New Year’s Eve in Downtown Sacramento

We spent New Year’s Eve in Downtown Sacramento for Sacramento’s first ball drop. I took this photo from the balcony of our hotel room at the Hyatt. I love the way the lights interact with the fog; it gave the city a very “Gotham” look.

Scenic Fence Version 2

In a previous post I posted this same photo, pretty much strait out of the camera. In this version I leveled the horizon and used Adobe Lightroom to digitally "develop" the photo. It's similar to what happens when you shoot film and have prints made, except it's done on a computer. Here's a version with the two photos side by side.

We took the scenic route from Santa Cruz to Sacramento and captured this lovely view on Stage Road between Pescadero and San Gregorio.

Skyline Blvd

Skyline Blvd overlooking the San Francisco Bay Area. The vineyard in the foreground is Thomas Fogarty.

Death Among Friends

On the south shore of Lake Tahoe I came across this dead tree surrounded by live trees. It felt as if the live trees stood by their friend on his deathbed, and now mourn the passing of their friend.

CalSTRS' New HQ

I took this picture of the new CalSTRS building back in March but didn’t get around to doing anything with it till now. The picture was taken from the bank of the Sacramento River in Old Sacramento.

Scenic Fence

We took the scenic route from Santa Cruz to Sacramento and captured this lovely view on Stage Road between Pescadero and San Gregorio.

Lake Tahoe Picture

Here's another picture from the nature walk we took at Taylor Creek. The south shore of Lake Tahoe is visible on the right.