oohkumar's PhotoBlog

Golden Gate Park

2008-08-21T05:39:58Z

Some pictures from our stroll in the park on Sunday. Camera info: Canon Xti Lenses: Canon 24-105mm f/4.0 L Filters: UV. Post processing: Shot in raw, made changes to saturation and sharpness to varying degrees.

Walkabout 5

2008-08-16T03:27:17Z

These pictures were taken walking around San Francisco and Cotati in Sonoma. Camera info: Canon Xti Lenses: Canon 24-105mm f/4.0 L Filters: polarizer and UV. Post processing: Shot in raw, made changes to exposure, contrast, saturation, sharpness to varying degrees.

Church

2008-07-30T03:03:09Z

This is Saint James Church around the corner from my house in San Francisco. I really like the way the light bounces of the white face. Still not happy with the lens. Still not sharp enough. My 24-105mm lens takes much better pictures. Canon Xti Lenses: Canon 17-40mm f/4.0 L Filters: polarizer and UV. Post processing: Shot in raw, made changes to exposure, contrast, saturation, sharpness to varying degrees.

Industry 1

2008-07-25T16:54:43Z

Photographing abandoned railways led me to industry in general. Here are some recent pics. The combination of bright California light and gray/brown buildings can make capturing the subject quite difficult - colors get washed out and the buildings and structures have a gray cast. I had to boost the color, contrast and saturation a little to accentuate the texture, shape and detail of each photo. This is my first serious attempt at industrial photography. Location: The industrial area around Hunter's Point, San Francisco. Camera info: Canon Xti Lenses: Canon 24-105mm f/4.0 L Filters: polarizer and UV. Post processing: Shot in raw, made changes to exposure, contrast, saturation, sharpness to varying degrees.

Walkabout 4

2008-07-25T00:19:20Z

More walkabout pics from Noe Valley, SF. These were taken with my wide angle. I'm unhappy with the image quality of these pics. They ought to be better since this is an L lens. If you look very closely at the pics you'll see that the texture of the photos lacks the fine detail you normally expect in an L lens. The auto focus may not be working properly. The next set of images I'll take with this lens will be manually focused so that I can compare the image quality of the two focusing methods. I'm a lens junkie so maybe I'm being deliberately picky ie trying to talk myself into buying the 16-35mm L from Canon. $1450 yikes! Camera info: Canon Xti Lenses: Canon 17-40mm f/4.0 L Filters: polarizer and UV. Post processing: none, shot in jpeg Location: Noe Valley, San Francisco.

Toby walk 1

2008-07-22T20:14:22Z

These photos were taken Sunday evening while walking Toby the Dog. Fading light meant that I had to use my fast 50mm f/1.4. Nearly all the pictures taken came out perfect. Even though the 50mm is not an L lens it can take pictures of almost the same quality. Cloudy days are my favorite for taking photos of objects and little scenes such as these. The lack of shadow and the even light across the surface emphasizes the texture and form of the subject. Camera info: Canon Xti Lenses: Canon 50mm f/1.4 Filters: UV. Shot in raw, no adjustments.

Ghost Towns

2008-07-22T00:09:17Z

One dark and stormy afternoon, my brother and I went looking for ghost towns in Nevada. Here are some of the pics. Most of the photos were taken in a town called Paradise Valley in Humbolt, but a couple of later ones were from a town called Wadsworth in Washoe County. See: http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/paradisevalley.html

Sonoma

2008-07-20T23:48:11Z

My brother Yul, Elise and I spent the day in Sonoma recently. here are a few pics. Camera info: Canon Xti Lenses: Canon 24-105mm f/4.0 L

Walkabout 3

2008-07-18T22:40:02Z

These are some cloudy day photos around Noe, Castro. Camera info: Canon Xti Lenses: Canon 24-105mm f/4.0 L Canon 17-40mm f/4.0 L Filters: polarizer, graduated nd and UV. Post processing: shot in raw, most adjustments were exposure tweaking.

Marin County Fair

2008-07-07T05:12:22Z

We spent 4th of July (Good Riddance Day) at the Marin Fair. Fun was had by all. Camera info: Canon Xti Lenses: Canon 24-105mm f/4.0 L Filters: UV Post processing: shot in raw, most adjustments were exposure tweaking.