David Griffin Photography

Two years ago this April we we’re listening to the river pounding its way through our backyard (and part of our shoreline was, bit by bit, relocated to Concord).  Two years later and we’re in a bit of a drought.   I pulled this image from 2006, when the weather conditions were a bit similar.  Instead of a “Spring Freshet” we have a babbling brook…

If you like the above image you can download it to your computer and use it as your desktop or tablet wallpaper. A few of the common screen sizes are available:

Download the 1024×768 version here. (Perfect for your iPad)

Download the 1280×1024 version here.

Download the 1680×1050 version here.

Technical stuff:

Canon 1D Mark II, 24-70mm f/2.8 at 24mm and f/18. 8 second exposure. ISO 100. (filtering not recorded, likely a polarizer)

Processed with Lightroom 4: Moderate contrast enhancement, dust spot removal and some clever tweaking to hide some drops of water on the lens (one removed by cropping, see if you can “spot” the other spot.)

When did February arrive?   Where did January go?  Yikes!

Here’s an image taken a couple of weeks ago in the backyard.   Not a big departure from January’s I admit but I can’t help stare at water…

If you like the above image you can download it to your computer and use it as your desktop or tablet wallpaper. A few of the common screen sizes are available:

Download the 1024×768 version here. (Perfect for your iPad)

Download the 1280×1024 version here.

Download the 1680×1050 version here.

Technical stuff:

Canon 5D Mark II, 100-400mm f/4.5 at  f/9 and 250mm. 0.6 second exposure. ISO 160. (0.9 ND and polarizing filter)

Processed with Lightroom 3: bit of fill light and black point, clarity +43, vibrance +0.  (And I just noticed some dust spotting might have been useful…  sigh!)