Water Shots from D&W

It took a few days for the conditions to clean up to the point where I could try another outing with the water camera.  The waves were glassy and the wind was slightly offshore holding up the waves a bit so I was able to capture a couple of hollow ones.  I still have yet to catch one that I’m completely happy with, but it sure is fun trying.

Special thanks again to Rick G. for letting me use his camera.  Cheers!

Hollow and Empty

Smooth Ramp

Super Sunday Traffic

This morning didn’t yield the photographs I was hoping to get for my 365.  I had a couple backup shots, but I wasn’t thrilled with them so after the big game, when I realized that I still hadn’t shot anything worth posting I got in my car and looked for something to shoot.  I did the long exposure traffic thing at the 405 freeway at La Tijera looking northbound.  Ideally, I would have taken this shot when there was still some light in the skies, but I had to finish watching the game before I took off.

405 Freeway at La Tijera

Tyler Hatzikian in His Model A Roadster

A couple weeks ago, I was noodling around the parking lot after a surf.  Tyler was down in his Model A Roadster checking out the surf.  He decided it was worth a go-out so before he drove back to get his board, he did this and basically made everyone want to build their own AV8.

Tyler Hatzikian's Model A (click for larger image)

Temescal Canyon – First Attempt

A friend of mine suggested the Temescal Canyon waterfall as a subject for one of my 365 photos.  I figured that if I went when there was some rain that I might get a little more water going down the falls for a more dramatic photo.

Well, it turns out that if you get too much rain, there is a bit of a flash flood that blocks the trail to the waterfall (I’ve never been up on this particular hike).  So when I got to the water that blocked my progress, I stopped there and took a picture.  On the way back down the hill, I snapped one more of a nice part wooden fence that runs along the creek.

As for the water shots, I did drive by the beach to see if it would be worth a go-out.  It wasn’t.  It was choppy and crumbly with heavy onshore winds.

The end of the road

Wooden Fence

Dawn at El Porto

There wasn’t much in the way of waves this morning at El Porto.  At least not enough to try any water shots so I settled for snapping a few shots from the beach and then caught a few waves on my longboard.

Waves are supposed to pick up this evening and stay big over the weekend, but we’re also supposed to get some rain so who knows what the conditions will be like.  Hopefully, I’ll be able to try my hand at the water shots again tomorrow.

El Porto, looking south

El Porto, looking north

First Water Shots

This morning, I grabbed a couple waves then switched out my board for some swim fins and a waterproof camera.  A friend let me borrow his Canon Powershot SD700 IS with a waterproof housing so that I could try my hand at some shots of waves.  I have to say that I had an absolute blast being in the water with that camera.

I was trying to get a picture from inside the tube, but this was my first outing with a water camera so I found it to be a bit harder than I expected.  While I personally got barreled a few times, I didn’t capture the images to prove it.  I’ll give it a shot again tomorrow if the waves cooperate.

Here my 1st attempt at a tube shot plus another couple pictures of waves from the opposite perspective.

1st Attemp at Tube Shot

An Empty Wave

Another Empty Wave