Lexus LF-LC Blue Concept

The Lexus LF-LC Blue Concept, which is spun off the Lexus LF-LC Concept shown earlier this year at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, made its formal debut at the 2012 Sydney Auto Show.  It gets a lighter body mass thanks to more carbon-fiber parts.  Lexus rates the LF-LC's hybrid drivetrain, dubbed Advanced Lexus Hybrid Drive, at 500 horsepower.

As seen at the recently concluded SF Auto Show at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA.

Images were captured through a vintage Pentax 50mm f/1.2 lens on a Canon EOS 30D.

Mini Golfers

Mini Golfers, a photo by jomak14 on Flickr.

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Some newer cameras make it even easier to create a tilt-shift effect in your image. This one was done using the Olympus E-P2's Art Filter Diorama. Just select the focal point and, voilà, your tilt-shift image is done!

(Explore: #363 on Saturday, November 10, 2012)

Leica Summilux 25mm f/1.4 on an OLYMPUS E-P2 (ART filter Diorama)
[ 0.002 sec (1/500) | f/4.0 | FLength 25 mm | ISO 200 ]

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Doorway After Doorway After Doorway...

Doorway After Doorway After Doorway..., a photo by jomak14 on Flickr.

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... and on & on & on it goes.

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LUMIX 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 on a G2
[ 0.3 sec | f/10 | FLength 14 mm | ISO 400 ]

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Bay Bridge

Bay Bridge, a photo by jomak14 on Flickr.

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(Explore: #70 on Sunday, October 28, 2012)

The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a pair of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay of California, in the United States. As part of Interstate 80 and the direct road route between San Francisco and Oakland, it carries approximately 270,000 vehicles per day on its two decks.[4] It has one of the longest spans in the world. ~ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_%E2%80%93_Oakland_Bay...

Tilt-shift images used to be a novelty. With the proliferation of software and apps that can manipulate the image, it has become ubiquitous and cliche. Happy Saturday!

LUMIX G Vario 45-200mm f/4-5.6 on a G2
[ 0.001 sec (1/2000) | f/6.3 | FLength 78mm | ISO 400 ]

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The Sign Says It All!

The Sign Says It All!, a photo by jomak14 on Flickr.

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Wipeout Bar & Grill is the San Francisco Bay Area’s wildly popular surfing restaurant. With their wide-open patio and outdoor bar, roaring fire pit, celebrity-signed surfboards and world-famous beach signs, Wipeout Bar & Grill is San Francisco’s killer hangout spot. ~ www.wipeoutbarandgrill.com/about/our-story/

Pentax 50mm f/1.2 on a 30D
[ 0.001 sec (1/2000) | f/1.2 | FLength 50 mm | ISO 100 | Manual exposure ]

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