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buffalo wild wings [Day 2330]

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Went to the new Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in town tonight. The place sure was packed, but thankfully, not as bad as when they first opened. It’s nice how they have a ton of different sauces for the wings. Definitely want to try a few more varieties.

Buffalo Wild Wings sign | photograph by Brian J. Matis

buffalo wild wings [Day 2330]
Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 139 – Total Days: 2,330
iPhone 5s | ISO 32 | 4.15mm | f/2.2 | 1/30 sec

untitled [Day 2329]

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If only I knew what kind of plant this was, perhaps then I could have a title for this photo…

green plant | photograph by Brian J. Matis

untitled [Day 2329]
Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 138 – Total Days: 2,329
Fuji X100s | ISO 1600 | 23mm | f/2.8 | 1/750 sec

circuitry [Day 2328]

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Why yes, it is another photograph of the inside of my computer. What can I say; I think it looks interesting!

circuitry | photograph by Brian J. Matis

circuitry [Day 2328]
Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 137 – Total Days: 2,328
Canon 5D | ISO 5000 | 50mm | f/2.2 | 1/40 sec

Halter Ranch [Day 2327]

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Went to a wine tasting event at Halter Ranch today. Great location, great company, and great wine!

Halter Ranch wine tasting | photograph by Brian J. Matis

Halter Ranch [Day 2327]
Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 136 – Total Days: 2,327
iPhone 5s | ISO 80 | 4.15mm | f/2.2 | 1/30 sec

GTX 970 [Day 2326]

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Installed my new Geforce GTX 970 graphics card tonight. Nice upgrade from my 660. Checked out Dragon Age: Inquisition and was getting buttery smooth frame rates on ultra settings. This must be what automotive junkies feel like when they make modifications to their car.

GTX 970 | photograph by Brian J. Matis

GTX 970 [Day 2326]
Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 135 – Total Days: 2,326
Canon 6D | ISO 640 | 50mm | f/4.0 | 1/80 sec

heat sink [Day 2325]

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Did some cleaning inside my computer case yesterday night. Makes me want to get some good photographs of the interior, but didn’t really have time for that tonight. So just a quick one without any decent lighting. Tomorrow, I should be getting a new graphics card to put in, so I’ll have to get some nicer photos when I do that.

computer heat sink | photograph by Brian J. Matis

heat sink [Day 2325]
Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 134 – Total Days: 2,325
Fuji X100s | ISO 3200 | 23mm | f/2.8 | 1/80 sec

spring [Day 2324]

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Pretty flowers on a spring evening and a 300mm zoom lens: that’s basically cheating when it comes to making a pleasant photo…

spring | photograph by Brian J. Matis

spring [Day 2324]
Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 133 – Total Days: 2,324
Canon 6D | ISO 640 | 220mm | f/5.0 | 1/640 sec

beams [Day 2323]

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Spotted a big stack of wooden beams for a construction project near the neighborhood Mexican restaurant I went to for dinner tonight. Thought the overall texture and color contrast between the edges and tops of the beams was visually interesting.

wooden beams | photograph by Brian J. Matis

beams [Day 2323]
Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 132 – Total Days: 2,323
iPhone 5s | ISO 50 | 4.15mm | f/2.2 | 1/120 sec

end of the road [Day 2322]

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Taken during a short after work photowalk around the neighborhood. I loved how the setting sunlight highlighted the edges of this path up the hill.

Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 131 – Total Days: 2,322 Canon 6D | ISO 200  | 55mm | f/4.0 | 1/800 sec

end of the road [Day 2322]
Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 131 – Total Days: 2,322
Canon 6D | ISO 200 | 55mm | f/4.0 | 1/800 sec

Big Sur Camping Trip

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Just got back from a wonderful four-day camping trip up in Big Sur, CA. Had some rain the first night, but fortunately, not until after camp was mostly set up. Got to spend a lot of time hiking, sitting around a crackling fire, cooking hot dogs and hamburgers, drinking beer, checking out Nepenthe and the Hawthorne gallery, driving the twisty turns of Highway One, reading, seeing Julie Pfeiffer Burns state park, enjoying a delicious breakfast at Deetjen’s (best Eggs Benedict anywhere!) and more.

I even made sure to completely turn off my phone upon arrival, once I discovered that I was actually able to get about a bar or two of signal occasionally at camp. No intrusions or diversions from the normal world for me. It was glorious.

And since I had no connectivity, it’s now time to get caught up on sharing photo of the day for the past three days. I think I’ll just take care of that in one post.

redwood | photograph by Brian J. Matis

redwoods [Day 2319]
Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 128 – Total Days: 2,319
Fuji X100s | ISO 200 | 23mm | f/2.8 | 1/60 sec

 

highway one | photograph by Brian J. Matis

highway one [Day 2320]
Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 129 – Total Days: 2,320
Fuji X100s | ISO 200 | 23mm | f/2.8 | 1/1100 sec

 

stream behind Deetjen's | photograph by Brian J. Matis

stream behind Deetjen’s [Day 2321]
Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 130 – Total Days: 2,321
Fuji X100s | ISO 200 | 23mm | f/2.8 | 1/75 sec

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