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[Varenne Rodin]

The Pacific ocean, from the southwest coast of California.

[Darcy88]

The Pacific ocean, from the southwest coast of California.

Beautiful. You got that pink there in the sky though it doesn't look like dawn or dusk. Light looks lovely over the water. Don't you just love living on the coast? I sure do.

[Varenne Rodin]

Beautiful. You got that pink there in the sky though it doesn't look like dawn or dusk. Light looks lovely over the water. Don't you just love living on the coast? I sure do.

Very much so. I don't think I would want to live too far from the ocean. Here are some more from the other day...

Ocean Beach, CA.



The moon above.

[Darcy88]

Very much so. I don't think I would want to live too far from the ocean. Here are some more from the other day...

Ocean Beach, CA.



The moon above.

The blues in that second pic have such mesmerizing depth. I want to drink up that sky. Great pictures. Great composition.

[Varenne Rodin]

The blues in that second pic have such mesmerizing depth. I want to drink up that sky. Great pictures. Great composition.

Thank you, Darcy. It was a perfect day. Ocean beach is like magic. There's so much to see and everything is huge. The sea and the sky seem to go on forever. Happy place.

[MystyrMystyry]

Nice V. I especially like the second to last one with the crashing waves. What's the vignetting - a favorite technique or just how they came out?

I have an entire SD card to download (one day - I'm still filling the latest one), and I'll put some up (I think there may even be a couple of me with my personal prize fishes)

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Thanks for sharing your photos Varenne.
I was curious about the "tunnel vision" effect as well. The border characteristics look similar to those produced by a polarizing filter.
The pastel colors remind me of older postcards that were hand painted.

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[Varenne Rodin]

Thank you, Mystyry and Gilliatt. The colors of the day were real. I did have a filter on that darkened the edges. I forgot about it as I was snapping away, so they all have it. Not that I mind. I'm pleased with the way they turned out. It probably is my favorite filter, although I do love red washes.

Those waves got huge as the day went on. In the evening and for the next day they closed the beach and pier because the water was hitting the roof of that cafe in picture 4. People were surfing right up to the last. 20-40 foot faces on those waves at their biggest. I wish I had pictures of those. Maybe next time. In the next year I'll be getting an under water camera. Very very excited about that.

[tonywalt]

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[tonywalt]

This is a white winged dove common in the Caribbean.

[tonywalt]

Caribbean white winged dove.

[tonywalt]

This is a Cayman Blue Iguana. I used a nikon d 90. i should have used my filter, but didn't.

[Snowqueen]

Wow! This lizard is huge and scary. Great close up shots Tony, thanks for sharing.

Its my turn now I guess, here are few pictures of my nieces.

Bushy in good mood.





Shinu playing with her tiger.

[tonywalt]

Cute nieces. I like the shot sitting on tiger, nicely done.

Yea, that's the Cayman Blue Iguana, it's about 3 feet long, but I crawled really close to him, and he was none to happy.

[Varenne Rodin]

Excellent pictures, Tony and Snow. Those animals are lovely, Tony. Your niece is adorable, Snow.