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I have to applaud Bill on being able to capture this photo. Although I agree with the previous comments concerning how the photo is static and incorrectly exposed, I have to say that it was a good thing that Bill was in the right place at the right time with some form of photographic equipment. I find that too often I don't have a camera with me when I see something spectacular. Fortunately for us, there are beautiful pictures to be made everyday. I wonder if Bill took the picture with the Epic because he wanted to prove he could take a pretty picture with a P&S or a better camera wasn't available... I think it's a great shot for taken in a hurry with a P&S, but so much more could have been done with it.

These next three photographs of the moon were taken in the parking lot of my apartment complex.

Photos [8] to [19] were taken at Big Basin Redwood State Park. Marco and I were planning to walk along some trails and do a leisurely photo shoot when Marco heard the creek. We went down a short slope and stayed there to shoot the rest of the afternoon. We took photographs for a couple hours about 50 meters from the parking lot, never even getting farther than the public restroom.

This is an example of severe motion blur due to the 1/6 sec. exposure and handholding the camera.

The first 5 photos in this roll were taken in the middle of a very heavy and windy storm that rolled through the San Francisco Bay Area. I drove north along HWY 280 and took random exits where I thought pretty sites could be scene. Unfortunately, I was sick and did not want to leave my vehicle for any of the photos, so all were handheld resulting in motion blur.

This roll is an example of how a breakdown in methodical photography results in a series of uninteresting and sometimes ugly photographs. I shot these handheld with Fuji Press 800 with my camera on Aperature-Priority. Essentially, I used my camera as a point-and-shoot -- a task better suited for a point-and-shoot camera.

This is a relatively uninteresting photograph except the area in the middle, just left of center. I noticed the small arch and decided to isolate it for [8].

This is the last picture I took on this roll. The weather was getting worse and it was getting dark, so I decided to switch to faster film. This is my favorite of the roll. Photos [6] and [7] were taken next to a wire fence on the side of the road. The tripod was set up under the back hatch of my SUV to help shield from rain. While taking photo [6], I noticed the tiny arch that can be seen in the center, left of middle. I grabbed my Sigma 170-500mm and zoomed in as far as I could to crop the man-made (but historic) bridge out of the image, isolating the small arch and it's nearby rocks. I snapped the picture as a wave hit and then quickly packed up as the rain started to fall again.

These next three images, I think, are unremarkable. They are pictures of nice scenery.

I liked the textures on the foreground sand hill and decided to photograph them in contrast to the distant cliffs that were being obscured by the mist. It was a struggle to fit all the contrast into the film with the brilliant shades of white and blue in the clouds and the dark, brooding blacks and browns of the sand.

Someone walked into my frame just before my time delayed release triggered. I usually try to work on a tripod with my camera set to perform a time delayed release after two seconds in order to minimize motion blur from camera shake. Sometimes you get pictures with extras like this.

At first, I was trying to take a picture of the beach and the shoreline from my elevated position ontop of a hill of compressed sand. I waited for a while for a few people to wander out of the frame. Just then Cindy slowly made her way into my composition, and I took the picture. The vast, unending sea and the hard, rigid sand barrier does a good job framing Cindy's diminuative form. Unfortunately, the slide has some blemish in the top third, just left of center.