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Road Through the Vineyard

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I’ve commented on it a few times. We had a magical long weekend in Yakima Valley. It was a few years back.  We were in the middle of a photog class and the missus’ project was HDR photos.  I’m not sure how we managed it, but we discovered a relatively remote set of vineyards. It was just about an hour before sunset.   She took some really incredible shots, these have to be the best memories of that weekend.

We also went to ~6 wineries, which always makes me happy.

Canon 7D | Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 | 17mm | f/4.0 | 1/3200th | ISO100

WA State Vineyards

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I didn’t think I would say this. I’m having some very fond memories of our trip to the Yakima Valley last year.  We went for a photo project, but we also tasted some great WA State wines.  Highlight of the trip for me was Hedges Winery, they have some absolutely great wines for really good value.  My favorite is the Hedges Family Estate – a wonderful wine for a mere $25/bottle.

Nice wines.  I’ll have some next time I get back to WA State.  This wasn’t taken at Hedges, but at a vineyard just down the road.

Canon EOS 7D | Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 | 55mm | 1/160th | ISO100

Sunset and vineyards and mountains

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Hi all – I’m sending this from our new digs (temporary housing) from our new country (way down under).  Couldn’t be more excited to be down here and having new opportunities to travel and take photos.  We (the other half of Paul Rin) have been plotting and scheming on new places to travel.  We are proposing a new project – Beaches of the South Pacific – and yes, that’s just a great reason to get me to more beaches…

Today’s photo goes back to last spring and to Yakima.  We are still unclear on what mountain that is in the distance, but pretty sure it’s Mount Rainier. This photo was taken at about 8:30 PM, as the spring day was winding down.  Looking forward to more very different vineyard lands in the near future.

Canon 7D | Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 | 55mm | f/4.0 | 1/160th | ISO100

Sun Rays over the vineyard

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For our anniversary this year, we went out to Yakima Valley for a combination of wine tasting and photo-taking.  We were wrapping up our 10-week photography class, and we had to submit the Final Project the following week.

First of all, doing wine tasting in Yakima Valley is pretty difficult. There are ~5 or 6 distinct sets of sub-regions. These sub-regions can be over 70 miles apart at either end.  The second issue is that there are some ‘can’t miss’ wineries and there are some, well, that can be missed.

For one of our projects, we were doing HDR landscapes. After a day of drinking wine (excuse me, ‘tasting’), we enjoyed the end of the day over some vineyards.  Today’s shot is nearing the end of the day, but not quite sunset.  Not really sure who’s vineyard this is, but the sun was perfect and my wine-buzz was just right.

Canon 7D | Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 | 17 mm | f/5.6 | 1/3200 seconds | ISO100