Artesa

[Adsos Letter]

My youngest daughter's in-laws came up from SoCal and spent a couple of days with us. We took them out to Artesa, a winery in the Carneros region. I had not been out there before and was unprepared for the vistas, having only brought my 50mm lens (75mm equivalent on this camera) so I could concentrate on some portrait shots of family. One of these days I'll go back out there and remember to bring the wide angle, or at least the 35mm prime.

Stairway to Artesa:

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Artesa I:

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Artesa II:

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Barrel Bands:

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Reflecting Pools:

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Even the 35mm would have helped here, as backing up any further would have put me into the pool in the image above:

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. These are very effective photos, my dear Adsos Letter!

I love what you've done here. The relative close-ups are beautiful...

Your dilemma is exactly why I love my zoom! No lens changing required and a lot of flexibility.

Still, I get you. Don't denigrate your pictures!

They are stunning.

[Adsos Letter]

2. Thanks, California Peggy.

It was really cold and breezy out there as the sun was setting (by really cold I mean upper 30's-low 40's, which I'm sure DUer's in harsher locales would scoff at) so we spent most of our time inside tasting.

I have an 18-55mm kit lens (which I didn't bring with me) but I've been looking for something in the 24mm range that doesn't cost too much.

[Curmudgeoness]

3. My favorite is Artesa I.

I can see why you were wishing for a wide angle lens. But that photo gives the feel for the place.

This looks like a wonderful place. I like all the photos. There were some dramatic clouds in some of them.

[Adsos Letter]

5. Thanks, Curmudgeoness.

It's one of the more impressive wineries in the region, in my opinion, but they pour millions into these things, so it has a lot of competition.

I wish I could post some of the b&w portrait-type images I got, but I have been chastised for sharing without permission in the past, so... .

[NV Whino]

4. Nice shots

I haven't been there since before it was called something else, which I forget.

I've always loved that staircase and waterway. And now I know what to do with my wine barr l hoops.

[Adsos Letter]

6. It was Codorniu Napa before Artesa.

I took these the weekend after Christmas, when we had that cold snap.

[alfredo]

7. Nice job!

[Adsos Letter]

8. Thank you, alfredo.

Like you once told me, get out and take lots and lots of photos.

[Binkie The Clown]

9. I like the B&W shots the best.

But then I have a soft spot for B&W. Dramatic skies, nice tonal balance. I like them very much.

[Adsos Letter]

10. Thank you, Binkie.

I am really warming to B&W. And CaliforniaPeggy's thread on shooting in RAW has prompted me to set my camera up for RAW, so perhaps I'll be able to get better detail in some of the darker areas. I've been shooting JPEG Fine.

[Binkie The Clown]

11. What I especially like about RAW

is that you can adjust the exposure in Lightroom after the shot is taken. The data has so much depth that you can coax out details that were lost in JPG.

[Adsos Letter]

12. Just messed with it a bit today.

Last edited Mon Jan 25, 2016, 12:09 AM - Edit history (1)

Took this image. Nothing special, but it certainly had more there to work with than the JPEG version. Nikkor 85mm f/1.8, a bit out of focus (no onboard VR) handheld. There was more I could have pulled from the shadows, but I wanted the contrast:

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Edit: this was cropped from a larger image, represents about 25% of the original.

I think this will prove interesting.