Frozen leaves, Auburn, California.
These leaves were just too pretty to not get noticed. I found them lying in a ditch in my neighborhood, during my early morning walk.
To get this color effect, I used the "Direct Positive" preset in Adobe Lightroom 2.1. I also set the "clarity" to +100 in the development module.
This photo was also shot on my Nikon D300 at ISO 6400. This was a low-light situation and I didn't have a tripod with me. So, I decided it was another good opportunity to experiment with the higher ISO's on the Nikon D300.
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Frozen leaves, Auburn, California.
These leaves were just too pretty to not get noticed. I found them lying in a ditch in my neighborhood, during my early morning walk.
To get this color effect, I used the "Direct Positive" preset in Adobe Lightroom 2.1. I also set the "clarity" to +100 in the development module.
This photo was also shot on my Nikon D300 at ISO 6400. This was a low-light situation and I didn't have a tripod with me. So, I decided it was another good opportunity to experiment with the higher ISO's on the Nikon D300.
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Portrait of Maya Bussinger #3, Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
Portrait of Maya Bussinger #1, Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
Portrait of Maya Bussinger #2, Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
Love Comes Softly movie set at the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
To get this look, I used the Antique Grayscale preset in Lightroom 2.1. Although I liked the scene in color, I wanted to see what it would look like using this amazing preset. This is the same preset I used on this photo of the "Three Amigos."
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Maile Brossa taking her first solo paragliding flight, Cronan Ranch Regional Trails park, Pilot Hill, California.
Three Amigos horseback riding at the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
This photo needed a lot of help, before I could put it on the Blog. First of all, it was taken at the worst possible time of day; just a little past noon at the beginning of our hike.
I went ahead and took this photo anyway, because I really liked the composition and the story telling image that it is. It tells a story of three amigos heading out for a trail ride at the Cronan Ranch. [click to continue…] 
Group of women horseback riding at the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
Wow, I didn't realize there was more than 1 all female group out for a trail ride that day.
If I remember correctly, this group does this every year on New Year's Day. Sounds good to me. Anyone have an extra horse for next year?
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Donna Bussinger hiking at the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
Woman paragliding over the Cronan Ranch, Pilot Hill, California.
There were horseback riders; lot's of them. There were mountain bikers. There were hikers. Then, there were the paragliders.
Come to find out the Cronan Ranch is quite the popular spot for paragliding. There were several paragliders leaping off of the ridge the day of our hike. I think the most interesting thing about it was watching the horses watch the paragliders.
The woman in this photo was having the best ride while we were there. She was also the most colorful and photogenic.
I don't know who she was, but I hope she or someone she knows stumbles across this photo of her someday!
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Update: I was just contacted by Philip Green, who knows who this woman is. Her name is Maile Brossa. She was here visiting from Paris France with her instructors the Acrotwins, who just happen to be the #1 acro paraglider pilots in the USA. To top that off, this was also Maile's first solo flight!
You can read Philip's comment at the bottom of this post. 