Bella Vista Della Valle (Beautiful View of the Valley)

Here is the house where my sister's wedding was. I took a few HDR shots before guests arrived. The first four are multiple images stitched together for panoramic images. The first and third are three images stitched together. The second is six images stitched together. The fourth is two images, I shot the entrance to the house and could not get the chandler in the first shot so I tilted the camera back so I could get the chandler in the second shot, then I stitched them together.

My daughter was lucky enough play Paul McCatney's guitar located near the center of this image.

Quick Shot From My Sisters Wedding

Here is a quick shot from my sister Angela and new brother in law Ben Ink. Congratulations to the new couple!

Carlsbad Flower Field Nursery

This is in the nursery of the flower fields that the condo we stayed in overlooks. In fact the condo is in the image, it is the middle floor on the left.

Iron Zoo (Coalinga Pump Jacks)

The Iron Zoo is a collection of pumpjacks painted by Jean Dakessian along Highway 33 near Coalinga California in 1973.

Restored 1934 Richfield Service Station Colinga

This Richfield Service Station in Coalinga was built in 1934. In 1966 Richfield Oil Corporation  merged with Atlantic Petroleum to form Atlantic Richfield Company better known as ARCO. I could not get inside the fence to photograph the service station so I held my tripod snug to the iron fence surrounding the station. I had a similar problem when photographing the station in the post Wenatchee Gas Station Restored except I held the tripod straight up in the air and was lucky enough to get a good set of bracketed shots to make a HDR image. While processing this image I could not help but notice the gas station air hose bell, when I thought about how those disappeared during my lifetime and I had not even noticed. Gone are the days when you pull into a service station and hear a "ding ding" and someone runs out to pump your gas, clean your windshield and check your oil. I sure am glad that they are preserving those memories by restoring some of the old service stations. The service station is located next to the R.C. Baker Auto Museum at 297 W. Elm St. Coalinga, Ca 93210.