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Patrick Smith Photography - Contra Costa County, Mt. Diablo |
Diablo Dusk Purchase Print Wallpaper: (1024x768) (1280x1024)
Location: Pleasant Hill, California.
Details: 2 second exposure @F16 with ND grads 0.9 + 0.3
Comments on this photo: ePHOTOzine
Story:
After a small late-season storm rolled though the valley, a hole opened up in the clouds allowing Mt. Diablo to be spotlighted. Pleasant Hill is to
the left and Walnut Creek is to the right. I've lived a few blocks from here for 5 years and this is the best sunset I've seen.
Location: Pleasant Hill, California.
Details: 2 second exposure @F16 with ND grads 0.9 + 0.3
Comments on this photo: ePHOTOzine
Story:
After a small late-season storm rolled though the valley, a hole opened up in the clouds allowing Mt. Diablo to be spotlighted. Pleasant Hill is to
the left and Walnut Creek is to the right. I've lived a few blocks from here for 5 years and this is the best sunset I've seen.
The Inland Portions of Contra Costa County
Although many hundreds of thousands of people live here, there is an extensive network of regioal parks and open space areas which make for
excellent hiking and landscape photography opportunities. Mt Diablo, rises nearly 4,000 feet above the surrounding area and provides excellent
views as well as being an iconic subject all its own.
Although many hundreds of thousands of people live here, there is an extensive network of regioal parks and open space areas which make for
excellent hiking and landscape photography opportunities. Mt Diablo, rises nearly 4,000 feet above the surrounding area and provides excellent
views as well as being an iconic subject all its own.
Lafayette Impressions #1 Purchase Print Wallpaper: (1024x768) (1280x1024)
Location: Big Sur Coast, Soberanes Point, California.
Details: 1 minute exposure @F22 with ND grad 0.9 + ND 8 circular filter
Story:
The Lafayette Reservoir, about 15 miles east of San Francisco is a great place to take a hike. Trails go all the way around the lake and into the hills
behind. A long exposure allowed a more impressionistic view than an exposure at a normal exposure time could produce. This is how it felt to be
here on this beautiful morning. First in series.
Location: Big Sur Coast, Soberanes Point, California.
Details: 1 minute exposure @F22 with ND grad 0.9 + ND 8 circular filter
Story:
The Lafayette Reservoir, about 15 miles east of San Francisco is a great place to take a hike. Trails go all the way around the lake and into the hills
behind. A long exposure allowed a more impressionistic view than an exposure at a normal exposure time could produce. This is how it felt to be
here on this beautiful morning. First in series.
Diablo Spring Oaks Purchase Print Wallpaper: (1024x768) (1280x1024)
Location: Mt. Diablo State Park, California.
Details: 0.6 second exposures @F16 with 2 ND grad 0.9's
Comments on this photo: ePHOTOzine
Story:
There are seemingly endless trails winding their way through the hills and valleys around Mt. Diablo. And sometimes as you hike, your view
opens up to vistas like this where a bit of low light can make you stop in your tracks and take it all in. 2 images stitched together for an extra
wide view.
Location: Mt. Diablo State Park, California.
Details: 0.6 second exposures @F16 with 2 ND grad 0.9's
Comments on this photo: ePHOTOzine
Story:
There are seemingly endless trails winding their way through the hills and valleys around Mt. Diablo. And sometimes as you hike, your view
opens up to vistas like this where a bit of low light can make you stop in your tracks and take it all in. 2 images stitched together for an extra
wide view.
Diablo Clearing Storm - Panorama Purchase Print Wallpaper: (1024x768) (1280x1024)
Location: Mt. Diablo State Park, California.
Details: 5 portrait images, 5 second exposure on each one.
Story:
A panoramic version of Diablo Clearing storm. Every small branch is visible in a big print! I hiked up about 1,000 feet up the hillside in the
driving rain to get to this preplanned place because I hoped that the storm would clear just as the sun set. It did!
Location: Mt. Diablo State Park, California.
Details: 5 portrait images, 5 second exposure on each one.
Story:
A panoramic version of Diablo Clearing storm. Every small branch is visible in a big print! I hiked up about 1,000 feet up the hillside in the
driving rain to get to this preplanned place because I hoped that the storm would clear just as the sun set. It did!
Diablo Path Purchase Print Wallpaper: (1024x768) (1280x1024)
Location: Pleasant Hill, California.
Details: 2.5 second exposure @F16 with ND grads 0.9 + 0.3
Story:
This was the path to take in order to get a superb view of an unusual sunset spotlighting Mt. Diablo. Taken in the hills above Pleasant Hill,
California. This happened just after I made Diablo Dusk as the sky continued the best light show I'd ever seen here.
Location: Pleasant Hill, California.
Details: 2.5 second exposure @F16 with ND grads 0.9 + 0.3
Story:
This was the path to take in order to get a superb view of an unusual sunset spotlighting Mt. Diablo. Taken in the hills above Pleasant Hill,
California. This happened just after I made Diablo Dusk as the sky continued the best light show I'd ever seen here.
Diablo Alpenglow Purchase Print Wallpaper: (1024x768) (1280x1024)
Location: Briones Regional Park, California.
Details: 13 second exposure @F22 with ND grad 0.9 (a long exposure showed the movement in the trees)
Story:
After sunset following a winter storm, a snow-capped Mt Diablo is bathed in Alpenglow as the dark blue shadow of the earth rises into the
evening sky. This phenomena occurs about 20 minutes after sunset when the air is extremely dry and clear. A long exposure shows movement in
the clouds and foreground trees.
Location: Briones Regional Park, California.
Details: 13 second exposure @F22 with ND grad 0.9 (a long exposure showed the movement in the trees)
Story:
After sunset following a winter storm, a snow-capped Mt Diablo is bathed in Alpenglow as the dark blue shadow of the earth rises into the
evening sky. This phenomena occurs about 20 minutes after sunset when the air is extremely dry and clear. A long exposure shows movement in
the clouds and foreground trees.
Diablo Last Light Purchase Print Wallpaper: (1024x768) (1280x1024)
Location: Mt. Diablo State Park, California
Details: 1 minute exposure @F18 with ND grad 0.9
Story:
This long exposure allowed me to capture the soft light and mood as it came through the rapidly moving clouds. I had to wait a while for the
light to become even so that the image would look like an old painting.
Location: Mt. Diablo State Park, California
Details: 1 minute exposure @F18 with ND grad 0.9
Story:
This long exposure allowed me to capture the soft light and mood as it came through the rapidly moving clouds. I had to wait a while for the
light to become even so that the image would look like an old painting.
Diablo Rising Mist Purchase Print Wallpaper: (1024x768) (1280x1024)
Location: Mt. Diablo State Park, California.
Details: 1/4 second exposure @F22 with ND grad 0.9
Comments on this photo: ePHOTOzine
Story:
This short exposure shows the mist as it rises up the west slope of Mt. Diablo after a late winter storm. The last bit of sun for the day came
through a hole in the clouds, illuminating the rising mist and the farm to the right. I had to climb about 1,200 feet up the side of the mountain to
get to this spot.
Location: Mt. Diablo State Park, California.
Details: 1/4 second exposure @F22 with ND grad 0.9
Comments on this photo: ePHOTOzine
Story:
This short exposure shows the mist as it rises up the west slope of Mt. Diablo after a late winter storm. The last bit of sun for the day came
through a hole in the clouds, illuminating the rising mist and the farm to the right. I had to climb about 1,200 feet up the side of the mountain to
get to this spot.
Diablo Clearing Storm Purchase Print Wallpaper: (1024x768) (1280x1024)
Location: Mt. Diablo State Park, California.
Details: 4 second exposure @F16 with ND grad 0.9 + 0.6
Story:
I hiked up about 1,000 feet up the hillside in the driving rain to get to this preplanned place because I hoped that the storm would clear just as the
sun set. It did! It was an amazing sunset so I pointed away from it, towards the mountain. I like the light on the row of oaks and how it spread
across the landscape.
Location: Mt. Diablo State Park, California.
Details: 4 second exposure @F16 with ND grad 0.9 + 0.6
Story:
I hiked up about 1,000 feet up the hillside in the driving rain to get to this preplanned place because I hoped that the storm would clear just as the
sun set. It did! It was an amazing sunset so I pointed away from it, towards the mountain. I like the light on the row of oaks and how it spread
across the landscape.
The Path to Light Purchase Print Wallpaper: (1024x768) (1280x1024)
Location: Mt. Diablo State Park, California
Details: 1/4 second exposure @F16 with ND grad 0.9 + 0.3
Comments on this photo: ePHOTOzine
Story:
A storm blew in some clouds off the Pacific and up the side of Mt. Diablo letting patches of light illuminate the woodland and grassland oaks.
Walnut Creek is in the distance. A mist-shrouded Mt. Tamalpais can be barely seen on the horizon just left of center. This image is cropped
square.
Location: Mt. Diablo State Park, California
Details: 1/4 second exposure @F16 with ND grad 0.9 + 0.3
Comments on this photo: ePHOTOzine
Story:
A storm blew in some clouds off the Pacific and up the side of Mt. Diablo letting patches of light illuminate the woodland and grassland oaks.
Walnut Creek is in the distance. A mist-shrouded Mt. Tamalpais can be barely seen on the horizon just left of center. This image is cropped
square.
