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Horseshoe Bend

 

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This was my second time here and it still took my breath away as I

stepped to the edge. Not that I was afraid of the height but that as the

title alludes, you cannot help but think of the time that it took the river to

cut this and the space that you can actually "feel" across the expanse.

Grand Canyon North Rim

 

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Thank you everyone.

 

This certainly is not straight out of the camera but there is no HDR software involved with this image. The scene was definitely dynamic though.

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While the 7 Wonders of the World are truly wonderful, for most of us

they are distant, far off places which we will only read about. Don't feel

too bad, the 8th Wonder may be as close as your very next dawn.

I get the feeling I'm flying over the coast as if in a dream.

 

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One of the few days we've had with any clouds lately.

 

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Very nice Gary. I like the composition and glad the water is white and not having an unnatural green or cyan cast like a lot I see. Maybe you can show me this area if/when I make another trip up your way.

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While checking the weather/scene of a location where I have some commissioned photo work to do, I came across this scene with the distant morning sun silhouetting through low clouds/fog over vineyards in Napa wine country.

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Fabulous image Brian. Love the detail in FG and color is great.

When I got to Pt. Reyes I went straight to the lighthouse and was glad I did. On the way over, the radio said there was going to be very strong winds and there certainly was. The shadows from the clouds and patchy fog on the way over were traveling across the ground so fast it looked like shadows from low flying aircraft.

I was only able to stay about 1/2 hour here and right after taking this shot they yelled for everyone to leave as they were shutting down the lighthouse area as the winds had now gotten over 40mph. Fortunately I had a wind break here to set up my tripod. The sky was changing by the moment from completely fogged over to the break with nice clouds that you see here. A sign said the highest recorded wind here was 133mph !!! It was tricky climbing back up the 300 steps in that wind as with my backpack on, I was blown back and forth against the railing all the way up.

 

This lighthouse is not tall like most and that is because the fog stays relatively low so they needed to get the lighthouse below that so ships can see it. That's the reason for the 300 steps also.

 

I have a color version which I like equally well

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Bob,

 

Boy I sure miss desert sunrises and sunsets. I've seen this place. As I commented on your desert gas station photo, I lived in Newberry Springs in high-school days and also earlier in Kelso ('70-'73)

 

This brings back good memories of the desert. Thanks for sharing.

Bob, I love the image. Looks like there was a good storm headed your way here.

 

I lived in Newberry Springs in my high-school days. This used to be called Whitings gas station. I used to catch the school-bus in front of the Sidewinder Cafe that is now the Bagdad Cafe which they made a movie and short run sitcom from.

 

Cheers.

California Native Grasses along northern California Reservoir

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Some people feel sunsets make them sad as if it's the end to something. Certainly it's the end of the day but for me, when I say goodbye to the last bit of light from a beautiful sunset, I'm saying hello to another possibly beautiful day with it's own unique sunset.

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Hi Marc,

 

Excellent composition. I'm surprised at that there are a few hot spots here and there though. Where are these falls?

Had some nice filtered light this day so I thought I would revisit the falls. The trail to the falls has gotten worse since last year. Much more loose gravel. Especially the trail leading to the 5th fall where you are walking laterally across an approx 70% slope and your 1' wide foot path is slightly sloped and pretty much nothing but loose gravel. Fortunately it was not that long of a trail.

 

When I got down to the 5th and lowest fall a helicopter came over the area and hovered for a moment. There was one other car at the clearing up top where people park so I wondered if perhaps someone got hurt. The helicopter moved on and did not return. Hmmm.........these falls are up by the Geysers where there's lots of seismic activity and ...................you know what? None if the above really happened. What happened was there was a very strong but pinpoint earthquake which only I felt and a wall of lava came down the falls and the helicopter pulled me up on the rescue ladder just as my tripod and camera burst into flames and disappeared into the lava flow. Yeah, that's what happened. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!

 

If life was only half that exciting.

The 5th and lowest of the Socrates Falls

 

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(Summons of the Sea)

 

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Hey Gary, I too like this version better. The b/w one seemed too low in contrast for me.

 

I like how the water line at the base of the rocks has some slight motion. I agree you should take out headlands on left.

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A favorite spot where I'm always trying to catch the perfect sunset. Mt. Konocti with Thurston Lake in FG