Windmill

Remember the post of the waterfall, well this is found on the same park, so now you have more tips.
It is Not Newyork, and it is not Holland.  where can this place be?

Another Hydroplane

Please take your time and compare this post with THIS other one of an HYDROPLANE. Try to find the diferences, at the first sight they look alike isnt it?



Try to look closer....

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Pay attention to the details...


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Ok I will tell you the difference...  The previous post is an actual plane, full-size, However this one is a Remote-Controlled airplane. and its actual size is about 1:25 (rough guess)  This one has a wingspan (size from one edge of the wing to the opposite edge)  of 50cms.


This is the kind of "magic"  that the movies do :-P

Waterfall

Natural or Artificial?  Can someone tell me what do you think about this waterfall?




I found it in the middle of a park, which I think is not a natural park but one of those huge parks in the middle of the city.  Or is the Central Park from NY natural?  Well I dont thinkso, However this is not NY.

Maybe someone might guess where it is?

By the Beach

Sometimes is just relaxing to be by the beach dont you think?!

Full Moon

What I like about this picture (Besides the great full moon) is that I got somehow the result that I was looking for.



 

The challenge was the following:
 I had no tripod and it was really bright moon.

Having a bright light source might be good but not this time because it was blowing away the craters and the detail on it. it was easily white saturated.  Therefore what I did was to close the aperture to its minimum.  f/38.  And being a far away object I had the focal lenght to its maximum 200mm.

This kind of settings would make a very dark image, or a large exposure time would be needed right? but well,, having no tripod how would I be able to mantain the camera still?

Less focal lenght would give me a smaller moon.
more aperture would overexpose the moon loosing the detail
and a large exposure time would have make a blurry picture ( my hands are not as still as a tripod)

This is the first time that I solve an issue by just boosting the ISO to a high value 3200.
I used the exposure at 1/250 (even if I need to use something like 1/400) because of my focal lenght.

The result was a "dark" picture and with lots of noise, but sharp because of the aperture and exposure time.
What I did was just tweeking it a little bit with the software to gain some brighness on the moon, and filtering the noise due to the high ISO.

The result is shown above.

What do you think? What do you think about digitally enchansing the pictures to solve issues like this?

Ghirardelli Chocolate

For those Chocolate lovers, a visit to the Ghirardelli chocolate fabric and shop would be a nice stop for a coffee and view of the bay.

I am not a chocolate lover but still I need to admit that it was a very good one.

Candles in the Street

Just walking downtown I found some candles. The picture was taken a couple of blocks away from the market. It was sort of weird to find this just in this street and just a few of them. I am wondering if they were used before on the streets and these are the only one left?

 

Anyway they have some sort of yellow light, which can not be seen during the day. I would suggest to turn this off to save some power dont you think?

San Francisco

It is now time to make a change of City, from now on I will be showing some pictures from San Francisco, California.

One of the city icons would be the cable car, alcatraz island (prision island) and the Golden Gate which I will show later on.

And yes.. the streets are very steep!!

hydroplane

I think that the bucket list will continue to grow the more I travel. Now this plane was flying above me and I instantly tought.... I want to fly one of those.. 

I am not sure but I think that this is not a plane that you find usually am I right? or at least it has been a long time since I saw the last one.

Pudding bread

This is what I found at the end of the Road, it seems it was not a "Mirage"



Well... not really, I found this somewhere else.

It would have been nice to find something like this isnt it? By the way.... This Pudding bread is the best one so far that I have had. But I am not telling you where to find it unless you ask for that specifically.

Hint:  Follow the mirage road..

Mirage on Road trough the desert

This is not quite what I mean by traveling from Tijana to Los Cabos trough the desert. I wanted to to it off-road, but this is how it looks in-road.   It is amazing how the reflection of the road, blends with the sky.

And back there you can see something also, I am not sure if it is real or I am imaginating it.. are this the so called "Mirage"

Palm Trees

I like how palm trees and some other things, contrast black with a sunset. In fact this picture might have been modified to show the palms totally black, but I just uploaded it as it came out of the cammera, I migt try to work with it later to see if I get another result. In fact I must say that Calibrating the monitor might be important.

Because when I upload the picture it was much darker, now while posting it I am not sure if I like to see that much color on the palm trees. I think I would preffer a picture with more "blacks"  What do you think?

Manzanillo Shipments

This is not exactly the kind of Ship that I was planning to take when I say "Ferry to Manzanillo" on the previous Post. However it might also be fun to take one like this to cross the ocean dont you think?  am I crazy? anyway. Lets take a look at the Stern of the ship.

Sand Texture

I think this is not the first time that I am posting some textures, however I must say that I like them specially when they are created naturaly.  The picture shown below, shows some patterns that were drawn in the sand in a beach near pichilinge. 




Pichililnge is a port near La Paz, from this port you can take a ferry to Mazatlan México. That is another thing I will need to add into my bucket list.

" Travel from/to Mazatlan to La Paz via Ferry"

Parking lot in Baja

I like this picture because it gives an idea of what you can expect to be parked besides you while traveling to baja california. and some of the usual background that you will definitely find. (Cactus everywhere)

That is another thing that I would like to do. Traveling off-road trough the dessert.



I will write to my bucket list: "Traveling from Tijuana to San Lucas trough the desert."

Last Rock of Baja California Sur

On the way back to San Lucas, while traveling from the Pacific Ocean, to the Mar de Cortéz, there is a turning point to go arround the península. This is where the rock shown below is located.

This is also the southest part of Baja California, and while this is the last stone at the end of the Península, it seems to be habitated. A couple of Pelicans are living there and have a nice view of the ocean.

On the Right part of the stone (Island) you can see the Pacific Ocean, while on the left it is the Mar de Cortez.

It seems that this is also a nice place to go diving, ( I did not dive this time tough! :-(  ). But it is easy to see big animals, such as whales and sharks even Whalesharks. I think I might plan another trip to "Baja" just to come diving at this wondeful places who are left unexplored (by me).

Thinking by the Sea

I like the sea, and the beach. But I hate to leave it behind. I might strongly consider the possibility to live near to it. But for now it is time to say good bye and move on. 

So.. I leave this time a view to the horizon to help you think... "What´s next?"  "Where would you like to go?" "What would you like to do?"

Rocky Formations

Previous post was about rocky formations out of the sea. and they had some specific structure and shape. mostly shaped by the erotion from the sea. However some other formations are generated by the erosion by the air.

I am not a geologist, so If I am wrong, please forgive me. and if someone else knows if this erosion comes from something else, it would be nice to share it and explain us how where this rocks made.

P.S. By the way these are also in Baja California Sur near the rocks from the previous post. (You can see the huge difference among them)

Baja California Sur

 What do you think about this rocky formations? they are inmense and look impresive when comming out from the sea. I am not climber, However it might be nice to climb to the top dont you think?

Beach + Desert

It was not common (for me) to see rocky mountains, with big cactus and desert vegetation reaching the beach. However in Baja California Sur, Mexico it seems that it is a comon view. I show here a picture of it.
Maybe the cactus plants are not tottaly clear but all the green over there are this type of plants.

I will try to get some other pictures to show them clearyl.