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| Aperitif at Nepenthe
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| We stopped for an aperitif at Nepenthe. This photograph
looks down the stair from near the entrance toward the parking lots.
Nepenthe's buildings are surrounded by foliage.
| Nepenthe caters to everyone. You can eat a nice meal inside, drink at
the bar inside, buy a drink and sit on the steps at right, or get waiter
service for drinks and appetizers at tables on the outdoor patio. The
patio, by the way, extends much farther to the left than shown in this
picture.
| I bought my drink from the bar and sat with Di Yin on this terrace
facing the coast, on the other side of the building. Other people got
waiter service on this terrace: see the counter with umbrellas at the
left. What a great location.
| My aperitif: a Moscow mule, made from vodka, ginger beer, and lime. It
was good and well balanced.
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| In a gift shop attached to Nepenthe, I took a movie of this mechanical
sculpture faucet that appears to float unattached. Neat! Can you
figure out how it works? (I know how.)
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| Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
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| We stopped by Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. This is the view from the
parking lot--it's surrounded by a dense grove of redwoods!
| More redwoods along the trail. Sorry for the blur.
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At higher elevations, the redwoods gave way to brush.
| The reason we stopped by Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park was to see Pfeiffer
Falls. It's not impressive, but this picture makes it look even worse.
The lighting (too much contrast) made it difficult to take a good
picture.
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| An image of Pfeiffer Falls taken from a bit farther away. I created
this image by combining multiple exposures, thus allowing everything in
shade and sun to be simultaneously visible.
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| More Driving in Big Sur
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| The first in a series of shots I took from the car as we drove north on
our way out of Big Sur. They're meant to show more images of the
coastal landscape.
| Lovely ridges.
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| Sometimes the incredible views from the road make it easy to drive
distracted. Good thing I was a passenger during this segment--I could
revel in them.
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| Carmel at Sunset
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| We stopped by Carmel at sunset to have a light picnic dinner on the
beach. This panorama is the view from where we sat.
| Sunset over Carmel's beach. I created this image by combining multiple
exposures--I wanted to show both the flowers in the foreground and the
sunset, an impossible combination using only one shot.
| Another combination image of sunset over Carmel's beach. I used the
same shots as in the previous image, just different default settings in
the software that combines them. (The software I used has three
different default styles. One looked bad. The other two I uploaded.)
I like the wideness of the sky and clouds better in this image but feel
the foreground plants are too bright.
| A single, unprocessed shot of the sunset. I love the clouds.
Excellent?
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| Di Yin took a picture of a family. I noticed that she was having fun
doing it and glowed due to the sunset, so I decided to take a picture of
her.
| One final excellent shot of the beach. I love the silhouettes of
the people having fun.
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| Fodder for Coast Panorama
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| Fodder for Rocky Creek Bridge Panorama
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