in the 30's or 40's. Comments welcome.
A Stone Oak restaurant installed a sculpture in the form of a large fork. The Stone Oak Property Owners Assoc objected saying it was too commercial. The restaurant decided to try to keep the sculpture by hiding it behind a curved masonry wall with a window to reveal the top of the fork. I have photographed the piece several times in the past few years, but wanted to do something different for this blog. Here is the result that I call, "Feed Me". Comments welcome.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
This is something I saw and thought I should photograph it. So what is it?
Last night I planned to take a moonlit shot of a local golf course. The Sonterra North Course has a green near the Huebner-Blanco Rd. intersection. I drove there and hiked down to the course. I had checked the moonrise-moonset times on-line and found the moon would be overhead at 7:52 PM so I was there at that time to get the best light. It was quite dark, but using 15-sec. exposures I was able to get some usable images, one of which is shown here. Later, when reviewing the shots, I noticed the light streak in the sky and took it to be a jet contrail. The next morning I read that there had been a meteor sighted from South Texas to Oklahoma the night before, shortly after 8:00 PM. The EXIF file on this shot shows it was taken at 8:03, so I think I might have caught the meteor track. If that is what it is, it was a true stroke of luck. I think the moonlight shows up well if you have enough exposure time. Tech: Lumix G1 with 7-14 mm zoom, f5.0 at 15 sec. ISO 400. Comments welcome.
