While visiting Laguna Beach, California, I spotted this lovely, storybook home with shutters and a bay window. There was a beautiful front garden. It was late in the afternoon on a fall day and the light was quite beautiful. I thought it was all quite picturesque. Fortunately I had my camera with me, so I snapped a few pictures–a couple vertical and a couple horizontal. How many times have you seen something that would make a wonderful picture, but your camera was back home? A photographer should always have a camera nearby.
Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach is one of the California beach cities between Los Angeles and San Diego. During the 1920’s it was famous as an artist colony with many “plein-air” or outdoor painters living there, drawn to the incredible vistas and beautiful scenic beaches. Even today you will see artists painting a landscape in oil or acrylic in Heisler Park.
Technical Details
The photo was shot at about 3:30 pm in the afternoon on 20 November 2009 in Laguna Beach, California, USA. It was sunny and warm fall day, with a little haze.
The camera used was a Nikon D700 full-frame digital SLR with a Zeiss f2/105mm Mikro manual focus prime lens. ISO was set to 200 and White Balance was set to daylight. I am using ISO and WB controls as if I had loaded the camera with 200-speed daylight slide film. Exposure was Aperture-priority (matrix metering), and manual focus.
Exposure details: focal length=105mm, ISO=200, WB=5245, f/8 @ 1/640.
This JPEG was converted from the RAW NEF file using Raw Developer 1.8.6 on a PowerBook G4 using the default camera profile and settings. No editing or adjustments were made to the image. As-Shot.
