Tangle, Number 2 in the Long Dark Winter Project October 31, 2013

A fallen tree in the forest is the subject for number 2 of the Long Dark Winter Project.

Camera: Canon 5D Mark III, Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L @ 24mm, iso 1000, f/7.1 for 1/80 sec

Sunrise, Number 1 in the Long Dark Winter Project. October 30, 2013

The first photo in a new project that I am calling the Long Dark Winter. I need it to get back into photography, my cameras have been sitting unused and sad for the last couple of months. Not sure where this will lead but here is my first submission. Unfortunately this first picture was taken with my phone appropriately... That unfortunately is kind of not the idea. I will try to do this as a photo a day type of thing, through the end of January.

Camera: Samsung Galaxy Note II, using HDR mode, processed with Snapseed Android photo editing app.

Washington I-90 Windmills

Lacrosse at Central Park, Sammamish Washington. Taken with HTC One S phone, HDR mode. Minimal processing in PS6.

Graduation Rock, Entiat Washington. August 14, 2011

Canon 1D Mark II, EF 24-70 f/2.8L at 59mm, 1/800 sec, f/5.0, ISO 200. We always love to see how the class years change whenever we travel to Lake Chalen. In looking at Google maps I found out that Entiat Jr/Sr High School sits right above the highway looking over to this hill, no wonder the hill is painted with these "class of" insigna.
Lat/Long: 47.66328, -120.2255

San Juan Island, September 3, 2011

West Side Road, San Juan Island WA on Saturday September 3, 2011

Canon 5D, EF 70-200 f/4 L: 1/500 sec at f/5.0, ISO 100, 70mm.
Lat/Long: 48.506521, -123.140535

Scooter in the grass

Testing out my "new" Canon 5D with my EF 50 f/1.4...
Lat/Long: Confidential... :)

Trees along 17th Ave, University of Washington

Canon 1D Mark 2, EF 24-70 f/2.8L @ 1/250sec, f/2.8, ISO 100, 27mm... Just testing out my "new" 1D Mark 2 that I had purchased down at Glazers Cameras in Seattle not an hour before this shot was taken. I liked the camera but took it back because the portrait shutter botton did not work properly.
Lat/Long: 47.66389, -122.30937

Blue Angel, August 7, 2011

Canon 7D, EF 70-200 f/4 L @ f/4, ISO 100 1/3200 sec.
Oh how I hate this camera. Let this image count the ways. I have had the 7D for about 2 weeks now and it really disappoints me. Images are just terrible with all kinds of noise, even at ISO 100. I had to create a layer and blur the sky on this shot because the noise was so bad.
It was nice to see the Blue Angels, walked out on the I-90 bridge to watch. Fun... Lat/Long: 47.5897, -122.2554

Update 11/25/13: For comparison here is the original shot... Maybe I darkened the shot above too much but what set me off was the low quality of the sky. I really thought it looked like a bunch of pebbles. And I was experienced in taking sky shots. With my 20D I was an obsessive sensor cleaner, so I was always taking shots of the blue sky to check for sensor dust. Thankfully I have gotten over that. I don't remember the last time I cleaned my sensor and have not noticed it. Shortly after this set of shots, I sold the 7D and purchased a used 1D MkIIn and a used 5D. The IQ was so much better on those cameras than with the 7D. It was not even close. And those 2 cameras cost me a little more than what I got for the 7D. For a nice sky, see this shot from the 5D I purchased here...

Mother's Day Lacrosse Practice

Rain, fog, lights, sunset and lacrosse.

#10 Redmond Ridge Pond

Apple Blossoms. April 10, 2011 #9 for 2011

#8 for 2011

Moss Stick. #7 for 2011