Green Cars – Downtown Los Angeles #2
December 8, 2009
Green Car 2-01 – Chinatown, Downtown Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Green Car 2-01 Nikon D3 DSLR, Nikor f/1.8 50mm lens, exposure: f/8, 1/80 sec., ISO 800, exposure mode: aperture priority, handheld.
Green Car 2-02 Nikon D3 DSLR, Nikor f/1.8 50mm lens, exposure: f/8, 1/100 sec., ISO 800, exposure compensation: -0.33, exposure mode: aperture priority, handheld.
Green Car 2-03 Nikon D3 DSLR, Nikor f/1.8 50mm lens, exposure: f/5.6, 1/60 sec., ISO 200, Nikon SB-800 Speedlight, exposure mode: aperture priority, handheld.
Green Cars – Downtown Los Angeles
November 30, 2009
Green Cars-1 – Chinatown, Downtown Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Nikon D3 DSLR, Nikor f/1.8 50mm lens, exposure: f/8, 1/320 sec., ISO 200, exposure compensation; +0.67, handheld.
Fairfax Night
November 23, 2009
Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual. – Edward Weston
Fairfax Night – Fairfax District, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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This image was captured while walking the dog at 4:00 am after a gig. I set up the tripod on the sidewalk on Rosewood next to the playground at Fairfax High School with the camera pointing down Orange Grove Ave. You could always count on Kodachrome exposed for 5 minutes or more to deliver a surreal effect, not to mention extreme reciprocity failure.
Minolta SR-T 101 SLR, 50mm Minolta lens, Kodak Kodachrome 64 35mm transparency film, Velbon Tripod, Kodak Sprintscan 4000 scanner.
Melissa’s Chair
November 16, 2009
Diane Arbus “A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.”
Melissa’s Chair – Los Angeles, California, USA
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Nikon D1X DSLR, Nikor 50mm f1.8, exposure: f2.8 1/125 sec., ISO 200, exposure mode: manual, Nikon SB-24 Speedlight, Mafrotto 3221 tripod, Manfrotto 3047 studio head.
Wolf #527
November 14, 2009
“527 was a wolf that marched to the beat of a very different drummer.” As a yearling, 527 left the Druids to join the Slough pack — where she quickly became the beta (second-in-command) female. Then in 2007, she and a male wolf set off to found their own pack — the Cottonwood Creek pack — where she became the alpha (first-in-command) female.
As a leader of the Cottonwood pack, 527 was known to be a master of survival strategies. While four other packs that inhabited the same area suffered dismal fates, her pack thrived. As her biographer recounts, “She was a genius wolf in her tactics. Strategy was her game and she was a master at it. She would return to feed her pups in the dark of night because she would not take the risk of crossing the road.”
But in the end, despite 527’s “unbelievable survival strategies,” this resilient wolf “was not able to outthink a rifle” and was killed on October 3 when Montana unleashed its first public wolf hunt in modern times.
Since the public hunts began, 156 wolves in the Northern Rockies have met 527’s fate. And over the next year, more than 500 wolves could be shot to death by hunters and government agents … reducing the region’s wolf population by a staggering 40 percent!
But the story doesn’t have to end as sadly as 527’s life – if everyone who cares about wolves speaks out against this carnage now.
So please take a moment to join the national outcry to save wolves. Just click this link to tell the Interior Secretary to put wolves back on the Endangered Species list.
Thank you for helping these courageous animals.
Pink Vine
October 19, 2009
Pink Vine, Mandevilla Alice DuPont, my backyard, CA, USA
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Nikon N6006 SLR, Nikor f1.8 50mm lens, Manfrotto 3221 tripod, Manfrotto 3265 pistol grip ball head.
The name of the genus honors Henry Joseph Mandeville, a British diplomat in 19th-century Argentina. When and how it came to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, founded by Pierre DuPont, is shrouded in mystery, but it was hybridized there. One especially fine seedling was named for Mrs. duPont in the 1950’s, some years after her death.
Carrizo Plains Painting-030
October 13, 2009
Carrizo Plains 030 painting, Carrizo Plains National Monument, California, USA
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This image was painted in Photoshop CS3 using various brushers, filters, and blending modes.
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Wings Over Camarillo Air Show 2009
October 9, 2009
Wings Over Camarillo-041, August 23, 2009, Camarillo, California, USA
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Nikon D3 DSLR, Tamron f5.6 200-400 zoom lens, exposure: f6.3, 1/400 sec., ISO 400, hand-held.
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Spring Bloom – Death Valley
October 6, 2009
This image was taken March 15th, 2005, 9:00 AM. That was the wettest Spring in Death Valley in over 1oo years so the wildflowers were outrageous. When I first arrived at the park, a huge lake had formed on the normally dry lake bed and people were kayaking on it!
Spring Bloom – Death Valley, California, USA
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Nikon D1X DSLR, Nikor f2.8 24 mm lens, Manfrotto 3221 tripod, Manfrotto 3047 studio head.
exposure: f22, 1/30 sec., ISO 125
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Update
October 1, 2009
There are now two ways to go to a larger version of the image on any Blog-Bisogno post. Click on “view larger image” located beneath the image (the old way), or mouse over the image and click (the new way). Feel free to leave a comment below to let me know if this makes life a little bit easier for you. Thanks.
Carrizo Plains National Monument
September 30, 2009
Carrizo Plains received National Monument status by proclamation from Bill Clinton in 2001. It is the last relatively untouched parcel of land in the San Joaquin Valley.
Soda Lake Panorama – Carrizo Plains National Monument, California, USA
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Nikon D1X DSLR, Nikor f2.8 24 mm lens, Manfrotto 3221 tripod, Manfrotto 3414 panoramic head, Photoshop CS3.
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About page
September 29, 2009
I finally got around to creating an about page! It can be found just below the green banner at the top of the blog. Click on about and it will take you to the about page.
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Similarities
September 28, 2009
Thai Festival – Thai Town, Hollywood, California, USA
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I would love to know YOUR opinion on this sentiment. Feel free to leave a comment.
Nikon D1X DSLR, Nikor f1.8 50 mm lens, exposure: f8 1/320 sec. ISO 125, hand-held
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Mission at LA River Gardens
September 25, 2009
Mission at LA River Gardens – Los Angeles, California, USA
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Nikon CoolPix 5000, Manfrotto 3221 tripod, Manfrotto 3265 ball head, Photoshop CS2
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Comments update
September 24, 2009
The comments issue has been resolved. One can still click on the post title at the top left to view comments, and the comments link, now highlighted in green, is back at the bottom left of each post.
Thank you for your patience.
Fountain of Gold
September 22, 2009
Fountain of Gold – LA River Center and Gardens, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Nikon CoolPix 5000, Manfrotto 3221 tripod, Manfrotto 3265 ball head, Photoshop CS2
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Paradise Falls
September 15, 2009
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
Paradise Falls, Wildwood Park, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
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Nikon D3 DSLR, Nikor f1.8 50mm lens, Manfrotto 3221 tripod, Manfrotto 3265 ball head
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Icy Bear
September 2, 2009
Icy Bear – Angeles National Forest, California, USA
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Minolta SR-T 101 SLR, 50mm Minolta lens, Kodak Plus X 35mm film scanned on Kodak Sprintscan 4000 scanner, hand held.
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Gray Trees with Color
August 29, 2009
Gray Trees with Color won a first place award from Mamiya America Corporation, Lowe Pro USA, and Outdoor Photographer Magazine.
Gray Trees with Color – North Carolina, USA
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Nikon N90S SLR, Nikor f1.8 50mm lens, Fujichrome Velvia 50 scanned on Heidelberg Saphir drum scanner, Manfrotto 3221 tripod, Manfrotto 3265 ball head.
Gray Trees with Color came to be in a very different way for me. It is not my usual modus operandi to conceptualize an image in my mind at home in Los Angeles before embarking on a trip, but that is exactly what I found myself doing. It was October and I was heading to Western N. Carolina for the autumn color. In my mind, I kept seeing a row of trees, devoid of all color, only shades of gray with a hillside draped in a spectacle of autumn color as a backdrop. It was to be an eleven day trip, two travel days and nine photography days. Surely enough time to find it, but on day ten I woke up with the feeling that my vision was going to elude me. My cousin Ed and his wife Barb had invited me to dinner that evening at their home in Asheville so I figured I might as well leave on the early side. I took a round about way in order to catch the Blue Ridge Parkway only to find out it was closed due to a mud slide. There was a dirt road heading off through the woods. Who knows, I thought, maybe it goes all the way to Asheville. It did not, but it did turn out to be the road to Gray Trees with Color.
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Sunrise at Pinnacles National Monument
August 27, 2009
A Sunrise at Pinnacles National Monument – California, USA
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Mamiya RZ 67 Pro ll, Mamiya f4.5 180mm lens, Fujichrome Velvia 120 transparency film scanned on Heidelberg Saphir drum scanner, Manrotto 3265 tripod, Manfrotto 3047 studio head.
I was driving back from a Headhunters concert at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, complements of my good friend and funk monster, Jerry Stucker, and decided to take Highway 101 South. I saw a sign for Pinnacles National Monument, which I had never heard of, so couldn’t resist veering off on the two lane, winding back road. I reached the monument around dusk just as some tourists were coming in off the trails. I talked to a few of them and they all said they couldn’t understand why Pinnacles had monument status when there was nothing there to see. I had to admit that there was nothing there other than a small rangers station and a porta potty.
After car camping for the night, I headed out with a flashlight before daybreak. At about mile 1 on the trail, the landscape became quite dramatic. I reached a bowl at day break. As the sun came over the horizon, it shined on the interior of the bowl, like a spot light with an orange gel, leaving everything else in the dark. It was one of those moments one never forgets. It was too late to get my camera out so I found the best vantage point, gathered some rocks and made a cairn. I hiked the day away and then returned to the cairn, set up the camera and tripod, covered it with a cloth and camped right there. The next morning the sunrise repeated it’s performance and I tripped the shutter.
Moral of the story: If you visit Pinnacles National Monument, give it more than a hundred yards on the trail before turning back! I’m sure that’s what happened to the tourists I ran into the previous day.
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Saguaro Flower
August 25, 2009
Saguaro Flower – Saguaro National Monument West, Tuscon, Arizona, USA
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Nikon N90S 35mm SLR, Nikor f2.8 80-200mm zoom lens, Kodak Kodachrome 64 transparency film, Manfrotto 3221 tripod, Manfrotto 3285 ball head.
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Hanging Fish at Kongju
August 24, 2009
“Give me a museum, and I’ll fill it.”
Pablo Picasso
Hanging Fish at Konju - Kongju, Republic of South Korea
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Nikon N. 90 SLR, Nikor f1.8 50 mm lens, 35 mm Kodachrome 64 transparency film scanned on Kodak Sprintscan 4000, handheld.
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Lovers
August 21, 2009
Lovers – Point Dume, California, USA
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Nikon D1X DSLR, Nikor f2.8 80-210 zoom lens, Manfrotto 3221 tripod, Manfrotto 3047 studio head.
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Rainbow, Falls, Tree
August 20, 2009
Rainbow, Waterfall, Tree – Yosemite National Park, California, USA
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Minolta SR-T 101 35 mm SLR, Minolta 50mm lens, Kodak Kodachrome 64 transparency film scanned on Heidelburg Saphir drum scanner, Velbon tripod.
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Seoulset
August 19, 2009
Seoulset won the grand prize from the Photographic Council of the United Nations and was included in their world wide traveling exhibition. It was also featured at the PMA Show in Las Vegas and published many times in magazines and The Big Book of Photography.
Olympic Park, Chamsil, Seoul, Republic of South Korea
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The image was taken in Olympic Park, Seoul, S. Korea. It is a sculpture with the sunset over Chamsil, the old town section of Seoul, reflecting on the stainless steel surface. The last remaining arch to the old city can be seen at the lower right and a statue of a monk to the left of that.
Nikon N90, Nikor 50mm f1.8 lens, 35mm Kodak Kodachrome 25 transparency film scanned on Heidelburg Saphir drum scanner, Manfrotto 3221 tripod, Manfrotto 3265 ball head.
Note: Kodachrome 25 was dicontinued by Kodak many years ago. It was an amazing film, but exceedingly slow. Although Kodak rated it at ISO 25, according to my own tests, it was only ISO 18.
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