Dinorsaur, Jurupa Mountains Culteral Center, Riverside, CA

Dinorsaur, Jurupa Mountains Culteral Center, Riverside, CA, originally uploaded by SoLostAndFound / Bill Lindsay.

So I am driving, you know I do a lot of that.  And for some reason I am on the 60 heading east.  I don't normally use that part of the 60, but i was.  And all my life I can remember going to the Jurupa Culteral Center and I never noticed this Metal Dinosaur.  I think it was the clouds behind.  I loved the idea of the shot, but the out come did not look like I had wanted.  The clouds had a smoggy tinge and the dirty look to them was not something I can remove in photoshop.  I am love the idea of photoshop, but I tend to live in Aperature and shoot to stay there.  Masking and such is just too much.  I want to play with it, I just don't want to play with it.  I know that makes no sense, but if I was speaking the tone of that would have come through loud and clear.  Here are a few out takes.

Thanks for looking.

EXIF Data,

Camera:	Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture:	f/6.3
Focal Length:	300 mm
ISO Speed:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV

Day 14, Dinosaur, Cabazon

Day 14, Dinosaur, Cabazon, originally uploaded by solostandfound.

The fires in Southern California last month were all the news. They were so destructive and caused so much harm. They also made for some wild sunsets. I drive from Riverside out to the Palm Springs area every other week for my job. Near Cabazon and the new casino, there are these old relics of the car based travel of Southern California. There are two dinosaures that are there to get you to pull off and buy food. They are open for a tour if you want. As I was driving home, the smoke from the fires was showing that this would be different sunset. It looked as if a volcano or something had gone off. So this seemed the perfect time to stop and shoot this. Below is a normal version and I think you will enjoy my friends shot he took at night.

TREX_IN_CABAZON, originally uploaded by EL_Scouter.

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Camera:	Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture:	f/11
Focal Length:	54 mm
ISO Speed:	400
Exposure Bias:	0/3 EV