Lupines
F/8 is wide enough an aperture to blur out the background when magnifying an image from reasonably close range with a telephoto lens, as I did here, along the banks of the American River.
Capture Date: Apr 17, 2010 12:57 PM•Views: 137
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Cowgirls at the Marshall Gold Discovery Park
We had a great time photographing the cowgirls, who drove visitors around the park in a horse-drawn wagon. They were completely relaxed and charming.
Capture Date: Apr 17, 2010 12:33 PM•Views: 136
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Ken Rockwell at Work Above Gold (or is it Green?) Country
Ken and I will be at it in June on the Central Coast of California, and in Yosemite and the east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in October.
Capture Date: Apr 20, 2010 06:26 PM•Views: 135
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In the Wine Cave, Gold Hill Winery
What better wave to light a cave than by candlelight? I'll take credit for the idea.
Capture Date: Apr 17, 2010 08:58 AM•Views: 135
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Frog in the Pond at the Gold Hill WineryCapture Date: Apr 17, 2010 09:23 AM•Views: 135No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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Reflections in the Window at the Gold Hill Winery
This is looking into a window, not out of it. I am fascinated with reflections, which I found on this trip in a variety of locations, including here, on the lower deck of the winery. Reflections are everywhere, we just have to look for them.
Capture Date: Apr 17, 2010 10:46 AM•Views: 133
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On the Deck Overlooking the Gold Hill Winery
The upper deck at the winery offers an expansive view of the vineyards and the surrounding landscape, still green from prolonged rains the past winter that continued into spring.
Capture Date: Apr 17, 2010 08:27 AM•Views: 133
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View over the Gold Hill Winery
Our first official stop on our first full day was at the delightful and appropriately-named Gold Hill Winery, not far from the historic town of Placerville. We were met by Ken Dacus, who could not have been nicer to us. The winery is in a beautiful setting, in the heart of the Sierra Nevada foothills, just a few miles from the location where John Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill. Capture Date: Apr 17, 2010 07:44 AM•Views: 134
Today's gold is apt to be white or red in color, and a liquid rather than a solid. It's found at the vineyards rather than in the gold fields. I can attest to the high value of the Gold Hill Winery's offerings, like the "Meriticious," a terrific Bordeaux blend, part Cabernet Sauvignon and part Merlot, that complimented our picnic lunch. As for John Sutter, he hoped to keep Marshall's find quiet, fearing the consequences of a gold rush that could wreck his plans of an agricultural empire. Word did leak out, most famously when Sam Brannan, a San Francisco newspaper publisher, after learaning of the discove No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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State Capitol at 10 P.M.
I like my photograph. I think it was impossible, given the equipment and the time I had, to photograph the entire building. On the other hand, see Ken Rockwell's version, here. I think he came away with a more interesting image than I did.
Capture Date: Apr 16, 2010 02:58 AM•Views: 133
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Pier Pilings, Sacramento, California
As in the previous photograph, stepping back from this view would have revealed too much distracting information. I'll cop a plea here: I make the scene much more warm, more golden, than it really was. Why not? This was Gold Rush Country, after all, and Sacramento and the Sacramento River played important parts in the history of the Gold Rush.
Capture Date: Apr 21, 2010 03:34 PM•Views: 133
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Delta Queens Paddle Wheel and Sacramentos Tower Bridge
The sky was too bright, and including a larger view of the old boat or the bridge or trying to include a larger view of both the boat and the bridge, wasn't going to work; there would have been too much information. I think I did a fair job of reducing the view to what's essential: color and shape.
Capture Date: Apr 21, 2010 03:27 PM•Views: 133
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Candle and Candle Holder on Our Dinner Table, Sacramento, California
The candle cast a golden glow over our dinner table, a fitting image on this, the first night of our photography trip.
Capture Date: Apr 16, 2010 01:30 AM•Views: 133
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Gold is Where You Find It: Upper Bidwell Park, above Chico, CaliforniaCapture Date: Apr 20, 2010 06:07 PM•Views: 134No comments yet. All fields are required, fill in the form. Comment successfully added. Comment
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