So finally we have 72 degrees and a glorious sunset from South Beach looking across Biscayne bay and seeing Miami skyline
Pictures taken with iPhone

   

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My home network setup in this picture.
It may look nerdy and geeky to most but to my real Mac geek friends this is the kind of envy that make them drool.
You do not have any backup unless you have backup in 3 places including one off site.
I have both Backblaze and jungle disk working

The entrance to Sterling wine vineyards is spectacular.
Here are two versions of the same images.
The first is a High Dynamic Range on a cloudy day

Second is a Black and white version of same.

The entrance to Sterling wine vineyards is spectacular.
Here are two versions of the same images.
The first is a High Dynamic Range on a cloudy day

Second is a Black and white version of same.

January Sunsets are rare but beautiful.
Today, on Football playoff day the skies were crisp and clear after the snowstorm last night. Snow was on deck chairs and tables, lake is frozen for the season. Here are 2 images at and just after sunset.

Then few minutes later

Last night it was a blue moon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon)
over the bay, well almost Blue Moon, real one in tonight. But none the less the effect was spectacular. See for yourself. You can see lights of Berkeley across, on this crisp night.

It was a gorgeous sky yesterday when we were trying 5 different Champagnes at Gloria Ferrer, a must visit , when you go to Carneros valley, (http://www.gloriaferrer.com/ ). Here from the terrace besides trying their Sonoma Dry Jack cheeses, Olive Taponade, excellent olive oils on breads made there, I took the Pano to memorialize the moment.
If you want to see this in full glory go to

Here is a high Dynamic Image from Gloria Ferrer winery in Carneros in Sonoma

Last summer july I wanted working on a photographic technic known as Bokeh,(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh)
Here somethings are in extreme sharp focus while things just behind are out of focus and this is best done by a Lensbaby (http://www.lensbaby.com/) tilt-shift lenses.
So I got my favorite beautiful model, our grand daughter Uma.

here is the link

In my series of 'coming out of frame' pictures here is one of Uma