Ugly baby and other weekend shots

Steve Cavigliano · September 12, 2005

Hello all,

I was down at the Monterey Wharf this weekend and I figured I'd see some seals, otters and pelicans. I did see those but I also saw some other birds and animals.

No organ grinder, but this little guy was there making a living and making people smile.

I saw a guy riding a bike with this funny ornament on the handlebars :rofl

I saw this couple (probably husband and wife....lol) discussing matters on a bouy.

Finally, after dinner we went for a walk on Asilomar Beach and ran across this young buck, just sitting in the bushes I had to use the internal flash on him :rolleyes

I expected to return with some family pics and the normal beach birds and mammals. The parrot, monkey and deer were unexpected and a nice bonus

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Thanks for looking,
Steve

ginger_55 · September 12, 2005

Steve. those are wonderful, just wonderful.

The monkey in the old carriage, it is one of the best photos I have seen on dgrin. Don't you think? I just love it! And you did such a good job on the capture, with the money in the man's hand, the monkey and carriage. Such a photo!

ginger

gluwater · September 12, 2005

Oh admit it, that deer is stuffed

Cool captures, I guess you never know what you'll find.

Harryb · September 12, 2005

Good shots Steve. It looks like you had a good day. I agree with Nick that was a stuffed deer.

ginger_55 · September 12, 2005

Better the whole stuffed deer than just the head over the fireplace.:uhoh

bfjr · September 12, 2005

Gee Steve a four course meal :eat
Did you have dinner with Andy again

Just no veggies or dessert :lol

jwear · September 12, 2005

good job of monkeying around Steve

if the deer ain't stuffed then it had dinner with you and andy and could not move after

but that would be stuffed also

so i am not sure

ian408 · September 13, 2005

Hmm...the monkey is a pretty cool shot.

Are these just the usual vendors along the warf?

mereimage · September 13, 2005

All right enough of the family pictures

..........Fun shot........................Mereimage

Steve Cavigliano · September 13, 2005

ginger_55 wrote:

Steve. those are wonderful, just wonderful.

The monkey in the old carriage, it is one of the best photos I have seen on dgrin. Don't you think? I just love it! And you did such a good job on the capture, with the money in the man's hand, the monkey and carriage. Such a photo!

ginger

Thanks Ginger

I really liked the monkey pic too. It looked outstanding in the LCD....lol I did a fast edit on it and I think maybe I should spend more time on it

I was there for hours shooting the family and the best pic wound up being of the monkey

Thanks again for your comments,
Steve

Steve Cavigliano · September 13, 2005

gluwater wrote:

Oh admit it, that deer is stuffed

Cool captures, I guess you never know what you'll find.

Nick

Unlike Harry, I never shoot stuffed animals or birds

This guy was real. We had passed him while he was grazing on the way down to the beach. It was better light so I didn't have to flash him. But I only had the 28-75mm Tamron attached

Steve

Kirwin · September 13, 2005

So who's the monkey's uncle?

A monkey in a carraige is original! The deer looks out of place on a beach... just used to seeing them in a field or woods.

Steve Cavigliano · September 13, 2005

Harryb wrote:

Good shots Steve. It looks like you had a good day. I agree with Nick that was a stuffed deer.

Thanks Harry

Yeah, the day turned out OK. It was supposed to be sort of a somber occassion, but my wife's family is sooooo kewl. We had a ball and only one person yelled for Ralphhhhhhh :puke I have to hand it to Ed Hughes. Shooting from a rocking and rolling boat is a bear

Between trying to hold the camera on target and trying not to fall overboard I found myself doing the Sid squat quite often.......lol

Steve

Steve Cavigliano · September 13, 2005

bfjr wrote:

Gee Steve a four course meal :eat
Did you have dinner with Andy again

Just no veggies or dessert :lol

Ben,
Well good thing Andy wasn't with me. He likes venison.....lol Although a picture of a drooling Andy chasing a deer would be priceless :eat

Who knows, he might even have tried to take a bite out of the parrot and those seals too

(I hear they taste jus like chicken....lol) That boy definitely has a good appetite.

Thanks for your comments,
Steve

Steve Cavigliano · September 13, 2005

jwear wrote:

good job of monkeying around Steve if the deer ain't stuffed then it had dinner with you and andy and could not move after but that would be stuffed also so i am not sure

Thanks Jeff

Yep, that deer's pose reminded me of Andy and I after dinner. We usually sit around in a stupor after a good meal too....lol That deer surprised us. We were on a path walking to the beach, came around a turn and there he was. As I mentioned, these deer shots were with the 28-75mm @ full zoom. He was maybe 8-10 feet away and could have cared less about a group of humans coming up on him. As we walked another 100 feet we saw a sign warning of mountain lion attacks. I guess we didn't look as hungry or threatening to Mr Deer as a puma would

And no, I didn't get a mountain lion shot....lol

Thanks for your comments,
Steve

Andy · September 13, 2005

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Although a picture of a drooling Andy chasing a deer would be priceless :eat

i think if you search alamy you might find one

Trish323 · September 13, 2005

Steve,

Great Captures! The monkey looks like my neighbors kid:):

Steve Cavigliano · September 14, 2005

ian408 wrote:

Hmm...the monkey is a pretty cool shot.

Are these just the usual vendors along the warf?

Thanks Ian

I'm not sure whether the monkey is there during the week. I remember a monkey being there on weekends over the last 25 years or so. I haven't been there on the weekend for maybe 10 years or so. But there was a monkey there then too. There was also the "Blessing of the Fleet" Italian festival going on in the area in front of the Wharf. So maybe he and his owner were taking advantage of the increased traffic

Steve

Steve Cavigliano · September 14, 2005

mereimage wrote:

All right enough of the family pictures

..........Fun shot........................Mereimage

Hey!! I ressemble that remark

Thanks for taking the time to look

Steve

Steve Cavigliano · September 14, 2005

Kirwin wrote:

So who's the monkey's uncle? A monkey in a carraige is original! The deer looks out of place on a beach... just used to seeing them in a field or woods.

Kirwin,
That deer surprised us as well. But it was near dusk and they do like to come out and play around that time of day. As we were walking back we saw another couple does and a fawn just walking down the road...lol I would have needed to use ISO12800 to shoot them with the Bigma

Thanks for your comments,
Steve

Steve Cavigliano · September 14, 2005

andy wrote:

i think if you search alamy you might find one

I was thinking about you buddy. The wharf had so much more going on than when we last visited and the Asilomar Beach is definitely worth a sunset shoot one of these days

Not to mention all the seafood we devoured at Rappa's :eat

Steve

Steve Cavigliano · September 14, 2005

Trish323 wrote:

Steve,

Great Captures! The monkey looks like my neighbors kid:):

LMBO @ Trish Shhhhhh don't let the neighbors hear ya :lol To tell the truth the monkey was better behaved than most of the kids that were trying to grab him or were chasing him

Thanks for looking,
Steve

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