I promise not to be more interesting than you.
Yes - I know that there are water spots on some of the pics. It was windy and wet out there! But a ton of fun.
Treasure Island is in south Laguna Beach, just south of Diamond Beach, and below the Montage Resort. Parking is available on Pacific Coast Highway, or in the underground garage at Wesley Drive (turn beachside). The garage is hidden underneath Treasure Island Park. Parking meters are $1.00 each hour, paid in quarters, and the meters are in effect every day until 7:00 PM, including Sundays and holidays.
Treasure Island consists of two coves. The easiest access to the north cove is down a ramp that is beyond the two stairways from the upper walkway. I find the north cove more interesting because I can walk out around the rock to the far tide pools during low tide. Treasure Island is a very popular setting for sunset photos. There were no less than a dozen family groups down there last night getting photos taken for their holiday cards. I took these photos just before sunset. My intention was to caputre dramatic clouds, because there's a winter storm moving in. However, the sky was pretty much washed out, which is why I focused on taking photos of waves. I used a ciruclar polarizing filter, and the camera was on a tripod. Most of the exposures were between 1.3 seconds and 4.0 seconds at ISO 100.
Pilgrim is a wooden ship in Dana Point Harbor. I took this photo with
a film camera.
There was a lot of action at the Torrey Pines Gliderport yesterday afternoon. The gliderport is in La Jolla, above Black's Beach, near the University of California at San Diego campus.
I found an online catalog of the Laguna Beach "street beaches" that is encouraging me to visit more of these intimate beaches.
I enjoyed Saturday at upper Victoria Beach (south Laguna Beach), so I went back on Sunday. This time the light was much better.
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One of my students told me about a “castle” on one of the beaches in Laguna. I was intrigued so I searched it out and discovered Victoria Tower, which is upper Victoria Beach. I went this afternoon at low tide. The sun was too high for really good photos, but these photos still tell the story.
There was a kid fishing in the surf. He was pretty serious. He also harvested some shell fish.
The reason I wanted to go at low tide was to be able to navigate the beach. Some parts of the narrow path disappear during high tide.
There are some interesting details in this photograph of the Main
Beach lifeguard tower in Laguna Beach. The umbrella next to the
boardwalk is a homeless person's camp. I saw a dog. And, on the
boardwalk, barely visible, is a large bible. I noticed about a dozen
other small camps along the boardwalk and close in on the beach as I
walked down the beach.
I'm a California with a couple of cameras and a few thoughts.
Not all those who wander are lost. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
God wishes to see people happy. ~ Anne Frank
...mystery is a great embarrassment to the modern mind. ~ Flannery O'Connor
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. ~Ansel Adams
I just want to be good. ~"Alex" in A Clockwork Orange
