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  • Focus Stack – Sony’s Perfect Answer

    Focus Stack – Sony’s Perfect Answer

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    This is perfect, makes life very easy, means I don’t have to adjust focus. I can simply focus on my composition and let the camera handle the focusing. On the A1ii, set the left dial to BRK to invoke the bracketing set in the menu. Otherwise, use the asterisk.

  • Four Pillars of Landscape Photography

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    These will not be perfect every time, but the goal is to get as close to perfect on each one each time. Each is equally important. Black and white photography depends on gradients from pure black to pure white. Look for wow factor, intrigue, the values that nature brings to your mind. If you aren’t…

  • Voltage Trailer Checkup

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    3 October, 2025 — We haven’t used the trailer for 3 years, and finally went to the storage facility to check on it. Removed the old tarp that was covering the trailer, and took a load of garbage including the tarp to the dump. Need to bring the trailer home and give it a good…

  • Maximum Contrast Photography

    Maximum Contrast Photography

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    To the maximum contrast when shooting photos, choose a background color directly opposite the color of the subject. So, these are the colors that contrast the greatest: Purple – YellowYellow – PurpleRed – GreenGreen – RedOrange – BlueBlue – Orange Example, blue car on orange background provides maximum color contrast.

  • Reservoir Sunset Clouds

    Reservoir Sunset Clouds

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    13 September, 2025, taken from the Oso Reservoir overlook. Shooting photos in uncompressed RAW provides unlimited data for post processing in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop with Adobe Camera Raw. Photographs are far from what the eye can see, but can be manipulated to create specific intention. For example, the clouds and sky in this photo.…

  • Blown Glass

    Blown Glass

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    This is my first edit of a RAW image. The image was provided as part of a course I purchased on using Photoshop to edit seascapes. This is the image after my edits in Photoshop Camera Raw and Photoshop proper. I don’t have the before shot, since it was a RAW file, and I didn’t…

  • Starburst Photo

    Starburst Photo

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    Took this September 6th, 2025. Starbursts are fun to do and sometimes they come out pretty nice.

  • Disneyland & California Adventure

    Disneyland & California Adventure

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    Images from September 4, 2025. Sony A1 ii with Sigma Art 28-105 lens.

  • Startrails From David’s Backyard

    Startrails From David’s Backyard

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    Looking east from David’s backyard, this is the communications tower atop the boxed in refrigerated control rooms sitting up the hill. The startrails lines are dashed due to the short duration of the shots. The short lines bisecting the long ones are airplanes. The Sony 400-800 lens was used at 600mm with the Sony A1ii…

  • Sky Timelapse and Clouds

    Sky Timelapse and Clouds

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    Large clouds gathered in the west today. Here’s the photo I took of the event. The timelapse is happening as I write this.