Springtime on Mount Tamalpais

One of my favorite shots from yesterday's outing up Mt. Tamalpais.  What a difference the rain has made!

Took my Nikon D750 with 85mm Lens to the Farmers Market Today (in the rain!)

The woman selling the asparagus saw my camera and told me she was a professional photographer, then showed me her great photos.  She also makes yummy asparagus ravioli.  I LOVE the farmer's market, even when it's raining.

Two Colorful Roses on a Gray Day

Beautiful Golden Gate Day

Stopped off to shoot the Golden Gate bridge on my way back from the airport where I was applying for Pre TSA.  First time being finger printed!

April Rose

Rose at 5AM, after going to sleep at 4AM, to shoot the foggy San Francisco skyline at dawn from Sausalito. But my favorite pic of the day was taken when I got home to sunshine and shot a snake-like rose bud weaving its sensuous path through the leaves of the front yard lemon tree.

Not Again!

New photo class at The Image Flow, this time on using light.   Result, selfie in reflected light.

One of the Most Beautiful Places on Earth

Mendocino!

Albion Pic and the Google Nik Collection

While editing over 300 photos shot on my latest trip up to Mendocino, I discovered the newly free Google Nik Collection.  This image of the forest in Albion was edited in Lightroom CC then layered with a B&W copy created using the Nik Collection's Silver Efex Pro.  Great fun!  I could spend all day doing this.

Jump for Joy - It's spring and It's Green

Follow the yellow brick road.

Freedom Balloon

Having some fun with watercolor, ink and graphite for a change.

Evidence of Rain

Raindrops on a calla lily in a red vase

Seagull Party at the Beach

Having fun with Illustrator and Photoshop on a rainy day, while populating my new Facebook art page:  https://www.facebook.com/lucyautreywilsonart/

Evidence of Spring

Wisteria and ranunculus taken with Zeiss Makro Planar 100mm lens

Recent Seattle Art

One of the best parts of visiting my nearly 7-year-old twin grandsons is doing art with them.
Top to Bottom:
1.  Wilson's picture, done while I was drawing the bird, flower and flying bug below it.  I think his flying bugs were influenced by my drawing, but he is a very independent artist and tends to go his own way.
2.  My pencil drawing of a bird, flower and bug.
3.  Cole's tree painting, done while I was painting a watercolor memory of the view of Puget Sound, and the Olympic Mountains from Discovery Park.
4.  My watercolor painting, using the twins' somewhat inferior paint.
5.  A photo of the view of Puget Sound, the Olympic Mountains and the light house in Discovery Park.

Sweet Alyssum

Looks even sweeter up close!

Mount Zion Lonestar Quarry As Seen From Mt. Diablo

The sky was dull and hazy when Elsa and I hiked to the top of Mt. Diablo, but with the Alien Skin Exposure X plugin to Lightroom that was easily fixed.  By adding an old color movie filter, labelled "Technicolor Process 4, Vibrant," on my photo, you might think I had swallowed some artificial chemical on the hike.  But you would be wrong.  All I had to eat was a fakin bacon sandwich from Good Earth.

I Wish I Still Looked Like I Did In 1965

Working on a series of portraits for my photography class at TheImageFlow in Mill Valley, CA.

Macro Sun-Seeking Daffodil

Shooting an early daffodil from multiple angles.  There is a bit of wind movement + a small fly made an appearance on the tip of one of the petals in images #2.  Each shot is 5 to 6 images with
Nikon D750 and Zeiss Macro Planar 100mm ZF-2

February Berkeley Beauty

There are fabulous photographers, like David Maisel and Mishka Henner, who show in their incredible aerial photos how man is destroying our world.  I choose to focus on the beauty that remains, so we are reminded of what we need to protect.  The UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley is one such place with its incredible variety of plants.

Plant Friends

Sage and Cactus, side by side at the beautiful Berkeley Botanical Gardens.

Sherman in the Garden on a Gray Winter Day

It was cold outside, behind the thorny rose bush, but that didn't stop Sherman, a recycled metal and bicycle parts bunny, from peering happily out at the new growth.

Camellia Focus Stacking Photo

Experimenting with Photoshop CC photomerge/auto-blend features versus Helicon Focus Software to merge various images of the same picture but with different focus areas.  Helicon wins, but not by much.  This image would have been even clearer if I were more systematic in what I focus on and in what order.  

Bugs in the Garden

Testing a new lens and I discovered some bugs having fun in the Helleborus.  The world is full of big and little creatures living life, and we are probably only aware of .0005% of it at any time.

Oak Tree

Today's version of a tree of life, a neighborhood oak with new vector background.

Looking Through The Window

Rainy day photo composite.

Bird of Paradise

Loving the in-camera double exposure feature of my Nikon D750!

Valentine Rose Magnolia Crab

Romance can be a mixed blessing!  Beauty and crabbiness mixed, with photography and pen & ink illustration.

Freehand Drawings of Various Well Worn Running Shoes

to be printed on fabric and sewn into daughter's in-process marathon race-running quilt, composed primarily of Ts won at a multitude of races.  In fact, there are too many race Ts for one quilt, so I'm having to be selective, but I also want to personalize it, hence the Asics,  Newtons and Nike's above.

Tutti Frutti Snow Maiden

Having fun on a cloudy day