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An evening on the lake from my Grebe trip earlier this month.
Nikon Df| Nikkor 20mm f/1.8g| Delkin Digital Film| PS CC 2015
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Tag: Sunset
Thursday Doors 18/52 Historic Alviso Revisited
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I went out to Alviso, CA this past week to look for a Little Stint which is a shorebird, and very rare to this area. I didn’t see the Little Stint unfortunately, but I did see a neat rusty, and sagging door at the old Bayside Canning Company. This Canning Company has been closed since 1936. I blogged a little about the Canning Co. & town here.
The city is letting the buildings decay, and they are currently being used by the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory.
The Little Stint has been hanging around the Western Sandpipers, and I did see some that were close to me. Sadly the Little Stint wasn’t hanging out with this group.
There are deck walkways that take you right across the top of the marsh and you leave
the deck via a facade like doorway to the levy’s that surround the ponds. You can walk around these or just gaze at the view. Back in September 2009 I happened to be there early in the evening for Golden Hour; it was gorgeous.
Top two images- Nikon D700| Nikkor 200-500mm| Lexar Professional Digital Film| PS CC 2015
Bottom Image- Nikon D90| Nikkor 70-300mm VR| SanDisk Digital Film| PS CC 2015
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Sunset on Mt Diablo Range
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I went for a short hike Sunday evening with friends, and found it super cold and windy up in the mountains above the valley floor. There were so many beautiful wildflowers up there, but it was so windy I only made a few images of flowers. Macro photography and wind just don’t play nice with each other.
Nothing to do then, but find a composition and wait for Golden Hour, and hope that the clouds that rolled in don’t block up the sun and we get some color.
My fingers got so cold I couldn’t feel the heat from my hand warmers, and I was having trouble feeling my shutter button. After Golden Hour myself and a friend called it and started back down the hill to the car. About halfway down the colors in the sky popped. I had to stop to photograph it.
I hiked down pretty fast after the sun sunk behind the mountains, and once in my car I cranked the heater as high as it would go, and waited for another friend who drove up with me. She and several others braved the cold and wind further up the trail.
I’m glad I didn’t hike back to the car earlier. I would have missed this!
Nikon Df| Nikkor 17-35mm| Delking Digital Film| Tripod| PS CC 2015 & On1 Photo 10| Single exposure
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Sunset Morro Bay Harbor
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I hope everyone had a lovely Holiday week-end. Our’s was really nice.
This was our sunset Saturday evening in Morro Bay, CA. That’s Morro Rock a 581ft Volcanic Plug at the entrance to Morro Bay Harbor.
A volcanic plug is a remnant volcanic neck. There are 13 volcanic intrusive units that form these plugs,lava domes, and sheetlike intrusions from Morro Rock to Islay Hill 18 miles southeast. Wikipedia has more information about the rock here. It sure is pretty in the evening with good light and color.
Thanks everyone for the lovely comments, and well wishes for our Anniversary! We appreciate everyone of them.
I’m beginning to get caught up with emails, and blogs.
Nikon Df| Nikkor 24-70mm| Delkin Digital Film| Tripod| PS CC 2015 & On1 Photo 10
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Sunset Martin’s Beach
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I had the pleasure of joining a favorite Meet-Up group at Martin’s Beach near Half Moon Bay Saturday evening. The waves were amazing. They crashed against the rocks with fantastic booms, and they made cracking sounds as they came rushing toward the shore. I’d never heard that before. It was like ice cracking. Have you heard that sound in the ocean before?
The waves were higher than I expected; I got soaked up to mid calf. My high top hiking boots, socks, long underwear and pants were soaked.
I took off my boots and socks and spent the rest of the shoot barefoot. I should have taken my Wellies! I was quick to get my camera/tripod rig up above my knees more than once during our time here. 🙂
The atmosphere was incredible while we were there. When we arrived the sun was hidden behind thick clouds, but trying so hard to burn a hole through them, then the fog rolled in, bringing more wind, and a light rain of sand and spray. It was take a shot, clean the lens, cover the camera, and lens, take a shot, clean the lens over and over again. Then about 20 minutes later the fog mostly cleared out leaving a thin layer of damp and mist in the air.
This was taken right before the sun set completely. I was hoping for more color, but I won’t complain. It was beautiful, and really nice to hang out with friends I hadn’t seen in awhile.
I got my tripod in the shower and cleaned off straight-away, but I’m off now to clean my filter, lens, and probably my sensor since I have more spots of dust I’m cloning out than I like.
I hope you’re all having a lovely Sunday!
Nikon Df| Nikkor 24-70mm| Tripod|B+W 6 Stop Neutral Density Filter| Delkin Digital Film| PS CC 2015, LR CC, On1 Photo 10
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Sunset Lake Helen, Lassen National Park, CA. USA.
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I went up North to Lassen National Park with a side trip to a Lavender Farm, and a fabulous waterfall with good friends. We were hoping to shoot the Full Moon, and later shoot the Night Sky since we’d be in up in the mountains and away from light pollution. Unfortunately, Mother Nature had a different idea. As the afternoon wore on the clouds got thicker, and darker.
On the bright side… It was Spring up in the high country: the Lupine was in full bloom, and the sunset was gorgeous.
This is Lake Helen…very low, but it’s still gorgeous. I said they miss named this Lake because what you really can’t see here is the water is a lovely inky blue.
Shortly after this image was made there was lightning to the southeast! We rarely see it here so we chased it. It was fun!
I’ll be catching up with all you did this past week, and sharing more from my week-end in upcoming posts.
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Nikon Df| AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm| Hoodman STEEL Ultra High Speed Digital Film|
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Moonrise Sunset Santa Clara County
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We had some cloud cover last night and I thought it might be a good night to head up to my tree for Sunset as it promised to be a colorful one, and the Moon was rising there too!
It was a Waxing Gibbous 98.7% Moon last night. I wasn’t the only one heading up the Steep Hill for Sunset last night. I had to wait for a group of teenagers to get their shots in front of the tree before taking making this image. 🙂 Tonight is the Full Moon but it’s so overcast I probably won’t see it.
Nikon Df| AF-D Nikkor 24mm f2.8@ f16| ISO 100| Tripod
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