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Sunday, February 11, 2018

Half Moon Bay

Our final day of our recent visit to California included some sights in and around Half Moon Bay.

Here are photos taken just north of Half Moon Bay at Maverick's Beach, which is a destination for big-wave surfers. While we didn't see any surfers, likely due to the low tide, we enjoyed the rock formations and tide pools.

Tide's Out

Exploring Tide Pools

Oncoming Wave Crash

Slippery Rocks

Lines of Reflection

The remaining photos are taken at Half Moon Bay Beach.

Western Sun

Clouds Over Cliff

Moon Over Cliff

Sunset Bubbles

Muted Spray

Backlit Splash

Extra Big Splash

Last Minute Beach Walkers

Somersault Goodness

Thursday, July 14, 2016

January in July

It's hot around here in July, so I thought I'd cool things down a bit by blogging some winter photos. Today's post contains photos all taken earlier this year, in January.

Here's one of a set of focus-bracketed photos of a tree in the woods. One unexpected side effect of getting several shots all with a slightly different focus point, is that, even if I don't combine them, I can pick the one with the most pleasing focus point.

Ringed Tree

Winter Path

The next two photos are taken at Ashland Res. They are actually taken with my Nexus 5x cell phone!

Reflected Sky

Sky on Ice

The next set of photos are from Lake Waban, at Wellesley College. I was lucky to be there when a large number of ducks decided to visit.

Ducky Brigade

Takeoff Zone

Shimmering

Feather Pattern

Skimming the Surface

Duck Turbulence

Ducky Playtime

Color Spread

Flapper

This next set is at Halibut State Park in Rockport. If you look very closely, you'll see the ducks on the ice near the center of the photo. The first two pictures that follow were also taken with my Nexus 5x cell phone.

Ice Quarry Blue

For perspective, that's Deb in the white coat on the left:

Quarry

Quarry Sample

Waves on Rocks 1

Waves on Rocks 2

Waves on Rocks 3

Waves on Rocks 4

Exploring Dog

Pool by the Ocean

Blocks on Ice

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Wide-ish Angle at the Res

Normally I use my 150-600mm equivalent lens when I walk around the "Res" to take pictures of ducks and other wildlife, but on this occasion I thought I'd step out of my comfort zone and see what a wider angle might bring me. This is the polar opposite of shooting close up details of everything which is my usual photographic leaning. While I don't have a true "wide angle" lens, my Olympus 12-40mm pro lens is fairly wide angle-ish on the short end, where its 24mm equiv. focal length does begin to distort things a bit and gives one that classic wide angle perspective. All photos on this page were taken with the 12-40 lens. I had my 75-300mm lens with me as well on the day I took these photos, but I never had the urge to swap lenses.

Part of my inspiration for trying to take more wide angle photos is that my son took some outstanding wide angle shots on one of his recent hiking treks into the Sierra wilderness. I really appreciated the beauty in this form of photographic expression.

Do you agree?