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Yosemite Valley

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This is the view of Yosemite valley from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. Let’s hope the current wildfire in this area is soon contained! This was taken in early June, currently this area is still untouched from the “rimfire” that is threatening Yosemite.

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The Golden Gate Bridge at Sunrise

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The title says it all 🙂

 

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Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Fog

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Could there be a time where a lighthouse is needed more? Actually, I’m not real sure it was very effective in this weather. I was standing pretty close to it (shot with a fairly wide angle, 24mm) and I could barely see the it. Any further away and it would have been completely concealed in the fog. Although I guess that with GPS and radars that lighthouses are not that important anymore.

Anyways, this is Pigeon Point Lighthouse in California. You can find it right on the coastal highway near Pescadero. This is a slightly different angle than what I posted previously.

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California Redwoods

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Looking up at the California Redwoods in Muir Woods, just outside of San Francisco

 

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Bixby Bridge

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Another iconic “Big Sur” location is Bixby Bridge. I stopped here just after sunset to shoot this. I couldn’t decide which side I liked better, what do you think? Click here to see the shot from the other side

Pfeiffer Beach Waves

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Even though it was cold, I loved sitting there and watching the waves crash in over the rocks.

 

This one was taken on Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur

Pigeon Point Lighthouse

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So this was my last chance to capture a sunset on the coast, and, as you can see, it didn’t work out. A saying my kids learned is “You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit”, it’s a rhyme they picked up at the daycare. I know, I know, most of you are saying “Rhyme? That doesn’t rhyme” – well in Tennessee it does (You git what you git and don’t throw a fit)

So once again I scouted this location and decided to return at sunset. When I returned to the original spot I choose, the fog was so thick I couldn’t even see the lighthouse, much less the sun. So I moved closer, shot the fog and the waves for a little while and headed on to the motel.

I’m pretty happy with the shot, but I would have loved some sunset color… Oh well, maybe next time 🙂

Stay tuned, I’ll be posting more photos from various points along my 7 day road trip in California

 

Pfiefer Beach

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Still heading up California State Route 1, we drove through Big Sur. It was a beautiful place, but very cloudy so we continued to Carmel. We spent the evening and the next day in Carmel/Monteray when the sun came out! Excited to see the sun for the first time in a couple days, I decided to head back to Pfiefer Beach in Big Sur and hope for an awesome sunset. Didn’t happen. As soon as we got there, the clouds rolled back in. I was still able to get a shot of this awesome beach that I liked, just not quite what I hoped for…

 

 

 

The Golden Gate Bridge

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Day two photo: The Golden Gate Bridge at Sunrise.

So I was so pumped about getting an awesome sunset at the Bay Bridge the night before, I decided to get up early and head to the Golden Gate Bridge for sunrise. I shot from another spot most of the morning, but the sunrise was pretty dull. There was lot’s of haze, no real fog and no real color in the sky. Since this was my only chance to shoot the bridge, I decided to continue up the hill stopping at various overlooks for different views. Finally made it up to this view as the sun was really shining through the haze, casting beautiful warm light onto the bridge and San Francisco behind it.

Details: This is a two horizontal shot panorama taken with a 100mm 2.8L lens, merged together in Photoshop. Each shot is only a single exposure.