beams [Day 2323]

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Spotted a big stack of wooden beams for a construction project near the neighborhood Mexican restaurant I went to for dinner tonight. Thought the overall texture and color contrast between the edges and tops of the beams was visually interesting.

wooden beams | photograph by Brian J. Matis

beams [Day 2323]
Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 132 – Total Days: 2,323
iPhone 5s | ISO 50 | 4.15mm | f/2.2 | 1/120 sec

end of the road [Day 2322]

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Taken during a short after work photowalk around the neighborhood. I loved how the setting sunlight highlighted the edges of this path up the hill.

end of the road [Day 2322]
Photo-a-Day: Year 7, Day 131 – Total Days: 2,322
Canon 6D | ISO 200 | 55mm | f/4.0 | 1/800 sec

Big Sur Camping Trip

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Just got back from a wonderful four-day camping trip up in Big Sur, CA. Had some rain the first night, but fortunately, not until after camp was mostly set up. Got to spend a lot of time hiking, sitting around a crackling fire, cooking hot dogs and hamburgers, drinking beer, checking out Nepenthe and the Hawthorne gallery, driving the twisty turns of Highway One, reading, seeing Julie Pfeiffer Burns state park, enjoying a delicious breakfast at Deetjen’s (best Eggs Benedict anywhere!) and more.

I even made sure to completely turn off my phone upon arrival, once I discovered that I was actually able to get about a bar or two of signal occasionally at camp. No intrusions or diversions from the normal world for me. It was glorious.

And since I had no connectivity, it’s now time to get caught up on sharing photo of the day for the past three days. I think I’ll just take care of that in one post.