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Title: Going North
Post by: Gary on June 25, 2015, 19:23:31: I take a lot of tasting trips to the various wine areas of California. These are some snaps from Sonoma.

1. Packing Up
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FUJIFILM X-T1 w/Zeiss 32mm, 1/250, f/2.8, ISO 400

2. Cookie in San Francisco (aka The Cook),
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FUJIFILM X-T1 w/ Fujinon 10-24 @ 24mm, 1/250, f/14, ISO 400

3. A Pour
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FUJIFILM X100S, Fujinon 23mm, 1/250, f/9, ISO 400

4) Pt. Reyes Station
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FUJIFILM X-T1 w/Fujinon 10-24 @ 10mm, 1/250, f/16, ISO 400

5) Some Vines
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FUJIFILM X-T1 w/10-24 @ 15mm, 1/180, f/18, ISO 800

6) Clos Du Bois
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FUJIFILM X-T1 w/Zeiss 32mm, 1/60, f/2.5, ISO 200
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: knb on June 25, 2015, 20:10:58: The "tourist" picture of the dog in front of the Golden Gate bridge is a winner. It must be twenty years since I visited California now, nice with a flashback.
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Gary on June 26, 2015, 00:15:14: Quote from: knb on June 25, 2015, 20:10:58
The "tourist" picture of the dog in front of the Golden Gate bridge is a winner. It must be twenty years since I visited California now, nice with a flashback.
Thanks knb-

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Title: Re: Going North
Post by: The_Traveler on June 26, 2015, 00:50:46: Man, I miss SF.
I used to live on the Presidio right at the arrow so on any given night we could walk out to look at the outer bay or walk to the GG overlook.
That was a wonderful 4 years.
3 minute commute to work and my boss was 2700 miles away.
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: afx on June 26, 2015, 07:39:57: I love that pour shot.

cheers
afx
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Fons Baerken on June 26, 2015, 07:46:46: i like the personal of it, been to San Frisco once, my late sister lived there, Marine county actually.
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Frank Fremerey on June 26, 2015, 10:05:40: What are these "Totems" --- Art or Plant?
"Dog & Cow" is super. So typical a behavior fur the little furry friends.
"Dog on green" needs a new edit. Shot full of artifacts.
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Gary on June 26, 2015, 17:52:07: Quote from: afx on June 26, 2015, 07:39:57
I love that pour shot.

cheers
afx
Thank you afx. I have learned that when I shoot a taste, I get longer pours. I shoot a lot of pours.

(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Napa/i-4GN3jNH/0/O/DSCF2571.jpg)
FUJIFILM X100S w/23mm, f/9, ISO 400

Cookie entering the tasting room at Silver Oak
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FUJIFILM X-T1 w/Zeiss 32mm, f/9, ISO 320
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Gary on June 26, 2015, 18:37:26: Quote from: The_Traveler on June 26, 2015, 00:50:46
Man, I miss SF.
I used to live on the Presidio right at the arrow so on any given night we could walk out to look at the outer bay or walk to the GG overlook.
That was a wonderful 4 years.
3 minute commute to work and my boss was 2700 miles away.

San Francisco is a wonderfully entertaining city. But being from a warmer clime, the weather, while novel to me, after a day or so the novelty wears thin. As Samuel Clemens says "... the coldest winter I've ever spent was a summer in San Francisco". Mary Lou's son attended SFSU and was on the soccer team. So we spent some time up there attending the games.

More from San Francisco:

All images snapped with the Olympus EM5

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Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Gary on June 26, 2015, 18:44:01: Quote from: Frank Fremerey on June 26, 2015, 10:05:40
What are these "Totems" --- Art or Plant?
"Dog & Cow" is super. So typical a behavior fur the little furry friends.
"Dog on green" needs a new edit. Shot full of artifacts.
Abalone shells nailed to posts.
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Napa/i-qp4DtxS/0/O/DSCF2690.jpg)

She wanted to herd the cows.
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Napa/i-MF2XznP/0/O/GRAS5589.jpg)

Dog on Green ... probably oversharpened. These are just snaps. (no excuse for oversharpening ... maybe all the uploading to Smugmug than to NG ...)
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Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Gary on June 26, 2015, 18:47:26: Quote from: Fons Baerken on June 26, 2015, 07:46:46
i like the personal of it, been to San Frisco once, my late sister lived there, Marine county actually.
Thank you Fons, (Marin County, a wonderful and very upscale place to live.)

(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Napa/i-L4vv6Td/0/O/DSCF2653.jpg)
Marin Cheese Factory
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Gary on June 26, 2015, 18:53:36: Quote from: knb on June 25, 2015, 20:10:58
The "tourist" picture of the dog in front of the Golden Gate bridge is a winner. It must be twenty years since I visited California now, nice with a flashback.

You must come back to The City by the Bay.

"The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gay
The glory that was Rome is of another day
I've been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan
I'm going home to my city by the bay

I left my heart in San Francisco
High on a hill, it calls to me
To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars
The morning fog may chill the air, I don't care

My love waits there in San Francisco
Above the blue and windy sea
When I come home to you, San Francisco
Your golden sun will shine for me"

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Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Frank Fremerey on June 27, 2015, 00:06:15: Lots of inspiring shots esp. the seasoned hand on Wider Angles. The cheese factory with the wooden floor is my favorite here.
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: afx on June 27, 2015, 07:45:13: Quote from: Gary on June 26, 2015, 17:52:07
I have learned that when I shoot a taste, I get longer pours. I shoot a lot of pours.
LOL²
My biggest problem with those tasting tours is that I need a driver.
Unfortunately often enough that task is mine ;-(

Love the BW straight on bridge. going into the mist.

cheers
afx
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Frank Fremerey on June 27, 2015, 10:27:01: Quote from: afx on June 27, 2015, 07:45:13
Quote from: Gary on June 26, 2015, 17:52:07
I have learned that when I shoot a taste, I get longer pours. I shoot a lot of pours.
LOL²
My biggest problem with those tasting tours is that I need a driver.
Unfortunately often enough that task is mine ;-(

Driving is your mode of operation after a tasting? Crawling should be .... hahaha
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: afx on June 27, 2015, 12:46:24: Quote from: Frank Fremerey on June 27, 2015, 10:27:01
Driving is your mode of operation after a tasting? Crawling should be .... hahaha
Unfortunately, when I driver I only get to taste a sip of the stuff preselected by my wife ;-(

cheers
afx
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: elsa hoffmann on June 27, 2015, 15:26:31: The dog and bridge photos are my absolute favourites !
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Gary on June 27, 2015, 16:26:03: Quote from: afx on June 27, 2015, 12:46:24
Quote from: Frank Fremerey on June 27, 2015, 10:27:01
Driving is your mode of operation after a tasting? Crawling should be .... hahaha
Unfortunately, when I driver I only get to taste a sip of the stuff preselected by my wife ;-(

cheers
afx
There is a place in the Santa Rita Hills, near Santa Barbara, (Pinot Noir country), called the Wine Ghetto. It is this small warehouse/industrial complex. The kind with an office space up front and a warehouse in the back. There are about 15 different vintners in the place. It is great, because you can just walk from taste-to-taste (or stagger, depending on your fortitude).

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Bodega Bay

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We had the best clam chowder in Bodega Bay.
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Gary on June 27, 2015, 16:31:59: Quote from: elsa hoffmann on June 27, 2015, 15:26:31
The dog and bridge photos are my absolute favourites !

Thanks. I'll tell Cookie.
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The wind started picking up.
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: elsa hoffmann on June 27, 2015, 17:36:33: Quote
Thanks. I'll tell Cookie.
Are you telling me you had nothing to do with it and that those are selfies?
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Gary on June 27, 2015, 18:05:12: Quote from: elsa hoffmann on June 27, 2015, 17:36:33
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Thanks. I'll tell Cookie.
Are you telling me you had nothing to do with it and that those are selfies?

LOL ... she's unusually bright. (She figured out the doggie selfie stick in no time at all.)

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The Cook leading the way to Silver Oak. (Yeah, I know it's blown out on her back, California sun and a blonde dog and I over exposed a tad to get the front of the building.)

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Checking out some Harbor Seals at Bodega Bay.
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Lance B on June 28, 2015, 05:01:12: Love your travels photos, Gary! "Cookie in San Franciso (AKA as the Cook)" in your original post, is a gem of a photo!
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: elsa hoffmann on June 28, 2015, 07:40:02: Quote
LOL ... she's unusually bright. (She figured out the doggie selfie stick in no time at all.)

yaya

Is that your mansion?
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Gary on June 28, 2015, 17:20:11: Quote from: elsa hoffmann on June 28, 2015, 07:40:02
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LOL ... she's unusually bright. (She figured out the doggie selfie stick in no time at all.)

yaya

Is that your mansion?
No, my place is up front ... that's the dog's house in the back.

Cook would play this game of acting disinterested with the geese.
(http://www.garyayala.com/Travel/Napa/i-DtBtkhf/0/L/DSCF2649-L.jpg)

The geese would come ashore, then Cook would chase them into the water.
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Disinterested ...
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The Chase ...
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Over and Over ...
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Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Frank Fremerey on June 28, 2015, 18:05:42: The new dog on green series is much better edited. Love them.
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: KevinC on July 12, 2015, 19:06:19: Quote from: Frank Fremerey on June 26, 2015, 10:05:40
What are these "Totems" --- Art or Plant?
"Dog & Cow" is super. So typical a behavior fur the little furry friends.
"Dog on green" needs a new edit. Shot full of artifacts.

I think the totems look like abalone shells. Abalone are a marine gastropod quite popular for sport harvesting on the Pacific Coast of the US. Dangerous...several divers die each year...tastes like fishy rubber to me, but poachers get rich on them.
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Jan Anne on July 13, 2015, 00:22:02: Really enjoying your travel stories and images Gary, keep them coming :)

Those images split in half by the clouds are just insane, never seen something like that before, is that a common phenomena in San Francisco?
Title: Re: Going North
Post by: Gary on July 15, 2015, 17:07:34: Quote from: Jan Anne on July 13, 2015, 00:22:02
Really enjoying your travel stories and images Gary, keep them coming :)

Those images split in half by the clouds are just insane, never seen something like that before, is that a common phenomena in San Francisco?

Quite common, an upwelling of very cold water outside the bay, a stiff wind and only one opening inland, channels the fog through the Golden Gate Bridge. Samuel Clemens, (Mark Twain), stated that the "coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in San Francisco".

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Monterey, California
OMD-EM5

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Monterey, California
OMD-EM5