Yosemite and More

It's been raining and very windy. Last Saturday I decided I better go food shopping. I went about 1/4 mile turned around and got my camera. A couple of days earlier the Almonds were just beginning to bloom. They still have several weeks left. Soon the peaches, nectarines, and lots of other stuff including wild flowers will begin to bloom. For now I'll share these. The clouds were pretty good, but were changing constantly. I wanted to use my macro lens but there was just enough breeze to make it very hard, so I settled for this one. Every year more and more of this are is planted with almond. There are several different varieties of almonds. I'm not sure if this is an almond orchard or some other tree nut. Here's an independent one. Go, See, Enjoy and Photograph Dave

One of the things I like most about Point Lobos is that there's more to see and photograph than just the waves.  Part of the park consists of forest, tide pools, islands and small beach areas. You  may see seals, sea otters, whales, and a variety of birds. If you look around and down, the rocks, tide pools and plants provide a wide variety of photographic opportunities. The ocean does a wonderful job exposing the various  layers of rock. Some of those layers are at interesting angles The beach area is full of interesting stuff washed up from the ocean and a wide variety of pebbles and rocks. There's even a sign asking you to not 'collect' anything.  If you like lines and contrast it doesn't get much better than this. I thought this one looked like the back of a turtle. Go, See, Enjoy and Photograph Dave

I went to Point Lobos and Asilomar with Friedhelm the other day. We were lucky, the weather was great and the waves weren't too bad either. I'll be posting some 'non-wave' photos pretty soon. Go, See, Enjoy. Dave