Catch of the Day

These fishermen where heading in to the marina in Walnut Grove.  I can only assume they had a productive morning on the Sacramento River, given all the boats out and about.  We had a beautiful reflection off the water that morning.  Even though we have still been having record-breaking heat around here, our mornings are cool and crisp, and this is a crisp morning reflection for sure.  

November 13

Back to the walnut groves in Winters this morning.  I was practicing capturing motion parallax with the camera.  This one ended up being my favorite because it's so richly saturated (backlit).  The photo is just as shot; completely un-retouched.  The physics behind motion parallax is that objects in front of the focal point appear to be moving in the opposite direction from objects behind the focal point.  The focal point is fixed, while the eye is moving (in this case in a car).  I love a painterly photo, so I'm always happy when I can achieve this effect.   f/13 at 1/15, ISO100, 80mm.

October 22

I was looking to take an early morning photo today out in the walnut groves near Winters, imagining a photo with some wildlife.  But the fields were full of people preparing to harvest, so no wildlife to be found.   I thought the row numbers in this orchard looked interesting, but I'm not completely happy with the lighting.  Half the 52 is in the shade, so it doesn't look right to me.   Maybe the sunny part is just too bright.  If only I'd come by about 15 minutes earlier...   f/3.2 at 1/250, ISO320, 100mm.