Santana Row on Stevens Creek rd in San Jose, Ca

Went to Santa Row late yesterday afternoon..Lots of pretty flowers. The weather was perfect for photographs.( overcast sky ):
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IPhone Photo

Lots of opportunity for people watching:

Even a friendly Dog:

There are lots of stores or browsing:

Last but not least a photo taken with my IPhone 3gs:

Poppy's are in Bloom again

Passed a group of poppy's the other day... Finally went to photograph them yesterday... Used my Olympus epl1 with a nikon 50mm1.8 lens.. I got down on the ground to get the lower perspective.
I like to take my poppy photographs in the middle of the day when the poppy's are backlite by the sun.

The first poppy photograph is a painterly effect using a filter in photoshop called Topaz Simplify.

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 This is a strait poppy photograph with  a dark vignette to make the poppy standout from the soft background.

View from above.

Then I switched to my telephoto lens on my Olympus EPL1 for the following two photographs. I again used Topaz Simplify to give them a painterly effect.

The cattle are back in my backyard

Today I looked out the window and noticed that the cattle are back on the hills surrounding our campground.. I grabbed my IPhone and took a walk to take a few photographs.. Here are 3 photographs:

The last photograph is my truck and trailer in paradise..

Spring is upon us

A week ago when I when to Nob Hill all the trees were blossoming...here are a couple of examples:

Yesterday, on my way to town, I spotted a couple of poppies..

San Juan Bautista Mission Indian graveyard

I took this photo of the indian graveyard with my Iphone:

The sign in front said that 3500 indians were buried in the area so a did a little IPhone and photoshop  magic and added some little crosses and toned it down with a fog effect:

Always have a camera on you

When I leave my 5th wheel I always have a camera in my pocket. Its not a great camera but it has a 28 to 300mm zoom lens...The other night, while taking out the garbage, I noticed a pretty sunset...I took a few photographs and here is the result:

This morning I was taking a walk and spotted this deer sitting in front of some scrubs leading to the creek. I quickly took a couple of photographs and moved on down the path.

Coco's on Blossom Hill Rd in San Jose

I went to Coco's on Blossom Hill Rd in San Jose on Valentine's Day....after I arrived I was looking for a restroom and discovered this sign..

 Stuck me funny..but I am different.

Then I took a look at the display

 and ordered a piece of Banana Cream Pie...oh it was to die for...great crust..whole chunks of banana inside..mouth watering...Best banana cream pie I have ever eaten..all 770 calories of it. Forgot to take a picture of the pie.

I will have to go back at least quarterly..better make that semi-annually ..