Stratified
2011-07-10 This cool wrinkly rock is on it's way to becoming beach sand in a few thousand (?) years.The surrounding cliffs are also made up of crazy layers of rocks and sand, in various states of erosion. In the distance is Point Dume, which marks the northernmost point of the Santa Monica bay. I drove there this morning for the sunrise, which never came - too much marine layer. I do like this shot, but it'd be so much better if I had an ND filter so I could use a longer shutter speed and really blur the water. I should really just buy one... anyone have a recommendation? In related news, I posted a new collection of Reject Photos to my Flickr page, including a few more from today - www.flickr.com/photos/71165468@N00/sets/72157626336126062/ In other news, I finished up a new blog post about the Nikon 70-300mm lens I just bought! [last year] berry nice to see you, #4...
![2011-07-23
I'm not sure what you call these things, but there was a whole table of them at the Sony store at the mall in Century City. It's set up specifically for you to test their cameras so I obliged, but with my phone. Remarkably, the Microsoft store was way cooler than the Sony store. The Apple store still puts those carbon copies to shame, and all three are within about 100 feet of each other.
Then we saw Harry Potter v7.2, which was pretty cool. Did you hear there's a book about it? Who knew?
UPDATE: Thanks <a href="http://sharkbayte.smugmug.com/">sharkbayte</a>! They are called DUNNY - buy them <a href="http://sites.kidrobot.com/dunny/">here</a>.
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![2011-07-22
Here is my librarian friend Janet posing with two of her most colorful cross-stitch creations. They were on display today at her retirement party, which was quite the shindig. She was kind enough not only to pose, but to give a great smile too!
I edited a bit in Lightroom, mostly to correct color issues caused by the all-fluorescent lighting. I love this room with all the old books - they provide such a <a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/16022532_dVzfk#1383101170_Dmb7W7G">great backdrop</a>.
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![2011-07-21
This is a 3-shot panorama stitched together on the iPhone using the Autostich app, the same thing I used for my <a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/16022532_dVzfk#1381588854_3pnQKWh">7/12/11</a> daily. I'm still figuring out some interesting things about the app - this 3-shot panorama is higher resolution than a 20-shot panorama of the same scene, even though I told it to use the higher settings and it took a very long time to render... not sure what's going on there.
Anyways, this is the ceiling of Powell Library at UCLA, specifically the western staircase. It's a very pretty building...
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![2011-07-20
I came across this chair today, it seemed sad. It's definitely seen better days.
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dcroake
on August 5, 2011This is cool !
sharkbayte
on July 12, 2011Fantastic tones, textures, contrasts and comp!
Janet McQueen
on July 11, 2011Fascinating textures on the rock & wonderful flow in the water.... beautiful shot!
debccrn
on July 10, 2011I love my B&W ND :)
God's Child
on July 10, 2011Lovely, peaceful and nice pp!!!!