It was a short trip. As usual, I didn’t have time to do much other than work.
Honolulu
César
Tonight we met Jim & Kelly at César in Piedmont for tapas and vino. The food was excellent, the company was even better.
Sunsets
What is it that compels us to photograph a sunset that’s been shot so many times?
Jennifer
While Jen’s birthday is not until Tuesday, we celebrated this evening with a dinner at Krung Thai in San Jose. The food was excellent! Then we went back to Jen & Rick’s house to enjoy toasted almond cake for dessert . Happy birthday, Jen!
Panorama
Someone asked me how I make my panos. The seven 2912 x 4368 shots below were shot with a 35mm f2.8 lens, converted from RAW to jpg then imported into a panoramic stitching software which created the 13,216 x 4140 image. Any flaws or artifacts are then corrected in PhotoShop CS2.
This process will become simplified when I get my new Panosaurus tripod head.
Church?
It’s not easy for me to set foot in a church feeling the way I do about religion, but I made an exception to watch the baptism of Aidan Wy Bordador. Unfortunately, I couldn’t take any photos during the ceremony, just a group shot afterwards.
San Francisco – Palace – Cliff – Steak – Scotch
Bengie arrived from San Diego this morning. We went directly to Jim’s at the Golf Course for a big breakfast and then headed out to the City. We went to the Palace of Fine Arts to spend some time sightseeing. We didn’t plan on the wedding, but we couldn’t pull ourselves away.
After a long afternoon of shooting pictures, we decided to go to the Cliff House for a quick snack. The Green Papaya Salad was great.
How do you end a good day like this? Grilled filets (ala thedude), mashed sweet potatoes, roasted asparagus & Rosenblum Cabernet (forgot to photograph it).
Finally we watched my 1st Blu-Ray DVD, 300 while sipping Laphroaig Scotch.
Cormorant
I think this Cormorant was on time out because usually, we see them in large groups.
Working hard…again
It’s the budget crunch right now, so Sandy is working hard and late again. So tonight I treated her to salmon with spicy cucumber & pineapple salsa. She didn’t want to be in the photo. 🙁
H²O wanted
We had a brief rain spell the other night. We need the water… makes for some cool pix too!
