Day 44: A window to the sky

I don't have much to say today. The day I took this shot I only counted with my point and shoot camera because I didn't want to carry my Nikon.  Don't get me wrong, I like the shot but I know with my Nikon I could have done a much better job :)

Panasonic ZS25 -  15mm  1/1250s  f/5.2

Day 43: Vigilante

We are at Mountain View again, walking around the neighborhood.  The day was really beautiful, blue sky, no clouds.  Suddenly my eyes got caught by a strange shadow. I couldn't resist myself, I had to grab the camera and shoot :)

Panasonic ZS25 - 1/2000s  f/5.5

Day 42: Please

It's time to head back home after reaching San Luis Obispo.  This city has a beautiful monastery, if you have the opportunity go and visit it.

Our last point before returning to Mountain View, was Salinas.  Near here you have a gorgeous scenic route called 17 Drive mile.  It's a must! Before going check if you will able to see all of the vista points because some of them are closed during some months.

I took this shot at Bird Rock, I was very lucky because I could focus before the squirrel went away because I didn't give it food.

There is a big population of this kind of squirrels. They are very curious and approach to humans to be fed. But YOU SHOULDN'T do it!  I saw some people giving this little ones crackers and stuff, I don't understand how come people don't realize that they are hurting them by doing that!

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6)  - 82mm  1/320s  f/13

Day 41: Everything changes...

These shots are taken at Pismo Beach, it's a nice small town and they host the migration of the Monarch butterflies.  Every year this butterflies come to the Monarch Butterflies Grove at Pismo Beach in search of warmth (between late October and early March).

Because of the bad weather we couldn't see a lot of them flying  :(

You can see how foggy and grey the sky was when we went to the Grove.

 Nikon D90 (18-200mm f/3.5-5.6)  - 52mm  1/400  f/22

But, you never know what will happen within an hour, on our way back, the weather changed again and the sun shined again!  It's quite amazing to see how different the same place looks like when the sun goes out.

I must tell that I like much more the mood in the first photo, it makes me wonder so many things...

Nikon D90 (18-200mm f/3.5-5.6)  - 46mm  1/800s  f/13

Day 40: Sunset

Since a while ago I was wondering if I wanted to keep my posts numbered and today I decided to stop doing it, so no more numbers at the beginning, just the name of the post for each day.  Now that I clarified it I can continue with today's post.

Our trip continue south from Carmel to Point Lobos to Pismo Beach. Luckily the weather was really nice and we could walk a lot!  This photo is somewhere between Point Lobos and Pismo Beach. If I'm not mistaken it's Morro Bay (you could see the huge rock on the far left side).

Nikon D90 (18-200mm f/3.5-5.6) - 27mm  1/320  f/8

50. Day 39: Footstep

Our journey continued, this time we did a road trip to the south of California.  The first stop was Carmel beach.  Even though it was cold, there were people swimming :)

Carmel is a really nice beach (except for the seaweeds that are quite annoying) and welcomes our furry friends.

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6)  - 170mm  1/200s  f/13

49. Day 38: San Francisco Bay

We visited a lot of places with my parents.  The first one was San Francisco y and this was the view from the restaurant that we went near Pier 39.  Really nice! I love the stormy clouds! (not a good sign to be walking though).

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6)  - 29mm  1/400s  f/16

48. Day 37: Long time no see...

My last weeks were very busy because my parents visited us :) so I couldn't upload any photos.  I'll continue with my project today. I was thinking a lot about how to upload all the photos for the last days (I took photos almost everyday) and I decided that I'll do it one at a time.  I'll finish my 365 days project even if I finish it next year :D

I found this tiles when I went to the San Francisco Airport to pick up my parents.  I've been there several times but never saw this beautiful mural. I could have been there for ever taking photos of the different tiles, but I took enough to be happy.

Panasonic ZS25 - 1/30s  f/3.5

Panasonic ZS25 - 1/30s  f/4.2