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Good Morning All,
This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.
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For each picture, it’s best to provide your commenter screenname, description, where it was taken, and date. It’s tough to keep everyone’s email address and screenname straight, so don’t assume that I remember it “from last time”. More and more, the first photo before the fold will be from a commenter, so making it easy to locate the screenname when I’ve found a compelling photo is crucial.
Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!
And now for the grand finale!
Today, pictures from valued commenter J R in WV.
The last day of the Baja California Sur Bay or California cruise. This is a set of scenic views of the very rough volcanic in origin mountains that are such a big part of Baja California. As well as a fine sunset from the beach where we had a farewell BBQ picnic. There were several private boats in the little sheltered bay, and everyone was invited to the party, which included a birthday Piniata, which was nearly impossible to break open, to much amusement.
National Geographic Sea Bird with Mountains
Taken on 2018-03-09
Sea of Cortez aka Bay of Calilfornia, Baja California Sur
These mountains are volcanic in origin, as the Sea of Cortez was born in a subduction/rifting event millions of years ago, and here are about 1,000 feet high. Sea Bird is 150 feet long, so you can do the math, if you like.
f/4.0 for 1/2500 sec. at 235 mm with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000
Volcanic Mountains of Baja Californis Sur
Taken on 2018-03-09
Bay of California, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Our last day at sea, the next morning we’re flying back to LA. These mountains have been all around us since the cruise entered the Bay of California, but the whales and aquatic life distracted us.
f/3.9 for 1/1000 sec. at 164mm
Zodiac crossing in front of Mountains
Taken on 2018-03-09
Sea of Cortez, really the Bay of Calilfornia, Baja California Sur, Mexico
This uses the tiny image of the Zodiac to show the scale of these waterfront mountains.
f/3.9 for 1/600 sec. at 117mm
Violent Creation in the past
Taken on 2018-03-09
Bay of California, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Another view of the rocky shore with occasional beach access, with more rocks all around.
Sunset, with boats in bay
Taken on 2018-03-09
Sunset from the beach where the BBQ happened. The small boats were there when we arrived, and everyone was invited to the beach party.
f/3.5 for 1/100 sec at 57mm ISO was 125.
Thank you so much J R in WV, do send us more when you can.
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rikyrah
Wow. Those are beautiful ?
satby
JR, thanks for sharing your pictures of this trip. It looks amazing, and I’m sure I’m not the only jackal who wants to go there now too.
The sunset picture is my favorite of this batch, I’m a sucker for sunsets.
Mary G
I love Baja and hope to go back someday. Beautiful pictures, JR in WV.
debbie
The colors in that third shot are awesome!
Quinerly
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eclare
This looks like it was a wonderful trip. Thank you for the photos and descriptions. Added to my too-long list!
cosima
Looks like an excellent adventure, and the trip of a lifetime. Thanks for sharing all of your beautiful photos.
HinTN
Same look and feel as the area of SE Utah where we’ve spent the last several days. Excepting the blue Sea of Cortez, of course.
Hoping to get pix (phone only, sad to say, so I look forward to the critiques from the pros here) to Alain next week.
J R in WV
@HinTN:
Many of the folks on this trip were using (high-end) phone cameras for their photo taking.
Very early in the trip there was a 2 hour class about taking better / best photos with your phone, how to get the most from the device in your hands when you see something you want to keep an image of.
There were also classes on sea lions and how they behave and how to safely interact with them. And a class on gray whales, and another on humpback whales, and on snorkeling, etc. I have video and photos of the people on the tour and of all the events we took photos at, taken both by a Nat Geo photog on the trip, by a cinematographer on the trip, work done by a scuba “underwater specialist” and a qualified buddy with her. The Scuba expert was Emily, who to an old fart like me seemed like a teenager, but was probably closer to 30 than 20 given her resume.
There was also a class in quantum theory and the beginning of the universe donated by a Nobel prize winning astrophysicist who has designed and managed one of the astronomical satellites doing very deep space research, which was big fun as well. Just another tourist, but with a better camera than most!
There was a shared folder on the shipboard Apple Photo-lab where 270 photos were shared and filtered by the NG photographer, which I contributed 30 odd shots to, it became a slideshow we all watched together in the lounge. I don’t feel that I should share photos taken by others on the internet, although I’ll show them to friends. Many people had very serious glass, like those tools you see at sporting events or doing research on wild creatures, probably worth more than every camera/lens/tool I ever bought since back when I started.
If I had thought more about it I could have rented gear for a month or two, gotten used to it before leaving, etc. But it would have been a lot of weight to carry-on… And more awkward to point around in a crowd.
Thanks to all for taking the time to look at my pictures. I’m glad to hear how you enjoyed them!