Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Fort Bragg, Westport - California's Coast

From 7/17/2013 to 8/2/2013, I took a road trip from the SF Bay Area to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Half of the trip was spent driving up the west coast. On my trip, I visited many famous places such as Seattle, Butchart Gardens, Mount Rainier, and much more. Obviously I got many coastal shots and many places that isn't as famous. The reason I am posting it now is because the high amount of photos I took equaled a high amount of processing time. I took a bit over 2000 photos on the trip. After stitching the panoramas, compositing the HDRs, and picking out photos from the repeats, I have a bit over 1000 photos to show you guys. The photos will be split into parts. I will link you to the previous and next parts on each post just like I did with my Death Valley National Park photos and my Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Park photos. Hope you enjoy viewing this chain of posts!

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To view my best California photos from this trip, use this link. To view all of my day 2 photos, use this link.

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So after resting for a night in Fort Bragg, CA, I continued my drive up California's coast. The photos for today are from the 2nd day of my trip and are from Fort Bragg and Westport. Most of the shots were taken near SR-1 as I drove up the coast.

After getting up in the morning, I first went ahead and shot some photos in Downtown Fort Bragg. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 26 40 N 123 48 23 W 

Still in Downtown Fort Bragg, here is a photo of North Coast Artists Gallery. Same location as above. 

Headlands Coffeehouse in Downtown Fort Bragg. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 26 41 N 123 48 20 W 

 Black and white process of the photo above. 


Now I leave Downtown Fort Bragg and continue driving up the coast. This is a beach in Fort Bragg. 
 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 27 29 N 123 48 24 W 

Still in Fort Bragg, a photo of a barn. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 30 21 N 123 46 03 W 

A photo of SR-1 in Fort Bragg. 
 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 32 43 N 123 45 39 W 

 A beach in Fort Bragg. 
 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 33 32 N 123 45 58 W 


Another photo at the same beach. 
  Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 33 32 N 123 45 59 W 

Black and white process of the photo above.  

Another photo from that beach. 
 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 33 31 N 123 46 01 W 

 Black and white process of the photo above.  


 Another photo from that beach. 
 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 33 31 N 123 46 01 W 

Left that beach, but still in Fort Bragg, shot this photo on the side of SR-1.
 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 33 30 N 123 45 56 W

 Another photo from Fort Bragg. 
 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 35 58 N 123 47 06 W


A photo of SR-1, this is now in Westport. While this highway is not too heavily trafficked, it is still a bit of a risk shooting these shots. I managed to set up and finish the shot around 5 seconds before a car came heading down the freeway. Always have a look out watching for cars when you shoot this!
  Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 40 35 N 123 47 24 W

Some factory in Westport. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 40 33 N 123 47 24 W


A bridge in Westport.  

Another photo of the bridge in Westport. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I have more photos from California's Coast. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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