Dusk Over Ocean Beach

Lumix LX5

View of Ocean Beach from Sutro Park right after sunset.

I was out for a sunset stroll with my LX5 today.

--Warren

Pacifica Beach

Lumix LF1

This shot was taken at the lens' widest, which is 28mm equiv. The previous blackbird shot was taken at 200mm equiv., and the B&W landscape was taken at around 100mm equiv.

--Warren

JIM & HIS GUITAR

Nikon D7000
Tokina 11-16mm

Went to the Palmetto Park Road beach yesterday for the first time and met Jim & his guitar. Jim played to know one and yet attracted the attention of anyone passing by in ears length of his song. It took a while for me to be able to ask if it was ok to take his picture simply because his eyes were closed most of the time. Glad I did and he was very thankful after receiving it several hours later which gave me an even larger sense of fulfillment. ~ Photography rocks!!!

A Simple Beach Landscape in B&W

Lumix GF1, Lumix 14mm f2.5


--Warren

Ocean Beach, Feb 21st

HTC One X

I was testing my new cell phone's camera. It's a 28mm FF equivalent with 8MP.

--Warren

Let's Go Home Now

Lumix DMC-G5, Lumix 100-300mm

Mother shows son how to clean the sand from his hands.

(more practicing with my new G5 and 100-300mm)

--Warren

Misty Pacifica Beach

Lumix DMC-G5, Lumix 100-300mm

Another shot from my first outing with the 100-300mm.

--Warren

Gulls Over Shell Beach

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 14mm f2.5

An elderly woman was walking along the beach feeding the gulls. This place is just north of Shelter Cove, Pismo Beach.

--Warren

Shelter Cove, Pismo Beach

(First 3, Lumix LX5, last one: Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm)

A few more from Shelter Cove, this is a shot of our hotel which is ideally situated on top of a bluff over Shelter Cove.

A view of Shelter Cove from above:

A view looking up from the beach. This reminds me of scenery at Arches National Park or Natural Bridges National Monument except that this bridge is man made:

Looking south towards a fog covered Pismo Beach from Shelter Cove:

While Gail used the Lumix GF1, my usual setup on this trip was to use the G1 w/45-200mm(90-400mm equiv.), and Lumix LX5 to cover the wide end (24-90mm equiv).  It worked out well because I could sling the LX5 on my wrist when I'm shooting with the G1. When I wanted to use the LX5, I would switch the G1 w/45-200mm onto my shoulder.

--Warren

Beach Pebbles

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm




--Warren

Looking South from Fort Funston

Nikon D200, Nikkor 24mm f2.8

Later evening near sunset time, I drove out to Fort Funston to get some fresh air, and I took a camera with me of course.

--Warren

Looking for that Perfect Wave Picture

Panasonic DMC-G1, Nikkor 300mm f4.5

These photographers were almost directly in the path of the big waves.

Restless Sea

Panasonic DMC-G1, Nikkor 300mm f4.5

Boys and Their Dog

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

Seen at Mile Rock Beach.

--Warren

View from Mile Rock Beach

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

It was a beautiful day to be at a beach yesterday. Someone was busy playing with the rocks (lots of rocks on this beach).

--Warren

Ice Plant Blossoms

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 14-45mm

Ice plant blossoms seen on a dune near the beach at Pacifica.

--Warren

Gail at a Rocky Beach

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 20mm f1.7

I forgot to note the name of this rocky beach. We found it somewhere between San Francisco and Morrow Bay off of Highway 1.

Gail was exploring the area where a creek empties into the ocean. The moss growing on the rocks in the stream caught my eye.

--Warren

More Sand Creatures

Panasonic DMC-G1, Leitz 135mm f4 Tele-Elmar

The intense blue color caught my attention. I'm not sure if it is something special in the Leitz lens or not, but I wanted to make sure that I had a pictures of the elephant seals with beach and the blue surf in the picture.

--Warren

Sand Creature

Panasonic DMC-G1, Leitz 135mm f4 Tele-Elmar

An elephant seal snoozing in the sand. This was taken on our drive down Highway One last month.

--Warren

Cloudscape at Rodeo Beach

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

There were dramatic clouds last Friday too. I shot this while standing on the bridge that goes over Rodeo Lagoon to Rodeo Beach from Ft. Cronkite. You can see some folks picnicking on the beach on the other side of the dune.

--Warren