I visited the Stanford Invitational Men’s Rowing Regatta in Redwood Shores, California last weekend. I’d ridden my bicycle by them racing on the lagoon before and finally went by on Saturday to see what was going on. The time of day was not real conducive to photography and the afternoon wind chopped up the water a lot more than I would have liked, but I still got a couple of shots that captured some of the excitement and beauty of this collegiate sport.
Lastly, I’ve included another flower picture; love the Springtime seasonal succulents and they won’t be here for long. This one was backlit with sunlight reflecting off the water rippling up on shore. Used a telephoto lens with ND6 filter to allow me to shoot into the sun with a full aperture to get the really prominent and purely intentional lens flare. I like the effect in this shot.
All images taken with Nikon D7000 and AF Nikkor 18-35;1:3.5-4.5D & AF-S Nikkor 55-200; 1:4.5-5.6G ED – only crop, no post processing of images performed.