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Photo of the Day: Ripe Thompson Seedless Grapes
Posted 7 October, 2008 at 9:30am by Michael Chu(Filed under: Photography) 6 comments
Most people don't know what Thompson Seedless grapes look like when fully ripe. The supermarkets always sell them when they are green and tart. This is what it looks like when they are picked at their peak ripeness and if you see this yellow (with a hint of orange) color on Thompson Seedless grapes in your market… buy them!
Handheld, 1/125 sec at f/1.8 on ISO 400, 85mm f/1.8 lens
Photo of the Day: Fort Bragg Dawn Rocks
Posted 6 October, 2008 at 9:30am by Michael Chu(Filed under: Photography) 4 comments
I got up early in the morning and hiked down to the beach from our motel in Fort Bragg, California in January 2002 to get this shot. Shortly after this picture was taken, my tripod fell into the water and to this day I still have sand in the tripod legs. That's kind of special since my tripod's fallen into both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.
Tripod, 15 sec at f/22 on Velvia 50, 28mm lens
Photo of the Day: Badwater
Posted 5 October, 2008 at 9:30am by Michael Chu(Filed under: Photography) 2 comments
This isn't quite what the Badwater (the lowest point in Death Valley and North America) looks like, but this is what got recorded onto the film as I shot into the sun. The Badwater have a lot of salt deposits and it's pretty much blindingly bright. I stopped down the lens - probably to f/22 for this shot.
Tripod, unrecorded exposure at f/22 on Velvia 50, 28mm lens
Photo of the Day: Trust
Posted 4 October, 2008 at 9:30am by Michael Chu(Filed under: Photography) No comments
I took this picture in September of 2000 on a rainy day in Yosemite. The photograph was taken at Glacier Point.
Tripod, unrecorded exposure on Velvia 50, 170-500mm f/5-6.3 lens
Photo of the Day: Coyote
Posted 3 October, 2008 at 9:30am by Michael Chu(Filed under: Photography) No comments
In 2005, we spent a week photographing a snow covered Yosemite Valley. The day we arrived, two coyotes were waiting for us on the side of the road. Here's one of the first pictures we took of them. (Later, while photographing waterfalls from across the Merced River, the two coyotes came barreling out of the treeline fighting/wrestling only a few feet away from us. Instead of photographing them, I backed out slowly hoping they wouldn't turn on us.)
Handheld, 1/125 sec at f/2.8 on ISO 200, 70-200mm f/2.8
Photo of the Day: Kittiwake
Posted 2 October, 2008 at 9:30am by Michael Chu(Filed under: Photography) 3 comments
I snapped this shot of a kittiwake in flight while strolling along the harbor in Seward, Alaska.
Handheld, 1/3000 sec at f/2.8 on ISO 200, 70-200mm f/2.8 lens
Photo of the Day: Tufted Puffin
Posted 1 October, 2008 at 9:30am by Michael Chu(Filed under: Photography) 2 comments
A tufted puffin splashing at the Sea Life Center in Seward, Alaska.
Handheld, 1/1500 sec at f/2.8 on ISO 800, 70-200mm f/2.8 lens
Photo of the Day: Bay Bridge
Posted 30 September, 2008 at 9:30am by Michael Chu(Filed under: Photography) No comments
The suspension bridge span of San Francisco's Bay Bridge as seen from the Embarcadero.
Supported, 8 sec at f/5.6 on ISO 100, 17-35mm f/2.8 lens
Photo of the Day: Ice Rainbow
Posted 29 September, 2008 at 9:30am by Michael Chu(Filed under: Photography) No comments
Water falling from Upper Yosemite Falls froze into ice crystals and produced this rainbow.
Tripod, 1/750 sec at f/5.6 on ISO 200, 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 lens, cropped
Photo of the Day: Langoustine and Friends
Posted 28 September, 2008 at 9:30am by Michael Chu
This seafood platter was served to Tina and me at Auckland's Harbourside Grill.
Handheld, 1/20 sec at f/5.6 on ISO 100, 17-35mm f/2.8 lens