Deer Trail on the Hillside

Marty CohenCarmel Valley, Landscape, Trees6 Comments

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Deer Trail on the Hillside

Deer Trail on the Hillside, Carmel Valley

This is a beautiful hillside next to the road that runs down into the area in which we live. This hillside is covered with majestic old Oak trees and California Buckeye trees (which are just beginning to get their green leaves for this year). We have quite a few deer that travel in our area and can often be seen on trails like this one along our hillsides and behind our house. In addition to the families of deer, we have families of wild turkeys that seem to like this hillside.

The photo was taken with my new Canon EOS 6D, EF24-105mm f/4L IS lens, 1/2000 sec at f/5, ISO 1000 captured on a Lexar 400x SDXC UHS-1 memory card.

Door at Georis Winery

Marty CohenArchitecture, Carmel Valley7 Comments

Door at Georis Winery

Door in the courtyard of Georis Winery Carmel Valley

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I have a new camera and lens, a Canon 6D with a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens. It’s really the camera I’ve been dreaming of having, so I was excited to be able to go out and test it. This is my first real test image taken with the new camera. It really takes very sharp beautiful images and I like how this test photo came out. I did do some work on it in Photoshop, but only some minor enhancements.

One of the locations I’ve been wanting to go shoot is the courtyard that’s part of the Goeris Winery in Carmel Valley Village. It’s a beautiful space with some great old wooden doors and stone and brick walls. I’m really happy with this first real test and look forward to getting out to experiment more very soon.

For those who are interested in the camera settings, Canon 6D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens at 73mm, 1/100 sec at f/13 ISO 1250 (this camera has built in noise reduction so I can now use very high ISO setting in low light with little to no noise in the image).

The Kids at New Years

Marty CohenFood Photography, Japanese New Year Celebration 2013, Kids10 Comments

We love having the kids come and have fun together while we’re preparing for our annual Japanese New Years celebration. This year, Reiko, Jake and Luke had a chance to do that. We have GREAT KIDS in our family and we missed the ones who couldn’t make it!

If you click on the first image in the top left corner, it will be enlarged then you can click on the arrow beneath the enlarged image to go to the next one.

Sushi Variety 2013

Marty CohenFood Photography, Japanese New Year Celebration 2013, Sushi8 Comments

This is a variety of the types of sushi the family made for our 2013 Japanese New Year celebration. If you click on the first one in the top left corner, it will be enlarged then you can click on the arrow beneath the enlarged image to go to the next image. The caption beneath each enlarged image will give you the type of fish in that sushi.

If you want to know more about the different types of sushi, get this free iPhone app:

Ozoni 2013

Marty CohenFood Photography, Japanese New Year Celebration 20134 Comments

Ozoni 2013

Ozoni 2013

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It is a common Japanese tradition to have the first meal of the New Year be Ozoni. It is a soup that always contains mochi (a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and molded into the desired shape). It’s usually flavored by dashi and contains shiitake mushrooms, as well as leafy vegetables, scallions, and kamaboko (a fish cake served in a half-moon shape). There seem to be various reasons why it is the first meal of the new year. Some include, insuring a happy new year to come, strength and prosperity, and good fortune. Whatever the reasons, we look forward to having this very delicious food.

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