A few days ago we met my cousins from Michigan in Carmel, California. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect! Usually when I go to that area, I make sure I have my squall jacket but I didn’t even use it. In fact, I hardly needed a sweater!
I brought my Sony A7 with me, but I will say I didn’t really take that many pictures. Being with family I hadn’t seen in some years, I didn’t want to start taking a lot of pictures and then ending up not being able to focus on enjoying my family. No worries, I can always go back!
In the meantime, here are two images:
- Hidden Beach at Pt. Lobos State Park – All I can say is that this State Park is absolutely fantastic. I plan to go back so I can get more pictures of this absolutely gorgeous place. This picture is really just a very tiny area of such a vast, incredible place.
- Panorama from the Lone Cypress on 17-mile Drive in Pebble Beach which is adjacent to Carmel – You can see the Lone Cypress on the left. One thing I’ve realized is I need a wider lens than what comes with the camera because I would’ve liked to have gotten more foreground in the shot. The lens I used for this Pano is a 28-70mm and while for general things it’s a great lens, but I have a tendency to like wider. I’m not sure how many shots the camera took because I used the Panorama feature which does it all in camera.
Hidden Beach @ Pt. Lobos State Park in Carmel, California
Lone Cypress 17-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach, California
April 8, 2016 at 7:43 am
It is uncanny to me how you have photos of all my really super favorite places to go!! I never tire of Pt Lobos.
April 8, 2016 at 7:45 am
I was thinking of creating a photo meetup there. It’s so gorgeous!
April 8, 2016 at 7:51 am
Beautiful location!! The tree looks like it’s cased in concrete to hold it up.
April 8, 2016 at 5:59 pm
Thank you! I think they’ve reinforced it.
April 8, 2016 at 8:06 am
Very Nice Laura, I was in Carmel a few years back I remember going to Mission Ranch for Dinner. such a beautiful place
April 8, 2016 at 8:13 am
Thanks Mike. 🙂 I’ve been there as well. I could live down there easily…if I could afford it. So expensive!
April 8, 2016 at 8:14 am
That drive is loaded with photo ops! Wonderfully done.
April 8, 2016 at 9:36 am
Sure is! I want to go back with my camera club. It’s so beautiful there!
April 8, 2016 at 9:37 am
I’m hearing constant clicks. 😉
April 8, 2016 at 9:44 am
lol yep!
April 8, 2016 at 8:18 am
Gorgeous coastline images. Looks like great weather, such a treat when family/friends are in town. Curious if you know the answer to this, in the reader on wordpress, how do you get your images to come up as “view gallery”. Where others can see that you have two images posted in this post? I have looked and searched and can’t seem to understand it. I have my posts formatted to “gallery” and still nothing shows up there. It is a mystery to me at this point 🙂
April 8, 2016 at 9:42 am
Hi Carrie 🙂 Mine aren’t in a gallery but I do know how to do it. I’m not sure I can explain it clearly but lemme try. I do not use the new WP interface…I use the old legacy style. Here goes: Add New Post, Click Media, Upload your Images, to the left click Create Gallery, click the images you want, click at bottom right Create a New Gallery, then over to the right click the dropdown box next to “Type” and choose the type of gallery you want, then at bottom click “Insert a Gallery”.
There is another setting that will or will not allow multiple images to show in the reader without clicking on the blog but for the life of me I can’t remember what it is.
I hope this all helps.
April 8, 2016 at 1:26 pm
Thank you…maybe my problem is that I don’t use the old format.
I think it is the “feature image” that you are thinking of. I tried it with an without a featured image the last two days and can’t get the gallery to show up in the reader. Such a bummer, hard for people to know there are multiple images in a post otherwise. Sorry to take up so much space here, thank you for your explanation. I’ll keep researching. Have a wonderful weekend!
April 8, 2016 at 2:08 pm
There’s another setting…not feature image. it has to do with reading or discussion. Let me see if I can find it.
April 8, 2016 at 2:09 pm
I think I found it! Under Settings>Reading….make sure that it says “Full text” under “For each article in a feed, show”. Let me know if that works.
April 8, 2016 at 4:54 pm
I’ll let you know if it works. It wasn’t selected when I looked in my settings, says it will activate when I make a new post. Fingers Crossed. Thank you so much!
April 8, 2016 at 5:58 pm
I hope it works! You’re welcome. 🙂
April 9, 2016 at 8:02 am
It worked! What a happy moment to see all the images displayed. Yay! Thanks again, friend.
April 9, 2016 at 8:02 am
Yay! You’re welcome. 🙂 I love to help.
April 8, 2016 at 8:24 am
Both are gorgeous images! It’s a fabulous park with so many stunning photographic opportunities. What a wonderful place to meet family from our of town!
The GAS case I have for that camera is getting worse by the year! 🙂
April 8, 2016 at 9:43 am
Thank you so much! I’m wondering what you meant by your last sentence? GAS case? What is that? Pardon for me being a bit dense! I’ve only had one cup of coffee. 🙂
April 8, 2016 at 9:46 am
Gear Acquisition Syndrome= GAS. Most the time I’ve got a case of NAS Nikon gear acquisition syndrome, but that Sony A7, A7r cameras have had my attention for awhile now.
April 8, 2016 at 9:47 am
OH! lol I have all those things it seems. What’s really funny is I brought the A7 because I want to use it more when I’m traveling yet I STILL brought my Nikon! And now I want new lenses for the Sony. Does it ever end??????
April 8, 2016 at 9:50 am
I fear not! We’ve got it bad. Buying into a whole second system is what keeps me from making the jump. I tell myself I’ll only get a landscape/nightsky lenses for the Sony, but I’ll end up carrying both my Nikon kit and the Sony and not shed any weight at all.
Then I’ll add a walk-around lens…no I wont end. At least we’re in good company. 🙂
April 8, 2016 at 9:52 am
LOL…it is so true. I’m laughing. Oy!
April 8, 2016 at 8:36 am
Two stunningly beautiful places in the world — your gorgeous photos highlight them wonderfully, Laura.
April 8, 2016 at 9:44 am
Thank you so much Jet. I wanted to make it to the area with the seals but one of my relatives had a knee replacement 5 weeks ago and it was not possible for him to walk too much. I’m going back!
April 8, 2016 at 8:54 am
I am thrilled you had time with your family. Your photos are absolutely gorgeous. 😀
April 8, 2016 at 9:44 am
Thank you so much Cee. 🙂 We had such a great time!
April 8, 2016 at 9:42 am
Gorgeous shots! Can’t wait for my new Sony!
April 8, 2016 at 9:46 am
Thank you! It’s such handy travel camera! I just heard they released the new Hasselblad which has 100MP! Unreal!
April 8, 2016 at 10:17 am
How are you liking the smaller camera?
April 8, 2016 at 10:52 am
Hi Robert. 🙂 Well…I think I like it lol. I haven’t really put it to a good test yet where I’m out taking pictures that I really set out to do. I’d like to try it at sunset but it seems we are in for some rainy few days. I’m hoping maybe on Sunday I can test it out. I will say that it is SO much easier to carry! I do need a wider angle lens though lol. I see there is a 16-35 which would be really great. (Does this ever end??)
April 8, 2016 at 4:00 pm
It NEVER ends (note to Dave)
April 8, 2016 at 4:52 pm
I’m hiding this from Dave. 🙂
April 8, 2016 at 10:46 am
Wonderful photos. Have to envy your climate and these terrific locations.
April 8, 2016 at 10:56 am
Thank you Belinda. 🙂 I don’t even know where you are or maybe I just don’t remember. We do have wonderful climate.
April 8, 2016 at 11:06 am
April 8 and it’s snowing, early spring in Ontario😊
April 8, 2016 at 1:06 pm
Ahh!
April 8, 2016 at 11:19 am
Gorgeous images Laura 🙂
April 8, 2016 at 1:06 pm
Thanks so much Joe. 🙂
April 8, 2016 at 11:22 am
Great photos. They remind me of the time I was stationed there. After a year at the Presidio of San Francisco I was transferred to Ft. Ord. Worked on base there and at the Presidio of Monterey. A friend lent me the unbelievable sum of $300 so I could buy a used Yamaha 100cc to get around. I rode all around Monterey, Pacific Grove, and Carmel-by-the-Sea. I even rode the 17-mile drive but only once. I forget the price but is was a splurge on my military salary.
April 8, 2016 at 1:07 pm
Thanks David. 🙂 Amazingly enough the price went down to get into the gate. A few years ago we were there and it was $20. It was $10 the other day. It is really silly but like you said…how often do we really do that kind of thing. Thanks for sharing and serving!
April 8, 2016 at 1:38 pm
Beautiful shots! Wow, the 17-mile Drive. Visited there 10 years ago 🙂
April 8, 2016 at 2:10 pm
Thanks Amy! We are going down there again in September and I’ll have more time for photography. Glad you’ve seen the area. If you haven’t been to Pt. Lobos….it’s incredible although I couldn’t get any pics of its incredibleness lol.
April 8, 2016 at 7:31 pm
you have a Sony A7.
very cool.
April 9, 2016 at 7:08 am
Dave got it for me for my birthday. I think so he doesn’t have to lug around my equipment when we travel. 😉
April 9, 2016 at 6:38 pm
How sweet of him ☺ and practical
April 9, 2016 at 6:53 pm
Yes, both! 🙂
April 8, 2016 at 9:59 pm
Photos are very beautiful! 🙂
April 9, 2016 at 7:08 am
Thank you Nandini. 🙂
April 8, 2016 at 10:11 pm
You are loving that camera, hey?
My first priority is to change my Mac..
Do I do it now? or after I am back from holiday in June?
Life is full of tough decisions
April 9, 2016 at 7:08 am
Life is rough isn’t it! Next year perhaps I’m going to get a new one as well. I really need 16 GB RAM. I’m on 8 and while it’s ok, it could be better. 🙂
April 9, 2016 at 10:51 am
I am on 4… If I want 16, Apple needs 3 months
April 9, 2016 at 11:03 am
Three months??????? Geez!
April 9, 2016 at 11:06 am
Oh yes.. I ordered a spare electric adaptor for my MacBook Air three months ago.. And there is no news of it
April 9, 2016 at 3:17 pm
I wonder if it’s the shipping.
April 9, 2016 at 10:34 pm
Maybe, Apple does not like me.. Sigh…
April 10, 2016 at 9:17 am
Awww…how could apple not like YOU Raj!
April 8, 2016 at 10:26 pm
Beautiful images Laura, the first shot is awesome.
April 9, 2016 at 7:12 am
Hi Karen, thank you so much! I like that one too. It’s such a cute, small pristine beach.
April 10, 2016 at 1:22 am
Awesome panoramic photos. Having access to such beautiful locations is a treasure.
April 10, 2016 at 9:21 am
It really is. I feel so fortunate to have lived here all my life. It does take a while to get to these places if I go during commute though. It’s gotten so crowded in the bay area in the last ten years!
April 10, 2016 at 9:53 am
Amazing👍⭐️
April 10, 2016 at 12:59 pm
Thank you!
April 11, 2016 at 6:05 pm
Stunning images you got! And I should probably add “as always” 🙂
April 12, 2016 at 7:12 am
Thanks Tiny. I want to go back to this spot soon before the “June Gloom”.
April 12, 2016 at 9:28 am
Hidden Beach is Beautiful! I love the contrast between the grainy sand in foreground and the water/sky.
Great shot!
April 12, 2016 at 10:14 am
Have you been there? It’s so amazing! Thank you so much for your comment. 🙂
April 12, 2016 at 12:19 pm
No. I’ve never been there. It looks amazing though.
April 12, 2016 at 12:49 pm
It really is. Thanks for the comments. 🙂
April 13, 2016 at 7:24 am
Point Lobos is stunning. Look for the baby seals at China Cove, and the nesting birds on the island. Also love the sea otters and whales. Beautiful photos!
April 13, 2016 at 7:42 am
Thank you Pam! I’m really wanting to go back when I can focus on photography. This was a visit with family so it was difficult for me to take photos.