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Photos shared during UCSD PhIG monthly meetings

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17 Sep 2025 Themes Still Life, Flash, Storytelling: Gary

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Gary recently returned from a Highway 395 solo excursion with his kayak and shared some wonderful images from his trip. Although he photographed the Sept 7th moonrise under the Coronado Bridge, he preferred his great images of moonset over the Eastern Sierras from Lone Pine. Photographing the moon setting at sunrise is a recent alternative of shooting the moon that we are exploring. A balanced exposure is less challenging when photographing the moon setting at sunrise. Plus it’s westward so it opens up a whole new set of foreground elements, like Mt Whitney. Other images from his trip are always historical, educational and fascinating. He also shared a flash photo taken on film where he had some help illuminating a ship with a flash during a long exposure aka ‘flash painting’.

17 Sep 2025 Themes Moonrise & Still Life/Storytelling: Jim

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Jim spent most of his time post-processing the Sept 7th Harvest Moon rising under/over the Coronado Bridge. When the moon first rose above the horizon, the ambient blue hour light and moonlight were pretty well balanced. Later, as the moon rose, the brightness of the moon required compositing a darker moon photo with a bridge image. He briefly demonstated a new (to him) Photoshop layer blending technique that helped feather the moon’s edge with the brighter moonrays.
For storytelling and still life images, he shared images from the Oceanside Museum of Art Fabulous Fabric exhibition. Combining several ‘storytelling’ images of the locale, plus detailed images of some art displayed.

17 Sep 2025 Themes Still Life & Storytelling: Heather

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Heather share a variety of still life ‘formats’ – classical and storytelling. Her garden images tells of a abundant seasonal harvest. Her ‘classic-style’ tabletop still life images are excellent and humorous. She also had a beautiful abstract pattern image that was hard to decipher – mold.
The cherry tomato and peppers still life was one of the best images shared. Her explanation of cooling down the Japanese beetle in the refrigerator so they would ‘pose’ for a short time was entertaining and educational. Her bug & book still lifes were also favorites of the meeting.

17 Sep 2025 Themes Still Life: Cathy

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Cathy shared some beautiful still life images, especially different variations of a sunflower composition. Her ‘loving books’ still life was a lesson in composition with particular notice given the angle of the book and its lighting. Her three sunflowers photos got a bunch of feedback with pretty much everyone in the group preferring the tighter black & white composition.
Getting feedback from the group is one of the best things about sharing images with other photographers. Participants sometimes provide a different interpretation, notice details, and can reaffirm your intent.