salt point (2/2)

lots o' seals.


200mm helped out.

salt point (1/2)

glen garden

sky sailing

30hrs/wk offers open days, this was a sunny and light filled friday spent winding about forests and parts of east oakland then unexplored.

tilden spring24o

a ridge behind grizzly peak offered panoramic views from camp.


to the west: starfields rotating above the golden gate.


to the east: hills and reservoirs.


looking out the tent in the morning.


adam's newly built trail machine.




wild miner's lettuce, avocado, arizmendi baguette.


birds of prey overhead. not captured was the flight of a bald eagle directly overhead and 15 ft away. same for the low altitude flight of a military jet the night before.


enjoyment.


the sierras were easily visible yonder cross the golden state.

all with 50mm f/1.8

sonoma (3/3)

day 3 was a grueling ride down hwy 1, into strong pacific headwinds in the midst of a storm. in the lowest gear on the flats, getting spun in circles, generally nasty weather. visibility was about 50ft or less. it was emboldening to the spirit, while soaking wet and exhausting.

after a day without photos, i opted to take a series during a hike in the woods and leave the camera in the bag thereafter.






gradient

hwy 1, mendocino (2/3)

fish rock became wonderfully steep and twisted, with vistas reaching ever farther ~ this time to the snow caps up north


longer lens, mountain view


it was wonderful to drop out onto the ocean after another round of steep climbing


atlantean




the rain set in.




moonlit fluidity

128 and fish rock rd, mendocino (1/3)

Taking a few days to ponder, I climbed aboard the amtrak capitol corridor and headed up to Cloverdale to begin several days in the forests, mountains, and oceans.


outside cloverdale, along 128








Turning off 128 and heading West into something like backcountry, I took fish rock road on the recommendation of Jay from RBW. Fish Rock is a thin winding low-maintenance road that begins as a single lane paved stretch in a redwood grove valley and degrades (improves?) into a meandering dirt path dominated by 2-3 mile 15% grades that repeat several times as the road climbs sharply across the coastal mountain range toward hwy 1 and the ocean. Fish Rock is 30 miles or so, 4 cars were seen.


this view peaked out of the trees alongside the road


getting better


evening light, loose gravel. idyllic mountainside cycling path...


orion peaked through the trees in the aerial logging clearing i found for camp, this is a 50mm lens at 1.8 for 8 seconds on a tripod, iso1600. see orion's nebula in the sword below the belt.


fisheye nightsky