Canon EOS 5D
ƒ/3.5
28 mm
1/250
1250

I wandered off from the Super Bowl party… no idea how it ended…

14 responses to “Alone”

  1. Did you really care? Truly? Maybe, maybe not.

    This is so lovely! The sand, the white waves, the peachy sky at dusk. Oh, it makes one dream!!

    Alone is a wonderful way to be, at times. It is never really completely alone. The Universe is with you!

  2. heh… I wasn’t sure who was playing…. =)
    And the party fun kept me safely away from the tele.

    But it sure emptied out the beach.

  3. Now I know when to visit that beach!

  4. unbelievable….you’ve got some GREAT landscape pictures in your stream and i enjoy them sooo much!

  5. THIS is my idea of a Superbowl party. People one, nature 100:) (hike one, hike two) Pure soul filling beauty this image, thanks for posting it

  6. Hey, I just found out who won the Superbowl… UCLA did a series of real-time fMRI brain scans during the commercials…


    "Among the ads that seem relatively successful, I want to single out the Michelob ad. Above is a picture showing the brain activation associated with the ad. What is interesting is the strong response — indicated by the arrow — in ‘mirror neuron’ areas, premotor areas active when you make an action and when you see somebody else making the same action. The activity in these areas may represent some form of empathic response. Or, given that these areas are also premotor areas for mouth movements, it may represent the simulated action of drinking a beer elicited in viewers by the ad. Whatever it is, it seems a good brain response to the ad."

    Gotta love the attempt to quantify empathy… =)

  7. Hey Steve!

    I’m curious what lens you used for this shot. The EXIF data says 28mm at f/3.5. Is this on a prime or some amazing Canon L zoom lens that I’m unaware of? 🙂 And where along the coast was this taken? I gotta get over there to take some shots!

  8. It was a Tamron 28-300mm Zoom. A good friend just lent me a 28mm Sigma f1.8 which I want to try out next time….

    If it’s on the West Coast, I can give you the coolest pointer to the exact location. I was standing on the outcropping on the right, shooting to the left (North). If you click on the center picture, you can get super high res versions (I can recognize cars and people at that scale).

    And you’ll notice that the site has the coast blanketed with photos from low-flying aircraft. The "time comparison" button on the top gives you a 34-year time sequence (I think that was used to bust the Ritz Carlton next door for some undocumented coastal development).

  9. Regarding scanning brains to increase sales… kind of takes the concept of ‘consumer choice’ out of the equation doesn’t it: face it – the average person is no match for teams of people doing corporate research designed to make them a more maleable part of the corporate matrix… ;-).

    Well, gotta run since… "its microbrew time".

  10. BTW Steve – Great use of superbowl time. Its one of the best days of the year (like Thanksgiving and New Year DAY) to go out and have the world to yourself.

  11. I love the wiggly surf!

  12. great shot! what beautiful scenery! (1-2-3)

  13. Lovely shot of a beautiful beech and cliff.

    the 1-2-3 group.

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