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Brown Pelicans flying northwards along the coast near Point Arena. I happened to have a long lens on my arm at the time, and tracked them as they flew behind some boulders. When they reappeared I got the shot I was seeking. The crashing waves enhance the image in my opinion. |
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The cliffs are what set this shot of Point Arena lighthouse apart.
Dramatic light would have been nice, but one has to make the most of each situation as it arises. |
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Salt Point State Park has a nice selection of geological anomalies, many of them colorful. When shooting such subjects may I suggest that positioning your camera at a right-angle to the sun is more likely to bring out the texture in the subject than if the sun is behind you. |
Another Salt Point State park abstract. |
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Above and below, a pair of classic views of cliff-top Mendocino's Victoriana.
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OK, so it's overcast, and a light drizzle is falling. You might ask in such a situation where your next image is coming from, and the answer is a long exposure of moving water, which in this case was the entrance to Noyo Harbor. To achieve this effect slow shutter speeds, a small aperture such as f.22, and a low ISO speed are essential. However, if you're unable to get a shutter speed slower than say, one second, a neutral density filter or two will help you get the desired result. |
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Above, this is the historic Logger’s trestle at Fort Bragg over which logging trucks would trundle to transport logs to the dock at today's McKerricher State Park site.
Below, with silhouettes the exposure pretty well takes care of itself, but one still need 'strength' in composition, i.e. a good black.
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The Mendocino Botanical Gardens are included on every trip, and shots like this Calla Lily are easy to come by but best recorded with a long lens on a tripod. It's also a more relaxing technique should you need to wait for a breeze to cease. |
Being from the British Isles I'm very fond of Sea Thrift, which grows in abundance on the British coasts and those of northern Europe. It is also known as Sea Pink and California Thrift. |
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I could take these type of shots until the Cows come home. Just feet from the coast are dense woodlands with an abundance of shots such as this. Recorded with a long lens on a tripod, may I suggest that you tilt your camera until the lines flow in a direction that is pleasing to you. |
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 A Point Cabrillo lighthouse pair. An overcast day, above, is not ideal for a really dramatic shot, so I always hope my groups are blessed with some changeable weather. That said, I like this particular shot.
Then below, a late shot lacking in drama. Oh well, there's always tomorrow.
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Above, the arch at Mendocino Headlands State Park enhanced on this occasion by the lone figure.Below, a four-image stitch shot of the same location.
Evening light caresses the rock formations in Mendocino Headlands State Park. |
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A classic red fire department truck, and nativity scene. The thing is, this was shot in August! |
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The Turkey Vulture is one 'ugly' bird when not in flight, but in the air it is majestic. |
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A wave breaking just off McKerricher State Park. |
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A sea-stack on the beach at Fort Bragg. I got down low to include the texture in the wet sand, and used a wide-angle. The scene brings to mind the lyric from the Barclay James Harvest song 'Ursula [The Swansea Song]' . . . "As she walks along the seashore, and she listens to the sea, I can't say if she ever thinks of me". Give it a listen. BJH are a British 'prog rock' band.
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Once this Striped Shore Crab caught my eye 'hiding' in the cleft of a rock at McKerricher State Park, it raised my awareness level and I found more of them.
'Seeing' the image is all-important, but sometimes I need fortune to smile on me too.
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The Common Horsetail fern at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.
Yep, long lens on a tripod again. |
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| A pair of Redwood grove images shot in the vicinity of the Navarro River. |
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 Then back to San Francisco to finish the photography tour. Above, standing next to the Golden Gate Bridge, this is a 400 mm lens perspective looking at the eastern section of the Bay Bridge.
Moving closer, below, this is the Bay Bridge from Treasure Island.
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An evening skyline shot of San Francisco, also from Treasure Island.
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 A pair of 'ancient and modern' images with the Victorian 'Painted ladies' in front of the modern San Francisco skyline, above. Then below, a twilight image shot from the same vicinity.
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