my wallpaper photo of the week

Every Monday, I’ll post the photo, that will be my Desktop background for one week. I’ll give a description of the subject, where it was taken and what the camera settings were (if I remember them). All photos will be taken by myself. I’ll release them in the highest availble quality. If you like a photo, you can download it for your personal use. Each photo contains a watermark with my name and year.

2017

• Weekly Wallpaper Week 03

Wallpaper Week 03/2017

About the Image

The image was taken on my iPhone 7 Plus with Microsoft Pix. Finishing touches with Adobe Lightroom 6.8. Sunset in Santa Cruz last Sunday (01/15/2017)



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• Weekly Wallpaper Week 04/2017

Wallpaper Week 04/2017

About the Image

Happy Monday!

This week, I have again a photo from Santa Cruz, CA. I’ve taken this photo on 01/15/2017, during my Sunday trip to the beach. The image was taken with a Sony Alpha A7II and the 28-70 mm Lens (70mm, f/9, 1⁄200, ISO 100).

The photo was slightly rotated to have straight vertical lines. I used the Lightroom Blue Hi-Contrast Filter for B/W conversion.



Santa Cruz Wharf

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• Weekly Wallpaper Week 05/2017

Happy Monday!

About the Image

As you can see: I love Santa Cruz!. This photo was taken on 02/14/2016. I spent the long weekend with my family in Santa Cruz. We stayed close to that beautiful beach and spent the afternoon in the sun.

The image was taken with a Sony Alpha A7II and the 28-70 mm Lens (53mm, f/9, 1⁄250, ISO 100).

I used Lightroom to crop the image a little bit. I made some adjustements on the white balance and bumped the sharpness slightly up.



Santa Cruz Beach

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• Weekly Wallpaper Week 06/2017

Wallpaper Week 06/2017

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About the Image

Last Sunday I was spending some time walking around the football field at our middle school. The weather wasn’t that great. Grey and cloudy skies and lots of gusty winds. Then my little daughter showed up with some daisies she has picked from the field. It looked so fragile, how she was holding the tiny flowers in her little hands. Squeezed between her little fingers. Her purple jacket and the blue ball made were a great colorful subject that day.

The image was taken with a Sony Alpha A7II and the 28-70 mm Lens (44mm, f/4.5, 1⁄160, ISO 125).

I used Lightroom 6.8 to crop the image. I sharpened the image a little bit and reduced some luminance noise.



Daisy in little hands.

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• Weekly Wallpaper Week 07/2017

Wallpaper Week 07/2017

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I spent last Tuesday in San Jose, CA at the bi-annual Adobe developer conference that took place in the San Jose Convention Center. The evening of the second day usually ends with the TechFair. Teams are showing off what they are working on. That’s the most interesting part of the whole conference. You get some ideas about what is going on in the company and where we are heading. The whole decoration for the venue was using glow sticks all over the place. People wore them, some large glow sticks were hanging from the ceiling.

About the Image

The image was taken with a Sony Alpha A7RII and the FE 24-70mm F4 ZA O (25mm, f/4.0, 1⁄60, ISO 4000).

I used Adobe Lightroom 6.8 to sharpen the image and reduce some luminance noise.



Glow in the Dark.

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• Weekly Wallpaper Week 08/2017

Wallpaper Week 08/2017

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I spent last Weekend in Yosemite, CA. It was a birthday present that my wife gave me. No children, away from home and time to attend a photography class in Yosemite. The class was organized from the Ansel Adams Gallery.

The class was 4 hours long and I took a lot of shots during the class. It was a lot of experimentation with the camera. How to deal with over-exposure, composition, color, white balancing, experiments with aperture priority, etc.

The photo was taken outside the national park. On the way to Yosemite Valley, I stopped on this little bridge. I went down to the river and tried several things with the camera. I enjoyed the white noise of the rushing river. Then I discovered the stone pyramid that somebody left behind. I like those pyramids. They look fragile and solid at the same time. And it seems, that the recent storms didn’t do any harm to it.

About the Image

The image was taken with a Sony Alpha A7RII and the FE 24-70mm F4 ZA O (25mm, f/4.0, 1⁄60, ISO 4000).

I used Adobe Lightroom 6.8 to sharpen, crop and increase the contrast of the image.



Static Flow.

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• Weekly Wallpaper Week 09/2017

Wallpaper Week 09/2017

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New York February 2005. I arrived in New York for a weekend stop over on the way to San Francisco. I wanted to visit the The Gates in Central Park.

I was hoping for some snow during the night and some sun for Saturday morning. I wanted to capture the glowing orange fabric surrounded by the bright white environment. When I woke up Saturday morning, I was surprised to see that both wishes had come true. There was sun and snow! Awesome.

About the Image

The image was taken with a Canon EOS 10D and the Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 SP XR Di LD Aspherical (28mm, f/6.7, 1⁄250, ISO 100).

I used Adobe Lightroom 6.8 to sharpen, crop and increase the contrast of the image. I reduced the saturation for all colors except orange.



Orange Gates.

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