The Getty Center has a lovely new sculpture garden. We got there at the perfect time in terms of light.
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Pic of the Day: Getty garden flowers 1
I snapped this one after the sun was just out of the gardens, which allowed all the subtleties in the white petals to show through.
Pic of the Day: Getty Center ocean vista
I went to the Getty Center yesterday with a pal, and we shot some lovely stuff. I’ll post one a day over the next week or so.
Pic of the Day: Messing with daytime flash settings
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| From Garden photos |
I have been trying some new things with flash use during the day, to make the background fall off a bit and give some depth of field. This was taken in broad daylight in my garden, to try to gave a night for day feel.
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Pic of the Day: Iridescent beetle
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| From Garden photos |
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| From Garden photos |
I found this amazing iridescent green beetle in my garden today. I couldn’t get any shots that captured how brilliant the shell was. It looked like a flying jewel.
Update: Regular reader Michael correctly identified it as a Figeater Beetle. I never saw one on the fig tree at my old place, so I didn’t know about these little guys!
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My first two impressions of Twitter
Over capacity. Technically wrong.
Worthless.
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My first two impressions of Twitter
Over capacity. Technically wrong.
Worthless.
Pic of the Day: Hungry hummingbird
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| From Hummingbird |
The hummingbirds have been very shy lately, flying away if they see me come out the door. The girl decided she was over all that flying away and kept eating, which is unusual mid-day.
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Pic of the Day: Blue eyes toward blue skies
Another picture of my little cat, checking out the scene in the garden.
Pic of the Day: Rose closeup (wet)
Same rose as yesterday, but misted and completely backlit.
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