Ah, the macro setting.
Flowers, give-away and author questions
We’re doing questions 8 – 10 on Long and Short Reviews. And there’s a raffle!
There are different questions for the erotic romance writers. Those are really interesting!
Beauty on a smoky day, Alpine Meadows
A forest fire in the foothills sends smoke over North Lake Tahoe. But with a some post processing we can enjoy the sun on the trees. 
After the storm, Alpine Meadows
Several people ran outside yesterday to take pictures. The amazing lighting and sky lasted for hours. There was a blue cast to all the trees that have smooth bark and to the granite. These photos are not enhanced except where noted.
Looking north
Smoky sunset, Alpine Meadows
I’ve found it challenging to capture the colors in the sky with my little camera. They wash out. Usually I have to post process to get them back. Last night, I took several shots and for some reason this one turned out. I did not process it and this is what the sky looked like.
I’m finally getting ready to graduate from my little point and click. I’m breaking out the DSLR and tripod and reading the manual soon. I guess I’ll get a backpack to tote it all around in. Not such a big deal, after all.
Flowers in front of A Sante Gym and Lake Tahoe
You can see a bit of the gym in the background here. In Tahoe City, A Sante is a really good gym. It’s $20 for a day pass but you’ll have a huge selection of freeweights, machines and contraptions I’ve never seen before like a rope pulling system. I watched a man use that one. You stand in front of it and pull a rope hand over hand as if you are climbing it, but instead you are lifting weights. It’s a very large machine with a thick rope that runs through pulleys. These flowers are in planter boxes in front of the gym.
See the bee? (The small camera I use doesn’t do macros well (haven’t tried the macro setting though), but I managed to get one in-focus shot of the bee.)
All the cardio equipment looks out at this view!
And there’s a sauna, if you have time to enjoy it.
Capitola and The Wharf Restaurant
In Capitola, you can park up on a bluff above the town at meters. These were filled so we parked on a side street beyond the meters then enjoyed the long walk down to the beach, the wharf, and the restaurant.
The light quality differs between the first photo and the rest. That’s because I white balanced and color enhanced the first one only. The others are as-is, straight off my Android phone camera.
The approach:
The restaurant:
The departure:
Raindrops
These were taken on an Android phone in Tahoe National Forest.
Alpine Meadows California, June 24 2013
Nicci Carrera 