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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Matt Tilghman on November 16, 2011, 02:29:25 am

Title: Old La Honda
Post by: Matt Tilghman on November 16, 2011, 02:29:25 am

This is Old La Honda Road, probably quite familiar to those in the Stanford/Palo Alto area.  A favorite among bicyclists, and you can probably see why.  This was taken yesterday.  Conditions were wet and foggy and steamy, ie perfect.

Hope you like!
(http://tilghman.smugmug.com/Landscapes/California/i-pj35RzM/1/M/oldlahondaS-M.jpg)
Larger Version (http://www.tilghman.smugmug.com/gallery/8935629_DRk4e#1582962011_pj35RzM-O-LB)

without cars:
(http://tilghman.smugmug.com/Landscapes/California/i-nbqm2Qr/0/M/oldlahonda2s-M.jpg)
Larger Version (http://www.tilghman.smugmug.com/Landscapes/California/8935629_Mzsqfm/1582962011_pj35RzM#1587215072_nbqm2Qr-O-LB)

Title: Re: Old La Honda
Post by: degrub on November 16, 2011, 11:02:29 am

Last time i was through there i remember watching a rider lay a bike down on a curve like that when he hit the leaves.
Pretty spot. Nice capture - was that about a 14 mm lens ?

Title: Re: Old La Honda
Post by: francois on November 16, 2011, 11:29:27 am

Very nice colors and curve!

Quote from: degrub on November 16, 2011, 11:02:29 am

… was that about a 14 mm lens ?

From the EXIF info, it looks like it's 27 mm. It might be a stitched photo…

Title: Re: Old La Honda
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on November 16, 2011, 01:02:20 pm

Lovely.  The second one could have been 'caffed' (*) instead of cropped.

* Content Aware Filled

Title: Re: Old La Honda
Post by: Isaac on November 16, 2011, 05:15:19 pm

I like that you actually took the photos. For a week or two I've been admiring the Big Leaf Maple colours (and the pastel shades of fallen Madrone leaves) without finding something I wanted to photograph. So well done.

When I look at the photo, the bright patches of sky grab my attention and the curve of the road grabs my attention (not a bad thing in a motorist). I think you want me to be looking at the foliage and fallen leaves more than I am, but they seem like a backdrop to some action that hasn't begun yet.

Can you persuade the organisers of The Tour of California to send the race down Old La Honda, and then give only you access to this curve - the fall colours would make a much better backdrop to the spring race :-)

More practically, as you say, it is a popular route for cyclists - perhaps a sequence with a cyclist speeding down the curve and a cyclist working their way up, would layer more interest onto this colourful backdrop.

Title: Re: Old La Honda
Post by: shaunw on November 18, 2011, 03:26:16 pm

Second one without cars.....great comp light and colours works really well, well done

Title: Re: Old La Honda
Post by: Dewi Sant on November 20, 2011, 06:12:45 pm

Quote from: degrub on November 16, 2011, 11:02:29 am

Last time i was through there I remember watching a rider lay a bike down on a curve like that when he hit the leaves. 

Only an idiot leans a bike too far in Autumn!  :o

Dewi (a biker)