Category Archives: Filtering

Sunset over the Vista Outlook

January 2, 2016 By JoelSax

11 August 2015 I used a star filter to capture this shot and silhouette of the foothills in Whiting Ranch.

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Mount Santiago and Four Corners

January 1, 2016 By JoelSax

11 August 2015 An experiment using two graduated filters, one on the top, one on the bottom. The vignetting is due to the stacking of the filters.

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Before the Fireworks

September 30, 2015 By JoelSax

July 4, 2015 The waiting for dark brought this.

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Oaks at Sunset

August 12, 2015 By JoelSax

May 3, 2015 I go by these trees all the time. The only thing I have not done is name them. What would be good names?

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Riders in the Sun

August 9, 2015 By JoelSax

May 3, 2015 I stood just shy of the summit of Dreaded Hill to get this shot.

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The Entrance to the Marsh

August 3, 2015 By JoelSax

May 2, 2015 The San Joaquin Wildlife Refuge is an artificial marsh developed by the Irvine Water District so that they would not be flushing clean — and thus sterile — water into the Upper Newport Bay. I lead a hike here every month. I did something experimental here: I used a yellow graduated filter. […]

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Edge of the World

July 31, 2015 By JoelSax

May 1, 2015. I have been experimenting with a set of graduated filters. Here I used a blue one to bring out the sky more clearly.

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Redscale Sunset

July 24, 2015 By JoelSax

April 18, 2015. This is cheating, of course, and about the only way I am going to get a sunset out of a black and white film. I used an eight-point star filter and redscale film to generate the effect. I hate this cell phone tower. Getting around it requires some acrobatics. Here, I just […]

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Blonde Riding a Coach

April 22, 2015 By JoelSax

This woman was riding a carriage filled with women singing Italian arias. Few people realize that Italian Americans supplied much of the work force in the mines and so did their part to tame the West. This is a very popular photo on flickr. Guess few people can resist a blonde who is publicly declaring […]

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