Cornerstone Sonoma

26 November 2011

The weekend after Thanksgiving I went in search of holiday events to take photos for my annual Christmas card. I stumbled upon Cornerstone Sonoma--a collection of gardens, shops, restaurants, and wine tasting rooms--just on the edge of Wine Country in Sonoma, California. They would have their "Lighting of the Snowmen" festival that evening, but I went up a little early to explore. Most of these I took during the day before the holiday festivities begun. As it would turn out, I chose one of the photos I took of "Garden Play" to use as my Christmas card and skipped on the ones I took at the actual holiday event!

All photos taken with my D300s and 17-55 f/2.8 or 85 f/1.4.

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Children's Garden, MIG, Nikon D300s, 55 mm, 1/500 sec at f/9.0, ISO 200

Children's Garden, MIG, Nikon D300s, 55 mm, 1/250 sec at f/13, ISO 200

Children's Garden, MIG, Nikon D300s, 48 mm, 1/160 sec at f/13, ISO 200

White Cloud, Andy Cao and Xavier Perrot, Nikon D300s, 55 mm, 1/200 sec at f/13, ISO 200

Earth Walk, Pamela Burton, Nikon D300s, 55 mm, 1/2000 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200

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Garden Play, Topher Delaney, Nikon D300s, 44 mm, 1/125 sec at f/11, ISO 320

Garden Play, Topher Delaney, Nikon D300s, 55 mm, 1/160 sec at f/11, ISO 200

Vineyard Lawn, Nikon D300s, 55 mm, 1/160 sec at f/11, ISO 200

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Garden of Visceral Serenity, Yoji Sasaki, Nikon D300s, 24 mm, 1/800 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200

Lily Pond, Nikon D300s, 55 mm, 1/125 sec at f/9.0, ISO 400

Garden of Contrasts, James van Sweden, Nikon D300s, 55 mm, 1/125 sec at f/16, ISO 1400

Red Lantern, Andy Cao and Xavier Perrot, Nikon D300s, 34 mm, 1/125 sec at f/11, ISO 280

Red Lantern, Andy Cao and Xavier Perrot, Nikon D300s, 38 mm, 1/125 sec at f/6.3, ISO 200

Red Lantern, Andy Cao and Xavier Perrot, Nikon D300s, 55 mm, 1/160 sec at f/8.0, ISO 200

Alsina Station Grill, Nikon D300s, 24 mm, 1/80 sec at f/2.8, ISO 2200

Lit snowflake outside Zipper store, Nikon D300s, 55 mm, 1/200 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200

Ornaments inside Tesoro shop, Nikon D300s, 55 mm, 1/125 sec at f/2.8, ISO 2000

Artefact Design & Salvage Store, Nikon D300s, 55 mm, 1/125 sec at f/2.8, ISO 1250

Artefact Design & Salvage Store, Nikon D300s, 24 mm, 1/80 sec at f/2.8, ISO 3200

Artefact Design & Salvage Store, Nikon D300s, 24 mm, 1/125 sec at f/2.8, ISO 320

Ropes and knots, Nikon D300s, 26 mm, 1/100 sec at f/2.8, ISO 3200

Artefact Design & Salvage Store, Nikon D300s, 26 mm, 1/125 sec at f/2.8, ISO 1000

Hanging lamps, Nikon D300s, 38 mm, 1/125 sec at f/2.8, ISO 2200

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Lights over the courtyard, Nikon D300s, 85 mm, 1/160 sec at f/2.0, ISO 200