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This is a make-up post for yesterday. I have been extremely busy getting ready for the show at Modernbook gallery opening on Friday. My latest endeavors include designing a sticker for the back of my images and going out on a frantic shopping trip to find something presentable to wear.
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This is from today’s quick hike out in Sunol. This is the lull between the rains.
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Tried to go out to Sunol with Maizy this afternoon. However, I gave up halfway there when I realized we were going to be completely soaked and very cold. Instead, dug another out of the archives from last week’s outing.
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One more from the Sunol visit earlier this week. This one is a stitched image and is not stitched perfectly yet.
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Another infrared shot from the parking lot out in Sunol.
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Another one from my visit this week to Sunol. The white on the opposite bank is the bright green new growth. It registers as a glowing white in infrared.
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One from visit yesterday to Sunol. The light was really gorgeous. Driving in I thought it was going to be dull and gray.
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Decided to post another tonite. This was one of the last shots of the evening taken in the parking lot. I was standing with my tripod in front of my car hood.
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Yup, another from my visit last weekend to Sunol. I just returned home from visiting Sunol again this evening. This visit was really nice. I had the park virtually to myself. There is a storm coming in so there is a lot of cloud cover and soft light. I am going to process my images tonite. I only shot infrared this evening.
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This lovely sculpture is in the lobby of the Cantor Arts Center. This is Styx by Deborah Butterfield. Styx is a bronze casting of driftwood. Here is a link to better images of Deborah’s work. I only had my trusty 50mm lens on the camera and could not get a wide enough view.
Just for fun, here is another shot of Styx. Down the hallway is a first century statue of Venus.
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What a surprise. I just had an itch to make a montage and another for the Urban Woods series resulted. The base image is the Cantor Arts Center with a shot from Yosemite.
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This is another from my weekend visit to Sunol.
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Today, I visited the Cantor Arts Center with friends. This is Rodin’s Thinker. The Cantor Arts Center has the second largest collection of Rodin’s sculptures out of France. We went to see the Richard Avedon exhibit "In the American West".
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Today, I finally went out to take pictures for a month. Maizy and I went out to Sunol for a short hike. This was Maizy’s first visit and she was thinks she is a tough dog while in the car. In the parking lot, she got very quiet and clingy when a black lab charged up to say hello.
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Hopefully, this is my last archive raid for a while. This image is from Yosemite last Halloween.
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Another from the archives. Taken last Halloween in Yosemite. I did not make it out shooting today because I was too tired and just too a long nap instead.
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This is another from the Yosemite archives. It had a strong yellow cast that I could not correct. However, I do like it in black and white.
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This is another archive raid for image from our Halloween Yosemite trip. This image is not really printable because of an amazingly strong yellow color cast. The yellow was from the light filtering through the bright yellow leaves. However, I like the mood.
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This is another archive raid from our Halloween visit to Yosemite. This pile of leaves was in front of our hotel room.
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I have nothing new to post so went back to our Halloween visit to Yosemite. I will have a few more to post over the next few days. This weekend, I intend to go out shooting. This is the first in a long time that I have no other commitments.
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Yep, another from the archives. I may have a few fall Yosemite shots to pull out in the next few days.
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Well, Boci seems to be on the mend. She still has a ways to go but so far so good. I am very, very thankful. Plus, I have learned through this ordeal that I am not up to being a nurse. So, no time to shoot anything new so I have sifted through more of the Crockett archives for this one.
I am working on launching my artist’s website, dorothygantenbein.com. Please stop by for a sneak peek and sign my guest book.
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Well, Boci is home and I am giving her extensive treatment. I decided to give it a go because she was very depressed at the hospital. Still have another 36 hours to go but so far so good.
I am working on launching my artist’s website, dorothygantenbein.com. Please stop by for a sneak peek and sign my guest book.
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Another from the Crockett archives. It has been a very long week. Boci seems to be on the mend. The next couple of days are crucial. I am VERY thankful but running low on images to post and exhausted.
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This is another from my Crockett archives. I have not been out shooting. Today has been an emotional roller coaster. My older little dog, Boci, has been ill. Over the course of the day, they looked for why she was vomiting and refusing to eat. They found a large mass on her liver but that is not her problem. At this, she is getting fluids and antibiotics for her symptoms. I hope that she feels better in the morning. I miss her already.
I am working on launching my artist’s website, dorothygantenbein.com. Please stop by for a sneak peek and sign my guest book.
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In a nice surprise, I was contacted about using my ’fiddled’ bamboo orchid shot for a children’s book cover. A N Nanda is self-publishing a book that he spent six years writing! This image is his cover. You can see all the details here. Here is wishing him much success and I look forward to reading my copy.
I am working on launching my artist’s website, dorothygantenbein.com. Please stop by for a sneak peek and sign my guest book.
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Still no chance to take new images, so I dug into my Crockett archives.
I am working on launching my artist’s website, dorothygantenbein.com. Please stop by for a sneak peek and sign my guest book.
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Okay, this building needs more work than my house but sometimes, my house feels just as bad. My area of destruction is the backyard. It needs a lot of weeding and I never get around to getting it done. Before I bought my first house, I had a fantasy of keeping an English country garden. Now, I am working on native landscaping. 
I am working on launching my artist’s website, dorothygantenbein.com. Please stop by for a sneak peek and sign my guest book.
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This is another from my visit to Crockett. I hope to go out and actually shoot something again.
I am working on launching my artist’s website, dorothygantenbein.com. Please stop by for a sneak peek and sign my guest book.
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Another from my Crockett trip. No, I did not place the nail or rock.
I am working on launching my artist’s website, dorothygantenbein.com. Please stop by for a sneak peek and sign my guest book.
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Okay, this is another from my bad day series. This image sums it all up. Here is to a better weekend.
I am working on launching my artist's website, dorothygantenbein.com. Please stop by for a sneak peek and sign my guest book.
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This is another from my recent visit to Crockett. I cannot remember what this was. Hmmm... memory is the second thing to go but I cannot remember the first.
