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Layers

Layers, originally uploaded by Maltphoto.

Another from the West Oakland BART Platform. Stopped on my way home from work on February 15th. The nice part is that West Oakland itselt is relatively flat and the BART platform rises above pretty much anything else in the area.

World on Fire

World on Fire, originally uploaded by Maltphoto.

This was taken from the West Oakland BART platform. I had been trying to get there at sunset for a few weeks now, but it seemed it just wasn't going to happen. I'd either get there too late, or it would be raining, or it the sunset just wasn't that good. I finally lucked out last night with both my timing and getting a decent quality sunset. I took over 50 shots, whittled it down to about 25, and have maybe half a dozen standouts. This, in my opinion, was the best of the night.

I never realized how much the Image Stabilization in my Canon 28-135mm really helped. The 75-300mmm I used to take this really showed that I could never ever be a surgeon. I used the wall to brace myself, even rested the camera on it a couple times. Eventually, I ended up switching to Shutter Priority mode, and took shot shots at 1/200 sec. It seems to have worked out for this one, though the others weren't nearly as good.

Brooklyn Bridge - NYC 2006

brooklyn bridge, originally uploaded by Maltphoto.

On my first visit to Manahattan at Thanksgiving. The wife and I walked three quarters of the way across the bridge and then back. I really like this shot in Black and White, especially since it was such a gray and overcast (not to mention cold) day. I think this is a pretty standard shot of the bridge, but we got lucky since not too many people were walking around on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The architecture seems to fit better in black and white too.

F Train at Night

Palm and F Train, originally uploaded by Maltphoto.

I love black and white photos, but lately it seems I increasing prefer to try night shots. Might be that when I convert my photos to B&W, they don't really seem to turn out that well. I use Photoshop Elements, so maybe the simplified version there isn't what I need to good B&W shots.

This particular shot took a little post processing to get the colors to jump like I wanted them too. I'm happy with this effort, but realize the composition probably leaves a lot to be desired. At least I've figured out how to process some of these photos. I'll have to go back and looks at some of my other photos and see if I can process them better now.

Let me know what you think of this one, or any on my flickr photostream, for that matter.

Moon over Bay Bridge

Moon over Bay Bridge, originally uploaded by Maltphoto.

Probably needs a crop right above the Sinbad's sign, but I liked the way the moonlight was playing off the clouds. Not exactly how I hoped it would turn out, but I'm still pleased nonetheless. This, by the way, was handheld as I didn't have my tripod or a decent place to rest the camera to get the shot.

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