Two years ago this week Doug Kaye and I went to Rodeo Beach and then up the hill to Battery Mendell overlooking Point Bonita Light and the entrance to the Golden Gate. It’s a magnificent view from up there.
Captured with my Canon 5D Mark II with the 70-200mm lens. Post-processed in Lightroom and Photoshop CC with a bit of platinum toning applied.
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I went back tonight looking for holiday images from years before. Instead, I stumbled across this image – taken on December 17, 2011 – 3 years ago yesterday – at the Marin Highlands.
On that lovely Sunday, Doug Kaye and I met at Rodeo Beach, explored that amazing area and then headed up the hill to the headlands. While we were fooling around, I caught him taking this shot of me.
What might be different today is that we’d both be using different cameras. In this shot, he’s shooting with one of his big Nikon DSLR’s. And I’m shooting with my Canon 5D Mark II with the big 70-200mm f/2.8L lens on it.
Fast forward three years – I’d be shooting with my Fujifilm X-E2 and, most likely, Doug would be shooting with his new Sony Alpha A7. We wouldn’t be able to detect much difference in our images – in fact, they might be even better.
So much for my search for holiday photos tonight. I’ll try again tomorrow!
Here’s one of my favorite images from last Saturday’s Rodeo Beach photo walk with Doug Kaye. Sort of like street shooting – except on the beach.
We were heading down toward the dramatic rocks at the south end of Rodeo Beach when I happened to notice this couple – hand in hand – walking toward the water.
They later explored together – looking for shells and other objects that had washed up on the beach.
But I’ll always remember them this way – hand in hand…
My good friend Doug Kaye and I headed out today to the Marin Headlands – in particular, Battery Mendell up high on the cliffs and, down low, Rodeo Beach itself. I’ve yet to process most of the photos from this walk with Doug – but I did especially like the image above – a couple walking along the cliffs near Battery Mendell. Click on the image to see a larger version.
Doug is helping plan a photo walk at Rodeo Beach after Christmas – details here.
[Update: here are some great shots taken from the photowalk posted over on Google+.]
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