Calm day at Pt Vicente
Calm Day On the Bay
Beautiful Spring Day at Pt Vicente
Beautiful Spring Day at Pt Vicente
After spending some time with my son, I decided to head back up to Pt Vicente to try and get some pictures of migrating whales. As soon as I picked my spot to photograph from, a couple guys that were already there proceeded to tell me about a couple dolphins that had been playing around in the cove beneath us. They showed me the pictures of the dolphins spinning in air, and basically acting like they were performing at Sea World or something. Naturally, once I got there, the show ended. I did manage to get a few water spouts from passing whales, and you will be able to see their backs. I will keep trying.
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Categories: Photos Tags: Canon EOS Rebel, Pacific Ocean, Photos, pictures, Point Vicente, Santa Monica Bay, sea sights, seascape, Southern California, Sunday ride, whales
Sigma Lens
Sigma Zoom Super Wide Angle Lens
My First Test Shots
My First Test Shots
My new Sigma zoom super wide angle 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS (Optical Stabilizer) lens for my Canon Rebel Digital EOS arrived today. Within five minutes of arrival it was on the camera and I started shooting anything within eyesight. Here are a few sample pictures. I think I will keep it. Geek Good Girl and I headed back out to Point Vicente because she is planning on ordering one over the weekend. Had to let her play with it for a little while.
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Categories: Photos Tags: Canon EOS Rebel, geek good girl, Photos, pictures, Point Vicente, Sigma Lens, Tanya
A Blustery Day at Pt Vicente
Pictures from Point Vicente
A Windy Winter Day
A Windy Winter Day
My girlfriend has not been here since I discovered that Point Vicente is a great place to watch for whales. We decided to take a short break from work and head up there. We got a couple water spouts, so we know they were out there, but it was really blown out. Not sure a whale really cares about the weather though.
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Categories: Photos Tags: birds, geek good girl, Photos, pictures, Point Vicente, seascape, Southern California, Tanya, whale watching, whales, winter
Whale watching
Day 68 of Project 365. We took a little break from work and rode up to Point Vicente to see if the whales were out and about. It was very windy out, making the water quite choppy. While we did not see any whales breaching we did manage to get a couple shots of water spouts. Oh well, I have a new lens coming in tomorrow so Geek Good Girl and I will try again tomorrow. I have to test it out anyway, right? My daily photo is of Geek Good Girl and me.
baddog and Geek Good Girl
Categories: Project 365 Tags: daily, geek good girl, photo, Point Vicente, Project 365, Tanya, whales
The 10 Basic Steps to Whale Watching
Ah, it is that time of year again when the California Gray Whale heads to Mexico for the same reason the rest of us go there. Mating. Anyway, a popular pastime this time of year is to go whale watching. You can pay to go on a boat, but there are no guarantees. We are actually 50-50 when using a boat, but we had to go to Hawaii to have any luck. Sometimes that is just not feasible. The easiest way is to go to the beach and watch them there.
For those that want to go to the seashore to whale watch, I have decided to create this little video tutorial on How to Watch Whales, the 10 Basic Steps. I hope you find it helpful.
Categories: Vlog Tags: how-to, Point Vicente, Southern California, tutorial, video, whales, winter
