Juvenile American Robin
It is Summer here in the Capital District of New York now. The temperature is increasing and the foliage is completely filled-in. I have noticed a large number of [American Robins](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Robin/id) this year feeding in our yard; sometimes seeing four or more at the same time hanging-out in the grass.
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Beautiful Spring weather has finally arrived to the New York Capital District! On this beautiful weekend day, I spent some time walking our apple trees and photographing the blossoms with the Canon 7D Mark II and the EF 100-400 F/4.5-5.6L lens; yes I was also trying to capture a few birds that afternoon.
We have about ten apple trees consisting of Honeycrisp and Norther Spey varieties. Last Fall I pruned these 9 year-old dwarf and semi-dwarf trees back quite a bit to open them up and let more air into the trees. I am hoping for a better fruit crop in 2020. If these blossoms are an indication, we are well on our way.
Color photos were processed in Adobe Lightroom and the black and white photos were processed in Adobe Photoshop with Nik Silver Efex Pro plug-in applying a Fuji ACROS filter and select Dodge & Burn.
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Apple blossoms in Spring
Apple blossoms in black and white
Apple blossoms in Spring
Berkley and the Bay Area
The final post from our 2019 trip to California. Here we visit the University of California Berkley one weekend and explore the campus and town.
Photos were taken with the Fuji X100F and post-processed in Adobe Lightroom. Several of the photos are panoramas created from several individual photos also completed in Lightroom.
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Campanile (Sather Tower)
Views above Berkley
Views above Berkley
Sather Gate
Berkley tucked into the pines
Colorful wall inside Chou Hall
Architecture at Berkley
Hoover Tower - Stanford University
Continuing our California vacation series, on this day we visited the campus of Stanford University. The weather was gorgeous and the sky was bright blue which contrasted nicely with the campus’ California Mission themed architecture.
Read MorePacific Ocean - 17 Mile Drive
After leaving Cannery Row and the Monterey Bay Aquarium, we headed to the scenic 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach.
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Cannery Row - Monterey Bay
Continuing our California vacation, we drove down to Monterey one day to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium. After touring the aquarium we spent some time walking Cannery Row and then took a drive down the coast on 17 Mile Drive ending our day in Carmel.
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