A Quick Trip to San Francisco

Last week, I was in Palo Alto for work.  One evening, we took a quick drive into San Francisco to shoot the sunset.  We had a couple of locations in mind, but unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate.  So, we ended up at the Golden Gate Bridge for a bit and managed to to grab a few good shots of the bridge in the fog.

After shooting the bridge and then grabbing some dinner, we stopped by Lombard street and spent a little bit of time shooting some long exposures.

While on our way through the city, headed back to Palo Alto, we passed the San Francisco City Hall.  The building was lit in support of the victims of the Orlando shooting.  We had to stop and grab a couple of shots.

A Few Birds

I'm traveling this week, spending a little time in St. Louis.  This afternoon, we had a little time between commitments, so we stopped by the World Bird Refuge to see what we could find.  In addition to wild birds, the facility treats and cares for injured and ill birds.  They have a lot of these birds on display for easy viewing.  We didn't have a lot of time to shoot, but it was fun to spend a bit of time with these cool birds.

By the way, I was traveling light on this trip, so these were shot with my EOS M3 and the EF-M 55-200mm lens.  It was fun spending a bit of time getting more familiar with this kit.  I haven't looked through all of the images yet, but I'm pretty happy with what I've seen so far.

First Images with the EOS M

I've had the opportunity to do a bit of shooting yesterday out on Antelope Island with the new Canon EOS M3 camera and EF-M lenses.  Overall, I really enjoyed my shooting experience.  The camera is small, compact, and very light.  I found the AF to be very responsive and the metering system handle some tough challenges very well.  I'm looking forward to spending more time with this camera and I'd be willing to bet that it will become a new travel companion.

Just in case you wondered which lenses were used for which images, I've added the info to each image.
And, if you click on the images, you can see a bigger version of them.

The articulating screen came in really handy for this shot.

I used the EF - EF M adaptor to grab this shot.

This is a 7 shot panorama, combined in Lightroom.  This is more than a 180º view.
See the bits of road on each side?  That is the same road which runs fairly straight behind where I was standing.