Month: September 2011

Friday (16-September-2011) — California

Gone to See California — SIRNA Goodby.

Lots of construction going on around the UCSF South Bay Campus. What recession?

Construction Site UCSF South Bay Campus. Image taken with a Leica X1 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)
Construction Site UCSF South Bay Campus. Image taken with a Leica X1 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 sec). (David J Mathre)
UCSF Medical Center Construction Site. Image taken with a Leica X1 (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/2000 sec). (David J Mathre)
UCSF Medical Center Construction Site. Image taken with a Leica X1 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/2000 sec). (David J Mathre)

Friday (16-September-2011) — California

Gone to See California — SIRNA Goodby.

While in the San Francisco area I had the opportunity to visit and have dinner with a couple of  former colleagues that now live in the Bay Area. In the back yard one of their Yucca plant was blooming. There was a humming bird working the flowers. I never got a picture of the humming bird in the flowers, but did capture a sillouete of it in the some other trees. These images were all taken with a Leica X1 or D-Lux 5 camera.

Yucca in Bloom. San Mateo CA. Image taken with a Leica V-Lux 5 camera (ISO 80, 19.2 mm, f/8, 1/1250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Yucca in Bloom. San Mateo CA. Image taken with a Leica V-Lux 5 camera (ISO 80, 19.2 mm, f/8, 1/1250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Hummingbird. San Mateo CA. Image taken with a Leica V-Lux 5 camera (ISO 160, 19.2 mm, f/8, 1/1250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Hummingbird. San Mateo CA. Image taken with a Leica V-Lux 5 camera (ISO 160, 19.2 mm, f/8, 1/1250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Francis and Alex. Image taken with a Leica X1 camera (ISO 400, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec). (David J Mathre)
Francis and Alex. Image taken with a Leica X1 camera (ISO 400, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec). (David J Mathre)

Thursday (15-September-2011) — California

Gone to See SIRNA — San Francisco.

I was in California to visit my team one final time before the South San Francisco SIRNA site shut down. We went out to lunch at Ambers, an Indian Restaurant. I took a picture of my team in front of the Contemporary Jewish Museum, just outside of the restaurant. I wished everyone luck in their future endeavors.

Last Visit with my Sirna San Francisco Group. Outside the Contemporary Jewish Museum "The Yud". Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 camera (ISO 80, 5 mm, f/2.8, 1/320 sec). (© 2011 David J Mathre)
Last Visit with my Sirna San Francisco Group. Outside the Contemporary Jewish Museum “The Yud”. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 camera (ISO 80, 5 mm, f/2.8, 1/320 sec). (© 2011 David J Mathre)
Lunch at the Amber Indian Restaurant, San Francisco. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 camera (ISO 400, 5 mm, f/2, 1/15 sec) (David J Mahtre)
Lunch at the Amber Indian Restaurant, San Francisco. Image taken with a Leica D-Lux 5 camera (ISO 400, 5 mm, f/2, 1/15 sec) (David J Mahtre)

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Two-Years Ago (12-September-2009) — Canada

Gone to See North America Road Trip. Day 22: Anchorage to Burwash Landing on the Alaska-Canada Highway. Yukon, Canada.

Derelict Fishing Boat . Upon completion of ANPAT 9, I started my return trip from Anchorage Alaska through Canada along the Alaska-Canada (ALCAN) highway. The first night I stopped at a RV park in Burwash Landing, Yukon Canada. The RV park is right on the bank of Kluane Lake. I noticed this derelict fishing boat right behind my RV, and thought that it looked interesting. It was overcast, and starting to get dark so I bracketed the exposures. I processed the images with Photomatix Pro, and pushed the saturation to get a colorful autumn look. Even though this may be considered by some as a “highly distorted reality” HDR, I like the effect for this image. I have also included an unprocessed single exposure version for comparison.

Intersting note if you search the net for images in and around Burwash Landing and Lake Kluane you will find many images of this boat, and see how it has decayed over the years.

Derelict Fishing Boat HDR at Burwash Landing, Yukon Canada. On Kluane Lake along the Alaska Canada Highway. Composite of 3 images taken with a Nikon D3 and 14-24 mm lens (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/8). HDR Processed with Photomatix Pro. (David J Mathre)
Derelict Fishing Boat HDR at Burwash Landing, Yukon Canada. On Kluane Lake along the Alaska Canada Highway. Composite of 3 images taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 14-24 mm lens (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/8). HDR Processed with Photomatix Pro. (David J Mathre)
Derelict Boat at Burwash Landing, Yukon Canada. On Kluane Lake along the Alaska Canada Highway. Image taken with a Nikon D3 and 14-24 mm lens (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/8, 1/30 sec) (David J Mathre)
Derelict Boat at Burwash Landing, Yukon Canada. On Kluane Lake along the Alaska Canada Highway. Image taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 14-24 mm lens (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/8, 1/30 sec) (David J Mathre)

Two-Years Ago (11-September-2009) — Alaska

Gone to See North America Road Trip. Day 21: Alaska Railroad – Anchorage to Spencer Glacier. (Day 7: Nikonians ANPAT 9).

On our final day, the ANPAT 9 group took the Alaska Railroad from Anchorage to Spencer Glacier. The images I took with a Nikon D300 camera and 18-200 mm lens were combined into a time-lapse video (about 2.3  minutes in length). Some questions. Do viewers like this format, should I add music, or would a slideshow with just the best 20 images be better?