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This year's first trip to the coast, with Ken Rockwell, included a great group of photographers, all of whom can create some fine mages, and all of whom were game to stay out until the last rays of light faded from the sky.


We called the trip "En Plein Air," the French term for "outside." It's also the phrase that describes the French Impressionists. The was made special by the addition of several gourmet meals prepared for us by Irene Shibata. Her meals blended perfectly with the idea of the trip, with some wonderful French-themed dishes, and a couple of amazing picnic lunches that we did indeed enjoy "en plein air."


I've become enamored of making photographs with my iPhone. Although I don't hold a candle to the likes of Cézanne, Degas, Renoir, etc, I tried to come up with some Impressionistic images of my own, with the help of the "Hipstamatic" app. The iPhone photos, at least those made with the Hipstamatic, are square.



End of the Day on the Central Coast

Although I brought along a tripod and a monopod, I only used the latter, and sparingly. I managed to find objects on which to balance and steady my camera, or I used a high enough shutter speed to keep blur at bay. Or I simply worked with what I had; in this case, I panned the walked as she made her way along the boardwalk on the bluffs above Moonstone Beach.
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Moonstone Beach Surf

Capture Date: Apr 16, 2011 06:47 PMViews: 254

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Sunset over Moonstone Beach

We finished the day at Moonstone Beach, in Cambria, just as the sun was preparing to dip into the sea.
Capture Date: Apr 16, 2011 06:43 PMViews: 251

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Red Barn in a Green Landscape

Capture Date: Apr 16, 2011 05:28 PMViews: 251

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Central Coast Calla Lillies

Capture Date: Apr 16, 2011 06:30 PMViews: 256

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Farm Equipment, San Simeon Road

Capture Date: Apr 16, 2011 06:34 PMViews: 250

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Looking north along HIghway 1, toward Big Sur

I like road shots - I wish I made more of them. The yellow yellow and black lines seems to lead me right into this picture (I crouched down to put more of the lines into the foreground).
Capture Date: Apr 16, 2011 04:48 PMViews: 251

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The View from Ragged Point, Big Sur

Capture Date: Apr 16, 2011 05:05 PMViews: 251

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Elephant Seal, San Simeon

Capture Date: Apr 16, 2011 04:22 PMViews: 249

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Sleeping Elephant Seals, San Simeon

Capture Date: Apr 18, 2011 02:33 PMViews: 249

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Self Portrait in a Bumper, Cambria

Reflections are everywhere.
Capture Date: Apr 16, 2011 01:56 PMViews: 248

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Car Show, Cambria #3

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Car Show, Cambria #2

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Car Show, Cambria #1

I loved making photographs of the classic cars at the car show. I managed to get our group there a little late, as cars were leaving as we were arriving; even so, there was plenty to photograph. Rather than photograph the entire car, I preferred to move in close.
Capture Date: Apr 16, 2011 02:11 PMViews: 247

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Backlit Calla Lilly

THis is another example of my new technique for photographing flowers against the Sun.
Capture Date: Apr 16, 2011 11:14 AMViews: 249

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