FRIDAY, 6 JANUARY
This
morning we were delayed in getting off so we could not make it to Drake’s Beach
in time for sunrise. As we drove the Pt. Reyes –Petaluma Road, Mark kept an eye
out on the sky. He found a turn off that took us to a part of Nicasio Reservoir
and rolling farm land to capture the fast approaching sunrise and morning light. We rapidly
set up off the road for sunrise.
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| SUNRISE NEAR NICASIO RESERVOIR |
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| ROLLING HILLS AND SUNRISE |
Then we
photographed the fog rolling around the reservoir as well as the frost covered
plants.
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| FROSTED BUCKWHEAT |
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| A COOL MORNING ON THE WATER |
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| CROWS ON WATCH |
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| LIGHT PLAY ON THE HILLS |
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| FROSTED TEASEL |
We
then returned to the Motel in Petaluma for breakfast and packing up our gear
for our move to Monterey. The Quality Inn did a very good job with their
Breakfast Bar including the fixings for
breakfast burrito.
On
the way to Monterey we again stopped at the Marin Headlands for those who had
not been there before. It was mid-day so the light was not optimal. Once over
the Golden Gate Bridge we stopped at Sports Basement so members of the group
could return rented and/or bought items in preparation for the aborted
trip to Yosemite. It was also in San
Francisco that my roommate, Patricia, left the trip to return home.
Once
we had checked into our Motel, we were off to Pacific Grove and the coastline
below Asilomar.
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| STORM EVENING |
The weather was doing it’s thing, and so it was overcast and
grey most of the afternoon. We focused on shooting small images of the surf
using slow shutter speeds.
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| BEACH ART |
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| WAVE EXPLOSION |
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| SURF STUDY 1 (B&W) |
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| SURF STUDY 2 (B&W) |
It was good to be out at the coast, and it was a challenge to find subject matter.
