Looking at one photograph at a time
Hasselblad 500 C/M January 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale This is not the post that I had intended for today, as I was hit again with the Hasselblad Jamnation blues. Yesterday afternoon I picked up my 500 C/M after it was "repaired" and after some back and forth last night, loaded the A12 back with some... Continue Reading →
Tijeras Creek trail, December 2017* copyright Douglas Stockdale Captured on a day at the end of December last year as I began to experiment and play with the walks I was starting to embark on. Thought this might make a nice transition in my seven day Black & White Challenge from the beach back onto... Continue Reading →
Beach Study, Crystal Cove State Park, December* 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale While working on my next beach study for my black & white challenge, I started to see something interesting in the abstract shapes. Somewhat like finding faces or animals in the cloud formations. When I did a 180 degree inversion of the image, I realized I... Continue Reading →
Beach, Crystal Cove State Park, December* 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale - This seaweed and sand composition is the day three post for my Facebook black & white challenge. On my Instagram (@douglasstockdale) and Facebook post, I provided no explanation, and of course, no people are included in this photograph. As you might suspect by now,... Continue Reading →
Hawk, San Clemente, December* 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale Although I am interested in urban landscape, I don't usually include the wildlife in my photographs. Nevertheless, last December while golfing with my son-in-law and grandson, this hawk just seemed to want it's portrait taken. It landed on this adjacent tree and after one photograph, I walked... Continue Reading →
Crystal Cove State Park, December* 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale On Facebook, I was again tagged for a seven day Black & White Challenge, this time by the German based photographer Gabriele Harhoff. Where as previously last November I created some new images for this Challenge, this time I will be utilizing some black & white... Continue Reading →
Rain Puddle, Rancho Santa Margarita, January* 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale Puddle reflections, like window reflections, can be fascinating. The viewer is both looking in as well as looking beyond, a bit of found surrealism. With window reflections, the overlaying image is usually behind the photographer, thus a interesting potential metaphor about the "past". In this... Continue Reading →
Tijeras Creek trail, December* 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale As I posted earlier this month about my change of life style, one of the reasons I have started walking was to lose a little weight in order to be a bit more responsive when we go skiing next month. My first weight loss goal was 15... Continue Reading →
Signage, Arroyo Trabuco trail, January* 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale While walking the Arroyo Trabuco trail I have noticed a number of really deteriorated signs with a wire mesh that appeared to have covered the missing signage. All of these were in really bad condition, thus I could only speculate what was there. This seemed to provide... Continue Reading →
UXO sign, Plano Trabuco Target Area, January 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale While on one of my morning walks, I came across a posted sign for UXO that I had not realized was on the Arroyo Trabuco trail. A nice bit of serendipity as photographing this walking project reminded me of another photo project; my Gardening for... Continue Reading →
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