365/50 – Cacti, originally uploaded by ronWLS.

A little playing around in Camera Raw on this one. Taken with the wonderful 50mm. I was playing around with of the Adobe Camera Raw tools that I normally don’t touch.

365/48 – Old Cypress, originally uploaded by ronWLS.

Here is one from Thursday at Fort Point under the Golden Gate Bridge. We were in San Francisco for Photoshop’s 20th Anniversary Party. It was cool to see the Photoshop Guys, Joe McNally and other recognizable industry figures.

365/44 – Valentines Day, originally uploaded by ronWLS.

Roses for Valentine’s Day.
The lighting here was my Canon 430EX II high camera right fired with the RadioPopper JrX @ 1/4 power shot through an umbrella and the Vivitar 285HV @ 1/4″ low camera left fired with the Sonia optical slave using my Honl snoot opened up as a reflector.
Post-processing with Topaz Adjust.

Aloe, originally uploaded by ronWLS.

I’ve definitely been struggling for a while to get back to a regular schedule of shooting. It all seems to have started with getting sick and the changes at work and just a general feeling of the blahs. Sometimes we can find inspiration right in our backyards and that is what happened here. This is such a cool plant bloom and hopefully I am on my way again.

Garden, originally uploaded by ronWLS.

This was taken a number of days ago. When taken it was a great day but since that day I contracted a virus that my (doc) said was a two week variety. I am starting to believe his is correct. It will be longest I have been ill since moving to Redding many years ago.

80/365 – Blue Sky, originally uploaded by ronWLS.

Spring time in Redding or thereabouts. It can be so nice when there has been a recent rain and the sky is blue and there are actual clouds. And yes, the hills are green. It doesn’t last long here so enjoy it while it does.

Sky and Weeds, originally uploaded by ronWLS.

I first of all love when I find a scene worthy of a photo and have my dSLR with me. Shooting in RAW makes it easy to enhance the image and make it look the way I want. But sometimes I don’t have that camera with me so I am glad that I got the little Canon last year. It does a decent job at capturing what I want so it’s not completely lost.
I know you can’t tell from this photo the size of these weeds but there were quite large. Thought it would be a cool one.

The Joey Rose

Originally uploaded by ronWLS.

It’s that time of year again. Flowers are blooming in the gardens of gardeners and those that are in to that kind of activity. Me, I just like to document some of it. Not really the gardener type but do appreciate the beauty. My dad always has some great stuff blooming and this year is no exception. Here’s to you dad!

The Poppies are Blooming

Originally uploaded by ronWLS.

Well it had to happen. Spring. Let’s just see how long it lasts this year. Since it already got to the 90s today (April 12th) it may well be a short spring. I hope not but that is how it often goes in Redding. Not really know for long periods of great weather.
We did have a very nice sky the other day. Blue. With clouds. A perfect opportunity to get out and shoot. Though I am finding that I probably need knee pads now. My knees are so bad I can’t stoop anymore and it certainly is fun get on my knees with sticks and stones. Wanted this angle thought and I think it looks pretty cool though I would like to do another one with some fill flash for the flowers.

Last of the Season

Originally uploaded by ronWLS.

Now that the rains have started and the weather is cooling down I would have thought that all the wild flowers were done. But that is not the case as is seen here. There are still more flowers out there.