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After our fun day at the Point Lobos National Reserve, we stopped at the nearby Monastery Beach to hang out a little bit and watch the sunset. It's so peaceful to hang out listening to the waves crash. The interesting thing about this beach is the sand has larger particles, almost like tiny, tiny pebbles, rather than miniscule grains of sand that you'd normally expect. BTW, it was really nice that you could park right off the highway and just walk onto the beach right there. Most other beaches we've been to have parking lots that are a slight hike away from the actual sand and surf. Too bad it isn't closer to us!
Was itching to go somewhere and have a proper photo shoot day, so I looked up things to do in Carmel and happened upon a place called Point Lobos State Reserve. Saw some cool photos on Flickr, so that's where we went last Saturday. We didn't get too far away from where we parked, but we had an awesome couple hours or so exploring the rock formations and tide pools near the spot we stopped. I think it was somewhere near Weston Beach that we spent all our time. Point Lobos is a huge park, so we barely, barely even scratched the surface of what we could do there. We'll definitely go back again sometime and get there earlier in the day so we can fit more activities in, but I was pretty content with the time we spent there that day. All the colors and textures caught my eye. I took some photos, then rummaged around and picked a few shells as souvenirs. Later I realized that I wasn't supposed to take any shells. Oops!
Lunar eclipse from December 21, 2010. Took these shots from a spot on Sierra Rd. in San Jose (or Milpitas, not sure within which boundaries we were). Unfortunately there's nothing out there to add extra interest to the lunar eclipse, so the blushing eclipse itself will have to do. I stacked three photos together to get this composition with a bit more dynamic range. Pretty good from a slow 70-300 VR lens.
My friend's Lotus Elise... Sweet! Usually the cars you see in Polaroid photos are old classics to match the old film, but I think this new car looks quite good in Pola colors. :)
I stumbled across this public art sculpture in San Jose off of E Santa Clara Rd. There were actually a few pieces (by the same artist?) along the road. I walked around a little bit after dropping off some film to be developed at Foto Express. For some reason this photo feels like summer to me. The colorful sculpture kind of reminds me of a kid's toy held high against the sky, or something at a carnival, both of which make me think of a hot summer day.
Really liked the sunlight highlighting the leaves on this tree. Wish the film had maintained more of an aqua cast rather than turning yellow-green... *sigh*
After I got back from my little exploration trip on Marsh Rd., I stopped off at the gas station. On the way home I saw a section of the road that had a bunch of trees with leaves turning colors, so I parked nearby and took a bunch of pictures for the rest of today's 'Roid Week photos. I'm still learning how to shoot with the Colorpack II, so the focus in this shot isn't good. I don't really do that well estimating distances to set the focus manually on non-SLR cameras like this. But hopefully as I continue using the Colorpack II, I'll get better!
After I got back from my little exploration trip on Marsh Rd., I stopped off at the gas station. On the way home I saw a section of the road that had a bunch of trees with leaves turning colors, so I parked nearby and took a bunch of pictures for the rest of today's 'Roid Week photos. I'm not a fan of cameras with auto flash that can't be overridden. As much as possible I like to stick to natural light. I was hoping that the lighting was good enough that the OneStep CloseUp wouldn't fire the flash, but I guess not. :-/
After I got back from my little exploration trip on Marsh Rd., I stopped off at the gas station. On the way home I saw a section of the road that had a bunch of trees with leaves turning colors, so I parked nearby and took a bunch of pictures for the rest of today's 'Roid Week photos. Normally when I scan in my Polaroid photos (and most of my other film shots), I make the scans resemble the originals as much as possible, because I like the colors, lighting, and whatever defects the film has (light leaks, undeveloped corners, what have you) -- it's the film's character. However, when I took this picture, it was totally underexposed because of backlighting. I'm still learning how to use the Colorpack II, so I'm not sure if I could've gotten a better exposure by turning the exposure compensation dial (most likely it would've made the shutter speed longer and the picture would've been blurry from being handheld). I thought it'd be such a waste since the focus actually was pretty good here. I was trying to capture a tree with bright red leaves and the bright purple flowers in the bush below the tree. However the original was all dark, showing none of the colors. So this time I post-processed to bring out the details so the photo wouldn't be a total waste. I don't do it often, but this felt appropriate. With other film shots I might've felt fine fixing the shot in post without calling it out, but I guess my whole feeling about instant photography from Polaroids is that you either get the shot right in the camera, or you don't. Who knows, I may change my mind about that.
Really liked the sunlight highlighting the leaves on this tree. Wish the film had maintained more of an aqua cast rather than turning yellow-green... *sigh*
Really liked the sunlight highlighting the leaves on this tree. Wish the film had maintained more of an aqua cast rather than turning yellow-green... *sigh*
Really liked the sunlight highlighting the leaves on this tree. Wish the film had maintained more of an aqua cast rather than turning yellow-green... *sigh*
See photo in original gallery.
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