Sea Shell in C-Clamp

The Viewfinder challenge for April was "Patterns in Nature".  I bought a sea shell to illustrate the spiral lines they have.  I needed some way to  support it so I could light it from behind.  A C-clamp worked well and the contrast between the fragile shell and the steel clamp suggested I leave it in the frame.  Comments welcome.

Biloxi White

Was in Biloxi MS for a few days this week.  I was anxious to see how the beaches had recovered from the BP oil spill since they have been advertising the Gulf Coast recovery on TV.  All I can say is they are beautiful.  Miles and miles of white sand with no tar balls or seaweed or other debris.  And almost no people.  Here is a shot I took to show the condition. 

Mission San Jose

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.

Feed Me!

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.  

This is something I saw and thought I should photograph it.  So what is it?  

Serendipity

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.

Unstated assumptions.

If a kitchen faucet is flowing at a rate of 1 gallon/minute, how long does it take to fill a 6oz. glass?  Well not 2.8 seconds if the water does not stay in the glass.  With the right shape of glass and the right input parameters the answer is never.