SONY ILCE-7C 20mm f1.8 1/30s ISO2500
Just inside the mouth of Skull Cave at Lava Beds National Monument in Northern California.
(Published to the Fediverse as: Skull Cave #photo #cave Photo of the entrance to Skull Cave at Lava Beds National Monument in California. )
SONY DSC-RX10M4 9mm f16.0 1/125s ISO100
SONY DSC-RX10M4 58mm f11.0 1/200s ISO100
SONY DSC-RX10M4 9mm f11.0 1/160s ISO100
The Sundial Bridge in Redding, California crosses the Sacramento River while also providing the correct time one day a year (the Summer Solstice) assuming it's a sunny day (a pretty safe assumption for Redding).
(Published to the Fediverse as: Sundial Bridge #photo #sundial #bridge Photos of the Sundial Bridge across the Sacramento River in Redding, California. )
The New York Times: Opinion | America Needs to Break Up Its Biggest States
I'd rather get rid of the electoral college and have a national, ranked choice vote but this is interesting.
A four mile, 1,400 foot hike into the Santa Cruz Mountains from just above Woodside. The trail is almost entirely under canopy but with a lot of variety and the occasional snatch of a view of the bay as you climb. The Bear Gulch section is very steep in places, if I did this route again I'd try Marker 3 to Marker 11 to see if the descent is more forgiving. Oh, and make sure you have a map or a downloaded route, there are a lot of trails with multiple entrances so it would be pretty easy to get lost here.
Hike starts at: 37.424658, -122.281739. View in Google Earth.
(Hike Map)
(Published to the Fediverse as: Teague Hill Preserve #hike #map 4 mile hike with 1,400 foot elevation gain in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Woodside, California. Bring a map. )
Catfood Earth has been missing a detailed guide since I shut down the Catfood Software web site. That has been fixed with this somewhat epic post which covers every feature of the Windows and Android versions.
Two new timelapses: stars over Columbia State Historic Park and another sunset. I also started working on a longer term project, it will be a few weeks until I get to see if it's going to work.
Hike posts have been upgraded with route maps and a chart showing elevation profile.
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Sunset over the Pacific.
Shot from Pacifica and San Francisco. A low pressure system was flinging some dramatic clouds around but unfortunately no rain.
(Previously: Sunset #6)
(Published to the Fediverse as: Sunset #7 #timelapse #sunset #4k #video 4K timelapse of sunset over the Pacific shot from Pacifica and San Francisco, California. )
Timelapse of stars over Columbia State Historic Park in California.
The video has four sequences shot over two nights. It was a challenging weekend right before the Summer Solstice with a pretty bright moon, but there are some hints of milky way in there. The first and third clips are from a Sony A7C with 20mm f1.8 G lens. The second and fourth are from a GoPro Hero 8 Black which suffered from a few stuck pixels but nice enough overall. Post processed in Lightroom, LRTimelapse, Resolve and Filmstro Pro.
(Published to the Fediverse as: Stars over Columbia State Historic Park #timelapse #stars #video 4K timelapse video of stars over Columbia State Historic Park in California, shot with Sony A7C and GoPro Hero 8 Black. )
Summer starts right this minute in the northern hemisphere, winter for those south of the equator. Rendered in Catfood Earth.
(Previously: Summer Solstice 2020)
SONY DSC-RX10M4 220mm f4.0 1/2,500s ISO100
A pair of Snowy Egrets at Marshall's Beach in San Francisco, California.
(Published to the Fediverse as: Snowy Egrets at Marshall's Beach #photo #beach #egret Two Snowy Egrets at the shoreline (Marshall's Beach in San Francisco, California) )
