The Year In Review...

Here are some shots that I took during the year that didn't really fit into my other posts.
A number of black and white abstracts from here and there.

And a few from a trip we took out to Angel Island
to check out the newly restored Immigration Station.

Caught some great sunsets.

And moon and sunrises.

Some unusual cloud formations.

A double rainbow tinted pink by the setting sun.

Some fungi and flowers.

And some flowering fireworks.

Some unusual aerial displays like this helicopter
flying a couple of technicians over the bay
all suited up against high voltage.

Some nice reflections.

And last but not least,
some pebbles in the surf
a setting sun lighting up my living room wall and DVD collection
and a curious little blue belly lizard that posed on the fence for me.

Until next year.

Hwy. 1 & Santa Cruz...

Here are a few shots I took on a photography outing I went on with a couple of my old friends.
We headed out Hwy. 92 to the coast in Half Moon Bay and then hung a left and headed to Santa Cruz
making a few stops long the way whenever we saw something that caught our eye.
The first shots are of the Pigeon Point Lighthouse and then a spot along the coast a bit south from there.

Next we saw this rock out in the ocean shedding surf and we tried to find a way out to it to sake some shots and lucked across this cool cove surrounded by these beautiful ocher and white cliffs.

After that we made it down to Santa Cruz and Natural Bridges Beach.
We had hoped to catch the Monarch Butterfly migration there
but alas only saw a couple of lone butterflies flitting about.

The light started to fade and that lent itself to a couple of nice shots.

As the sun was setting I squeezed in a couple of last shots before we packed it up and headed home.

Until next time.

Fort Ross On The Sonoma Coast...

Here are a few shots I took on a recent road trip up to Fort Ross on the Sonoma Coast.
I had read recently that they were considering closing the fort.
I had fond memories of visiting it with my Father when I was young,
so I wanted to see it again before it was closed.
These first shots were taken on the drive out to the coast from Petaluma.
We saw these buzzards flying around over a field next to the road,
and right after that, we found this church a short way off the highway.

We finally made it to Fort Ross in the early afternoon.
We hiked out and just started to snap away.
I got a couple of good shots out in the middle of the compound.

These next shots were taken inside the buildings,
(I have to give my friend Venus credit for the shot of her leaning against the wall near the window,
as she composed the shot with me in it first and I just copied her).

The last couple of shots were taken when we made a couple of stops along Hwy. 1 on the way home.

Until next time.

China Camp...

Here are a few shots I took on a photo shoot I did with a meetup group I hooked up with online.
We met up at the old China Camp shrimp station in Marin.
There were a couple of old boats and structures around that were quite photogenic.
The first couple of photos were taken inside the shrimp drying shack.

The next shot is of another shack's roof line
and a boat beached just south of it.

Next is an old gasoline pump on the grounds
and the shot after that is of a smoke stack viewed through a knot hole.

The last couple of shots are of the main building while standing next to it on the beach
and then looking down on it from the upper parking area.

Until next time.