Some calm between El Niño storms. A trip down the coast to Santa Cruz provided this lovely view of a roadside tree speeding motorists probably barely notice.
Taking advantage of all the very latest in Software available. Three RAW Frames converted and fully processed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5, Tone Mapped with the latest version of Photomatix Pro Vs. 4.2.7 and converted with Nik's Silver Efex Pro 2, as an additional Plug-In to LR5. Software just goes on getting better and better. I had to buy a new PC with 16 GB's RAM to handle the data quickly.
During this exposure a cycler with his headlight on approached and passed ~ on the top level, there is a small curving arch of light and some extra light at the top of the frame - these are both from the passing sky train. I thought they gave this exposure a bit more interest. There were a few exposures spoiled from the jarring vibrations of the skytrain, which seemed to come every couple of minutes.
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