3.23.2010

salt point (2/2)

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lots o' seals.

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200mm helped out.

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salt point (1/2)

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glen garden

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sky sailing

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

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3.15.2010

tilden spring24o

a ridge behind grizzly peak offered panoramic views from camp.

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to the west: starfields rotating above the golden gate.

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to the east: hills and reservoirs.

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looking out the tent in the morning.

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adam's newly built trail machine.

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wild miner's lettuce, avocado, arizmendi baguette.

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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.

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enjoyment.

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the sierras were easily visible yonder cross the golden state.

all with 50mm f/1.8

3.03.2010

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.

sonoma macro 1

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gradient

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3.02.2010

hwy 1, mendocino (2/3)

looking back at a 14% grade on fish rock, mountain in the distance
fish rock became wonderfully steep and twisted, with vistas reaching ever farther ~ this time to the snow caps up north

snow on the mountain
longer lens, mountain view

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

north of salt point
atlantean

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cover to cover in a rainstorm
the rain set in.

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moonlit fluidity

3.01.2010

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
outside cloverdale, along 128

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along fish rock road
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.

atop fish rock
this view peaked out of the trees alongside the road

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getting better

fish rock in the evening
evening light, loose gravel. idyllic mountainside cycling path...

within mendocino
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.

stars in mendocino
fisheye nightsky