A few from Central Coast

anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
edited May 7, 2014 in Landscapes
Have some friends in town from Oahu so I took them up the Central Coast. Weather was pretty terrible for most of the trip but we managed to have fun. Here are a few landscape shots I grabbed during the trip. I did what I could with the gloomy weather. :dunno

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6 - Pano on the way home
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  • JoeLJoeL Registered Users Posts: 158 Major grins
    edited April 27, 2014
    Wow!! Those are postcards, beautiful images!!
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited April 27, 2014
    #1, #3 and #6 just pure sweetness!:ivarwings.gifthumbclap.gifbow
  • moose135moose135 Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited April 27, 2014
    anonymouscuban wrote: »
    I did what I could...
    You did good...real good!
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  • CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited April 27, 2014
    The second one is very good.
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited April 27, 2014
    JoeL wrote: »
    Wow!! Those are postcards, beautiful images!!

    WOW... thanks man.
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    #1, #3 and #6 just pure sweetness!:ivarwings.gifthumbclap.gifbow

    Thanks Taz. I wish the weather would have been better. It started raining a bit hard just as I took shot #3. I would have loved to have had more time at that location. There are tons more compositions to be had there. Will definitely be going back. Maybe Joel, you and I can meet up there one day. It's in San Luis Obispo so right about middle of the way between us.
    moose135 wrote: »
    You did good...real good!
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    Thank you!
    Cornflake wrote: »
    The second one is very good.

    Thanks Cornflake.
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2014
    BTW, these are the first real shots I take with my D800. I'm pretty blown away by it.
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2014
    Sounds like a plan Alex! There are bunch of other goodies in that area! Just want to rave a litter more about #1....the leading lines are like sucking-you-in-lines.....makes you want follow them and jump in! Nice job!
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited April 28, 2014
    Not too shabby for crappy weather, Alex. Pics one through four appear to have been taken back in the Paleozoic Era.
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  • R.JayR.Jay Registered Users Posts: 974 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2014
    Hi, I really like the warmth of the rock in the foreground of #1 considering it looked such a bleak day. And I think the owners of the house in the last one would like a copy of your shot :D

    Cheers, Richard.
  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2014
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Sounds like a plan Alex! There are bunch of other goodies in that area! Just want to rave a litter more about #1....the leading lines are like sucking-you-in-lines.....makes you want follow them and jump in! Nice job!

    Yeah... that place is really cool. There is probably about 1/4 mile of rock formations similar to the shot in number 1. Unfortunately, it started to rain so I couldn't really explore much more than the first sets of them.

    I am pretty serious about meeting up with you guys there. Maybe we can camp overnight, shoot sunset the first day and sunrise the next. Maybe some night shots in between. We can chat about later.
    christinaroberts wrote: »
    These are amazing shots. I love the 3rd and 6th image. Well done.

    Thanks a bunch for the nice comments. Number 6, the spot is so picturesque. That house is amazing BTW.
    David_S85 wrote: »
    Not too shabby for crappy weather, Alex. Pics one through four appear to have been taken back in the Paleozoic Era.

    Thanks David.
    R.Jay wrote: »
    Hi, I really like the warmth of the rock in the foreground of #1 considering it looked such a bleak day. And I think the owners of the house in the last one would like a copy of your shot :D

    Cheers, Richard.

    Haha... Maybe I can Google Earth the address and send them a postcard of it. thumb.gif
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2014
    Here is another shot that I took of Morro Rock. As you well know, this Rock is well photographed but I was hoping to get it from a different angle... something I didn't see while doing Google Image searches. Unfortunately, the weather was just too hazing and blah for most of the vantage points I tried but this one is not too bad. This was taken in the morning, just have sunrise. I kind of like the faint layers and the monochromatic look of it. And the hideous smoke stacks don't look too bad.

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  • JCJC Registered Users Posts: 768 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2014
    I like the subtle colors you can bring out of the cloudy day (most notably in the water) in 1,3, and 5, although I'd wish for a slightly less bright sky in 3. 5 is just kind of awesome, with all the little details in the shot. Did you consider the Morro rock as a panorama with the bottom 2/3 of the water (with the kelp beds) cut off?
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited May 1, 2014
    JC wrote: »
    I like the subtle colors you can bring out of the cloudy day (most notably in the water) in 1,3, and 5, although I'd wish for a slightly less bright sky in 3. 5 is just kind of awesome, with all the little details in the shot. Did you consider the Morro rock as a panorama with the bottom 2/3 of the water (with the kelp beds) cut off?

    Thanks. I do like your idea of the crop on the last shot.

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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited May 7, 2014
    Terrific work here, Alex. bowdown.gif
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