While I was in California, I played with a feature on my new camera called “stitch” that helps align multiple photos to help take big, wide open panoramic shots. If I had a tripod, the panoramic shot below would be even tighter. Click on each of the two photos below to see what I came up with.

I snapped this photo from the switchback on the wooden staircase from the bluff to the beach. The setting sun gave a beautiful glow.


Thirty minutes later, I captured this scene while standing on the beach. The sun was setting behind the Pacific, casting a cooler, bluer light.  Notice the lifeguard’s tire tracks on the left and right.