BajaNomad

San Felipe, Gonzaga & Bahia de Los Angeles

WideAngleWandering - 9-22-2012 at 11:05 PM

I haven't put up the new shots for a while so here ya go.


Desert Path by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr


Dancing Cocotillo Cactus by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr


I have more on film that won't be processed for a while and some other digital shots that I'll get to, eventually.

Link to all Baja photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wideanglewandering/sets/7215763...

[Edited on 2012-9-24 by WideAngleWandering]

WideAngleWandering - 9-22-2012 at 11:06 PM


Ursa Major from Punta Willard by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr

Mula - 9-23-2012 at 06:34 AM

The Dancing Ciro Cactus is an ocotillo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouquieria_splendens

Mula - 9-23-2012 at 06:39 AM

Great photos. Thanks for sharing!

nbacc - 9-23-2012 at 08:49 AM

Nice!!!!!

David K - 9-23-2012 at 09:29 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Mula
The Dancing Ciro Cactus is an ocotillo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouquieria_splendens


Correct... here are some dancing cirios (boojums):



BajaBlanca - 9-23-2012 at 11:18 AM

really nice shots.

WideAngleWandering - 9-23-2012 at 09:59 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Mula
The Dancing Ciro Cactus is an ocotillo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouquieria_splendens


Ahh, well they need to make that more clear on those valle de cirios signs. I figured y'all would set me straight.

WideAngleWandering - 9-24-2012 at 08:21 AM

Thanks for the compliments. Here's a couple more from Gonzaga.


Gonzaga Bay Pastels and Bird by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr


Gonzaga Bay at Sunset by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr


Where Do You Go to the Bathroom? by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr

[Edited on 2012-9-24 by WideAngleWandering]

WideAngleWandering - 9-24-2012 at 08:28 AM

BB code is not working for some reason on that last one.

[Edited on 2012-9-24 by WideAngleWandering]

David K - 9-24-2012 at 09:17 AM

Thanks for posting... where are you now?

scouse - 9-24-2012 at 04:27 PM

Good stuff wanderer. really captures the essence.

Ken

WideAngleWandering - 9-25-2012 at 07:37 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by David K
Thanks for posting... where are you now?


Shari's camp at Asuncion. I'm trying to decide if I should stay here and weather the storm or try to get to Loreto / La Paz in the next day or two.

David K - 9-25-2012 at 08:06 AM

Shari will make a party of any storm... but if you have a time limit and need to get going, best to do it now... You can easily make it to Loreto in a day from Bahia Asuncion. If you stay there, you can help Dah-veed (DavidE) save his vegetable garden from the storm, yes?

WideAngleWandering - 9-25-2012 at 09:37 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by David K
If you stay there, you can help Dah-veed (DavidE) save his vegetable garden from the storm, yes?

If there's enough bribery involved. Beer, tequila, dancing girls ...

David K - 9-25-2012 at 09:50 AM

Oh well, perfect then... Dah-veed is a party animal!:lol:

CortezBlue - 9-25-2012 at 03:57 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by WideAngleWandering

Ursa Major from Punta Willard by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr


How long is this exposure?

Did you hold the shutter open for a period of time or stack the images?

It appears to be only a few minutes by what I can see.

Thanks

WideAngleWandering - 9-25-2012 at 07:52 PM

Long exposures, no stacking, - about 2.5 minutes at f2 or 2.8 (can't remember) and ISO 400.

WideAngleWandering - 9-26-2012 at 08:54 AM

This is from Bahia de los Angeles:


Dawn Breaks over Bahia de Los Angeles by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr

David K - 9-26-2012 at 08:56 AM

Sweet! There are MANY things to see in that region of Baja, so enjoy your time there!

jbcoug - 9-26-2012 at 11:46 AM

Wideangle,

Your BOLA picture is simply beautiful!!! thanks for sharing.

John

WideAngleWandering - 10-4-2012 at 11:58 PM

Here's a few more from Punta Willard / Gonzaga Bay:


View from Punta Willard at Sunset by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr


Clouds over Punta Willard by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr


Milky Way Over Punta Willard by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr

WideAngleWandering - 10-5-2012 at 12:00 AM

The rest of Bahia de Los Angeles:


Bahia de los Angelos Sunset by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr


Bahia de los Angeles Sunrise by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr


Bahia de los Angeles Sunrise by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr


Pelican at Sunrise by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr

WideAngleWandering - 10-5-2012 at 12:04 AM

I didn't get to see any turtles.


Defunct Turtle Hatchery by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr

WideAngleWandering - 10-5-2012 at 12:05 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by jbcoug
Your BOLA picture is simply beautiful!!! thanks for sharing.


Thanks for the kind thoughts. It's much appreciated.

CortezBlue - 10-5-2012 at 05:19 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by WideAngleWandering
Here's a few more from Punta Willard / Gonzaga Bay:


View from Punta Willard at Sunset by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr


Clouds over Punta Willard by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr


Milky Way Over Punta Willard by WideAngleWandering, on Flickr



like the milky way shot
do you remember your settings?

Shots of Gonzaga Bay

bonanza bucko - 10-5-2012 at 07:20 AM

Here are three shots. I will post more if this works......:-)


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WideAngleWandering - 10-5-2012 at 07:26 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by CortezBlue
like the milky way shot
do you remember your settings?

Thanks. If you click through to Flickr you can see my notes and if you click on the "Taken with a Sony NEX-5" text on the top right you can see the settings stored by the camera. I was using a manual lens so the camera can't record the focal length or aperture so I'm going by memory on that.

Everything is shot RAW and converted using UFRaw and edited in the GIMP.

Taken facing west from Punta Willard at Papa Fernandez beach camp.

Sony NEX-5, Canon FD 24mm/f2.8 (35mm equivalent ~50mm), ISO 1600, 30 seconds @ f2.8-f4, no dark frame subtraction or long-exposure noise reduction.

It worked...so some more

bonanza bucko - 10-5-2012 at 07:31 AM

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Here's a shot of the old "That Road" I think I'm among those who named it:


Our front porch:


Gonzaga Bay bird shots

bonanza bucko - 10-5-2012 at 07:32 AM

I'm somewhat of a bird freak and Alfonsina's is a super place to photograph them.
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This guy's name is Charlie. He drops clams on our roof at dawn:

Darth Vader:

Dawn Fish Patrol:


[Edited on 10-5-2012 by bonanza bucko]

Ateo - 10-5-2012 at 07:40 AM

Yeah man, like the bigger sized photos.....shows way more detail. Thank for posting.

WideAngleWandering - 10-5-2012 at 07:42 AM

You can click through to Flickr to see all the resolutions & lightbox for presentation. I size them down to 640 for Nomad to keep the page width from going crazy.

David K - 10-5-2012 at 08:40 AM

Bonanza Bucko has beautiful photos... but he forgot to re-size them on Photobucket when he uploaded... they are 1,023 pixels wide! Nomad max. width is 800 pixels wide. and 640 is nice!

Before uploading to photobucket click the upload options first (see the blue text) and select a reduced size to upload onto Photobucket... then paste the images here... and us on standard monitors won't need to scroll off to the right to see the entire photo or read text that is also stretched when you post over-sized photos.

Again Bucko's and Wide's photos are great... but Bucko's stretches the page because they are too big to fit in the Nomad frame. Please u2u me if I can help you... I also have posted the how to many times if you search.

David- buy a bigger screen

thebajarunner - 10-5-2012 at 08:50 AM

Those pix, in that format, are awesome!!!!

Doug needs to change the rules.
Come on over, Doug,
you gotta admit those are much better than resized!!!

WideAngleWandering - 10-5-2012 at 09:51 AM

Physical screen size only matters so much (and for those of us with laptops there's no fix). The real problem is when mixing images & text - a wide image will cause lines of text to run out to the width of the image, leading to long lines that are hard to read.

The style sheets on this site could be changed so that images don't extend the size of the text box but the best answer is to embed smaller versions that link to larger ones. Best of both worlds :)

[Edited on 2012-10-5 by WideAngleWandering]

BajaRae - 10-12-2012 at 06:23 PM

Wow great pictures...sure wish that was my front porch!