Environmental
Sunset at the Westpoint Lighthouse
Discovery Park Seattle
Family, Beach and the Sunset at Alki
Sunset colors in Seattle can be amazing, make sure you come to experience one of those at Alki Beach
Family, Beach and the Sunset
Sunset colors in Seattle can be amazing, here is a quick shot at sunset in Alki Beach
Sensō-ji temple
According to wikipedia: "Sensō-ji (金龍山浅草寺 Kinryū-zan Sensō-ji?) is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo. It is Tokyo's oldest temple, and one of its most significant".
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From Tokyo
Busy Shinagawa
Shinagawa station almost at midnight - still a busy flow of souls, coming from dinner, coming from work ... life ...
This is a composite of 2 long (2 sec) exposures.
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From Tokyo
The Rainbow Bridge
As seen from Odaiba, Tokyo. 25 sec exposure.
Nikkor 16-35 @ f11
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From Tokyo
Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba, Tokyo
Science fiction architecture by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange
B&W treatment with Nik Silver Effects
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From Tokyo
Ginza
Restaurant area in Ginza, Tokyo
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From Tokyo
Stuck
Stephanie dealing with a malfunctioning day pass in a train station in Tokyo
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From Tokyo
On fire!
Star trails over Mt Rainier as seen from Tipsoo lake at midnight
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Starry Tipsoo
30" @ F4 - ISO 2500. Nikkor 16-35.
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Follow directions ...
What other uses could you figure for such a warning sign?
It hailed on our arrival
This shot is not about the hail dump but the star trails on our first Yellowstone campground night, but it really hailed at dusk, right when we were setting up the tent on our arrival ...
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LA Philharmonic #0
The moon shines at the Walt disney concert hall
I took a bunch of shots to this amazing building during my visit to LA, I was lucky it was a block away from my hotel.
Nikkor 16-35mm @ f11.
Umatilla Rock - Monument Coulee
This amazing natural monument can be found at the sun lakes/dry falls state park - washington state
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Umatilla Rock - Monument Coulee - Take 2
This amazing natural monument can be found at the sun lakes/dry falls state park - washington state
Learn more here http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/umatilla-rock-monument-couleewashingtondry fallsumatilla rockmonument couleenikkor 1635mmsepialandscape
Brooklyn bridge
Nikkor 16-35mm. 6 sec @ f8. Camera on tripod.
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From Black and White
Fishtank
Gorgeous and sleek space that lets you fully immerse in your passion for reading, everything that surrounds you fades away ... this can be found at the Sammamish library
Processed with CS4. Nikkor 16-35mm.
Time can't touch me ...
Gorgeous and sleek space that lets you fully immerse in your passion for reading, everything that surrounds you fades away, time belongs to the outside world ... this can be found at the Sammamish library
Processed with CS4. Nikkor 16-35mm.
Multi-threaded search at the Sammamish library
Made by blending 4 layers in CS4. Nikkor 16-35mm @ f16. Camera on tripod.
Space Invaders
Made famous in the early 80s by Atari. Big fan.
Seen alive and well at the Vancouver BC aquarium.
Deadly High Tide Sunrise (for electronic devices) at Second Beach
This shot was one of the last I took the morning of december 30th before my camera decided to take a dive in salt water. Captured around 7:43am. Is a composite of 2 shots, I used a 10 second shot for the bottom and a 1.3 sec one for the top, both taken at f16.
It was a very fun trip to Second Beach with my brother in law - El Chino - who was visiting the pacific for the 1st time, we hiked through the woods before sunrise and had a blast until the camera died ... as they say better dead in the great outdoors than in the bed (or camera bag in this case) ;-)Second beachLa PushAndres Caldera PhotographySunriseseascapeolympic peninsulalandscape
Walla Walla Hay Fields
I just don't have words for how much I love this shot .... to be really honest I had to combine the right sky with the right ground ... they both belong to the same place (Walla Walla, WA) and were taken just 4 miles from each other (the sky one was taken from the Withman Mission, and the hayfield is by College place & Highway 12, like 4 miles east), and were taken less than 2 hours apart ... the story is that I saw this beautiful cloud formation earlier in the day but didn't stop and when I went back to the hay field to take my shot, the puffy clouds were gone and sky was not like this anymore ... so PS time machine helped bring time back ... Lesson is, when you see what you like, stop the car and take the shot ... Nikkor 10-24 & circular polarizer
Restroom Series #3
This one looks more like a water fountain for horses or something along those lines, but is Washington State Ferries mens facilities ... Got to love symmetries in restrooms ...
Nikkor 10-24
CS4 poster edges filter applied
Gasworks Park at Dusk - Landscape version
Just if there was any doubt that the sunsets in Seattle were among the most beautiful nature scenes in the planet, here are my 2 cents.
Just went visiting Gas Works Park on a sunday afternoon back in January and was welcomed with this unbeliavable color show, I swear I didn't apply saturation at all, no HDR, just cropped to remove some stuff at the bottom ... hand held as I didn't even bring my tripod this time around ...
Cannon Beach, OR
Long exposure, 2mins @ f16 - daylight processed as tungsten to make it dramatic blue
Pacific
Earth, ocean and sky melt into a mesmerizing reflection created by a thin layer of water over Cannon Beach, Oregon, as my daugther, Victoria, peacefully blends in.
4/26/10 - Really excited this photo was choosen for the 2nd Microsoft Anual Employee Art Exhibition. 60 pieces out of 132 were selected this time around.Andres CalderaMicrosoft employee art exhibitseattlesmugsitelandscapecanon beachoregonhomepage
The thrill of driving
**** 7/15 - Very proud I made it for the 2nd time to the Microsoft Photo Book, this will be the 2010 edition - This year 478 photographes submitted 1910 images - so 1 in 1910 chance to get it - really excited - The Microsoft Photo Book is an initiative to raise money for the yearly Giving campaign, so all the proceeds from book sales are donated ...
Today I took a first try at taking a driving shot ... This was taken on SR-202 on my way back from work. Next time will try I90 tunnels, on a rainy day which is pretty much every single day through May :-)
Camera on tripod and shutter release cable to fire at will ...
Dinning, Kitchen and Beyond Store - Still Life Poster
This is likelly to be found in the cheap poster section of your favorite department store, but I thought it was a fun addtion to my poster series (it was raining a lot today so these were handy in my kitchen table)
Nikkor 50mm @ f4, post with CS4 includes vignetting, sharpening with low pass filter.
Top of Spray Park
This is my wife contemplating an amazing sunset from top of Spray Park at Mount Rainier National Park. This was her first ever overnight hike and was a success, so next summer will do a few of these :-) The other reason this was a success is because I just learned this photo won second place in this year's Washington Trails Association (WTA) 2009 Photo contest, Northwest Exposure 2009 "Hikers in action" category. It was a nice surprise on the mail as they didn't send an e-mail to notify. I got a pretty cool book to enjoy more our hikes, a 6 month suscription to "picknic" and my photo was published in WTA's physical bimonthly magazine. This is my wife contemplating an amazing sunset from top of Spray Park at Mount Rainier National Park. update: WTA has their own flickr stream and they also posted my photo, here www.flickr.com/photos/29468641@N04/4015472309/in/set-7215...
God Bless America
Bremerton ferry
