My favorite part of this shot has got to be the contrast between the stone wall in the background and the brightly illuminated foliage just behind the table, providing an interesting backdrop for the aging wooden chairs and table.
Author: emceehammr
Chemical Researcher in East Tennessee.
The Bay Bridge Near Dusk
Another in our set of shots of San Francisco Bay in the evening, this shot features prominently the Bay Bridge as well as Yerba Buena island and the San Francisco skyline including the silhouette of Sutro Tower appearing to rise above the cloud cover rolling in over the city.
Berkeley’s North Gate at Night (And Happy New Year!)
Here’s a shot where the power of HDR photography is really evident. We have regions, like the street lights and the lights on top of the gate, which are over-illuminated and other regions, like the trees and the texture of the gate pillars themselves, which are under-illuminated but when you apply some tone-mapping you get a great image where you bring out the cool lighting while still picking up the cool little details.
The ALS
Last post for today (making up for a lack of posts all week) is this shot of the Advanced Light Source (the domed building) at Berkeley Lab as seen from the Berkeley hills shortly before sunset. With the haze it sort of reminds me of some sort of mountain top compound used for nefarious purposes.
Sather Tower
It may be a bit trite but any photo blog based in Berkeley should probably have a picture of one of the most prominent structures on campus. I’ve always admired the way the Campanile is illuminated at night, making it seem much less isolated than it is in fact.
Doe Memorial Library
I really like this shot I took of Cal’s Doe library which makes the big north reading room seem so warm and inviting.
Puget Sound Sunset
Seattle had rare winter sun this week which meant spectacular sunets over Puget Sound. Here’s the last clear-ish sunset over the incoming dark cloud cover.
Strawberry Creek
Getting any sort of reasonable image of Strawberry Creek has been difficult recently with the recent environmental calamity, but even with all of the activity, pontoons and petrochemicals it was still possible to capture this long-ish exposure image of one of the forks of the creek as it runs through UC’s campus.
Decaseconds 