Templeton Stars

I saw a few meteors in the Persiad meteor shower on Wednesday morning, but I could not capture any on the camera.  The moon was quite bright and the sky not quite dark enough for good photos of the meteors.

The photo below shows the stars and oaks under the moonlight a little bit before sunrise.

The Coast is Clear

It was remarkably clear on the coastline earlier this week - and the breezes were gentle - perfect coastal exploring weather.

The photo below shows the view from Cambria down to Point Buchon (Montana de Oro) - I'm guessing that it is about 30 miles as the crow flies.

Cambria Sunset

Sunset over Leffingwell Landing in Cambria on Saturday 7/19/2014.

Coaster

Here is another cute kitten who needs a good home.  He is at the North County Humane Society in Atascadero.

"Super Moon" over Templeton, CA

The "super moon" on 7/12/14 came up behind a cloud bank - so much for that spectacular photo I was preparing to take.  It was a little too dark - more light in the sky would have helped - which means I should have taken the photo one day earlier.

Anyway, I used some HDR compositing to help balance the light.  The photo does not quite look "real", but it is pretty close to what I saw.

Cambria - Zebra and Supermoon

The moon rising over Cambria, California last evening was huge.  I caught a photo of it over my favorite old barn.

And the zebra near Hearst Castle were out in force - as were the tourist snapping pictures of zebra close to Highway 1.  I should have taken a photo of all the cars stopped along the side of the highway.