Tide Pools

These were just some pics I took in Santa Cruz at Natural Bridges. The One on the left is actual tide pool with the crabs and everything moving. The one below is the rocks where the tide pools changed the look of the rock. I just thought the were cool.

Challenge 3 - Statue

The statue of the surfer. Someone told me it's suppose to be Jack O'Niel, inventor of the surfing website, and a hero to all surfers. I just think it's cool it's not far from the Lighthouse and the Boardwalk. Tip for this I heard on my canon dvd. Dead Center is deadly, not every photo subject has to be in the center of the shot, make it more interesting have the main subject off center. Okay so they aren't statues, but the still as statues. This is the "family photo" my daughter asked me to take of her favorite stuffies. To me I saw stuffies. Yes they all have names, and I do a different voice for each of them.

Challenge 3 Brochure Pictures

Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz, CA. We spent this past Saturday and even though it's crowded, it's still very cool. Beach, lake alcove, tide pools. Lots to explore. So this part of the challenge was to take pictures for a brochure for the city we live in. No I don't live in Santa Cruz, but seriously there is nothing remotely interesting to look at in the City of Sunnyvale. Even the one post card is pathetic. Santa Cruz County is my favorite part of my home state so I opted for this one. Plus we were in the neighborhood. Waves crashing on the rocks, and surfers in the water, nothing says Santa Cruz to me like that. If you've never been to Santa Cruz, it's beaches are a combonation of rocks, and sand depending on the tide some beaches are totally rock and at low tides they are these cool hidden beaches.
This of course is the rock that Natural Bridges got it's name for. On top is all the pellicans that hang out and fish in the kelp.

Challenge 3 photos - Landscape

This is my only landscape picture that I liked. The assignment was for rural and urban, I decided this one was more rural. I'm standing in the lake section at Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz, and thought this shot was cool. Although Santa Cruz is really not a rural area, this scene to me made it look that way.

I didn't get an Urban shot I liked, so sorry, who knows maybe one will hit me during the next week.

Tip, don't be set on having to go to a certain area to create a certain mood. You can have a rural setting in an over crowded state park beach, it's just where your perspective lies. Also don't stick to standing on the edge, part of what I like is that the picture is taken from the water looking back at the shore.