tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58647021657847876912024-03-05T07:09:19.811-08:00VisionsGet a behind-the-scenes look at some of the Herald photographers' favorite photos and some images that didn’t fit into the paper. Find insight into how we practice our craft, and hear some of the interesting things that we come across in the course of our work.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-13404567364677608762013-10-24T09:17:00.000-07:002013-10-24T09:17:00.001-07:00Brown Pelicans over Pacific Grove, Oct. 22, 2013A group of Brown pelicans fly in formation over the Pacific Grove shoreline. <br />
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Covering a press conference can be a challenge. A subject standing at a lectern speaking is not inherently compelling. The goal for me is to come away with something different or unexpected, an image that makes you stop and draws you into the story. </div>
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Police Commander Vincent Maiorana holds a picture of parolee and gang member Juan Acuna while discussing the events that led officers to fatally shoot him on Friday during a press conference at Salinas City Hall in Salinas, Calif. on July 29, 2013. At left is Monterey County Undersheriff Max Houser. (Photo David Royal/ Monterey County Herald)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-60940239922586052202013-07-22T15:12:00.002-07:002013-07-22T15:12:45.199-07:00The Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix, July 21, 2013Colin Edwards during the warm-up session at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix in Monterey on July 21, 2013.<br />
Edwards was traveling about 180 mph and was photographed at 1/160 of a second at f/20 with a 200mm lens. (Vern Fisher/Monterey County Herald)<br />
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<br />Vern Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703212219474660750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-67337216189577284202013-05-22T11:26:00.002-07:002013-05-22T11:26:47.027-07:00CCS Semifinals Baseball, May 21, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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dugout and photograph the backlit action at second-base. <span> </span>Pacific Grove's Chris Fife gets tangled
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Vern Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703212219474660750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-61516744416879438562013-05-17T14:46:00.003-07:002013-05-17T14:46:36.826-07:00Water Shortage Illustration My assignment was to illustrate "water shortage" to go with a big desal project. This garden hose with one small drip coming out was photographed with a 100mm macro lens. To accentuate the drip I set the lens wide open at f2.8.<br />
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<br />Vern Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703212219474660750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-11607672426051149122013-05-13T14:46:00.004-07:002013-05-13T14:46:49.786-07:00ALMS Laguna Seca, May 9, 2013<br />
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Panning at 1/40 sec. of Angel Benitez, Jr. as he races out of the corkscrew during the practice session for the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on May 9, 2013. (Vern Fisher/Monterey County Herald)Vern Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703212219474660750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-69140721854597660462013-04-15T10:44:00.001-07:002013-04-15T10:44:40.173-07:00Alvarez Swim Team, April 4, 2013The Everett Alvarez High swim team does a cheer prior to their meet against Salinas High on April 4, 2013. The 65 members strong swim team has stepped up to the blocks with strong individual and team performances this year including nine school records already being set. <br />
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(Vern Fisher/Monterey County Herald)Vern Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703212219474660750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-80744661299627338112013-04-01T16:06:00.000-07:002013-04-01T16:06:32.381-07:00Spring Wildflowers, 3/27/13<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Padres Shooting Star wildflower photographed in Toro Regional Park in Salinas gives testament to how fleeting and delicate the annual wildflowers are in our area. Vern Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703212219474660750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-88070266920638316012013-02-28T13:39:00.004-08:002013-02-28T13:39:51.557-08:00Clearing Storm, Feb. 13, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Weather systems producing any significant rain this year have been few
and far between. When a small cold system moved through Monterey County
on February 13, I noticed some very interesting cloud formations around
Moss Landing on my drive home. I realized with the setting sun and
clearing cumulous clouds there was a chance for a interesting sunset.
Here are the results.Vern Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703212219474660750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-22920264581999736512013-01-21T17:50:00.000-08:002013-01-21T17:50:39.819-08:00Cancer Research Doctor David S. Terman<br />
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I shot a few frames of Terman speaking on his couch and then asked if he had any items that he uses in his research that I could photograph him with to help illustrate what he does. At first he couldn't come up with anything, as we were away from the lab. So I just shot a few more portraits of him on the couch. </div>
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Then he remembered the overflowing piles of paperwork on the desktop of his home office and we ran downstairs to take a look. I made some frames of the doctor surrounded by the same clutter that filled some of my former professors' offices... which must surely be the sign of genius. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnie3rdNvpYYovvj4EVuUoBIG_0Fc2ln3l8ob9blN17Xdxy0jAUpL3Z6f3ZfdzmZr_m355PFx2lImTMsS9JSovXwFdqoLwpJDXiaWs1uU_LVtPgRwP72Cq_nWrSu1k8PT5lzXKp2Q04R2/s1600/Doctor_011113_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnie3rdNvpYYovvj4EVuUoBIG_0Fc2ln3l8ob9blN17Xdxy0jAUpL3Z6f3ZfdzmZr_m355PFx2lImTMsS9JSovXwFdqoLwpJDXiaWs1uU_LVtPgRwP72Cq_nWrSu1k8PT5lzXKp2Q04R2/s320/Doctor_011113_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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Cancer researcher David S. Terman M.D. stands amongst piles of research and patent work paperwork in his home office in Pebble Beach, Calif. on Friday January 11, 2013. Terman runs the Jenomic Research Institute in Carmel. (Photo David Royal/ Monterey County Herald)</div>
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I was given the assignment to cover the Veterans Day Parade in Salinas, Calif. on November 11, 2012. The amount of participants in the parade was amazing as a variety of groups made their way down Main Street in Oldtown Salinas. The crowd of people lining the sidewalk cheered as veterans of varying ages passed, some walking and others riding on the back of old military vehicles. With the sheer number of people at the event, the scene was a little overwhelming. In these types of situations I find that slowing down and looking for small elements that come together to convey the story is key. </div>
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Near the end of my time making photographs I came across a group of young kids on the sidewalk waving flags. I made some frames of the three of them from behind as the parade passed by. Then the young boy covered his ears as the Patriot Guard Riders roared by on their Harleys. The background, with construction going on in the empty lot behind them, could have been a little cleaner, but I like the way the frame came together. (Photo David Royal/ Monterey County Herald)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-72944357443546013932012-09-27T17:18:00.001-07:002012-09-27T17:18:05.659-07:00A Tough Assignment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Coast Guardsmen run alongside and cover a car containing Jennifer Hipon, in the passenger seat, and her two young children at the Coast Guard Jetty in Monterey, Calif., after they were rescued out at sea on Friday September 7, 2012. (Photo David Royal/ Monterey County Herald)<br />
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On September 7, 2012, at the end of a long day I was called by our assistant city editor with an urgent assignment. The Coast Guard had intercepted a sailboat off the coast with two young children aboard who had been abducted by their father. The father had allegedly stolen a sailboat in the San Francisco Bay Area and sailed it south with the children. The Coast Guard was returning in its cutter to reunite the children with their mother and take the father off to jail. <br />
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I have no idea how the father thought he'd get away with it. The Coast Guard had been following him in airplanes, helicopters and boats.<br />
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It was a sad story, but in some ways it turned out well that no one was injured and the children were returned to their mother. Regardless I was there to cover it as it was my job.<br />
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As I waited near the base of the jetty for the boat to come, more and more news trucks from the Bay Area appeared. Unmarked police-style cars and a South San Francisco Police car entered a guarded gate that led to where the boat was being moored. In the far distance we could see some movement on the boat but it was too far away and too dark to get an idea of what was happening.<br />
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I checked my exposures with another journalist who walked through the area where we thought they would drive and then waited. First the South San Francisco police car exited through the gate. Instead of driving the usual route it barreled down a walkway nearly hitting one writer from a local paper and I was only able to pop off a couple of shots as the vehicle took the father off. We later figured out that this car contained the father.<br />
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The next car came out a few minutes later containing the mother and the children. Again the vehicle took an alternate route and this time Coast Guardsmen were running alongside, covering the car with a blanket. Ideally it would have been nicer to get a photo of the reunification of the children with their mother, but this was a tough assignment with limited access and in the end I felt lucky to capture a few frames to document the story.<br />
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Attempting to give the viewer a different look at a event that has been photographed numerous times. A high school cross country meet at Toro Park in Salinas photographing the start of the boys race with a 200mm lens and a 1/85 sec. shutter speed at f/13. Vern Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703212219474660750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-49355136226464483562012-05-24T19:05:00.001-07:002012-05-24T19:05:35.249-07:00Unmanned Surface Vehicles<br />
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I shot this photo of a group of young scientists testing their unmanned surface vehicles made from balloons and foam during the Robots in the Roses Research Fair at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey on Thursday May 10, 2012. The assignment created a challenging situation because of the distance between the robots and the students was in most cases quite large. I was hoping to capture the interaction between the young scientists and the things they were building and spent some time looking for these elements.</div>
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I was happy when I found this group of the kids testing their unmanned surface vehicles before racing them in The Plunge. To clean up the busy background and create a more interesting frame I jumped up on a chair and held my camera over the kids. I am glad the chair did not break! (Photo David Royal/ Monterey County Herald)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-71038289949267262442012-05-21T08:23:00.000-07:002012-05-21T08:23:02.697-07:00Annular solar eclipse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How do you photograph a rare annular solar eclipse? It was tougher than I thought. The sun at the time of the eclipse was too high in the sky to put anything of interest in the foreground. I ended up going for the straight on approach. Here's my attempt yesterday using a 200mm lens with a setting of 1/8000 sec at f32 with a iso rating of 100. This image was captured at 6:34 p.m. on the beach in Rio Del Mar. (Vern Fisher/Monterey County Herald)Vern Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703212219474660750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-2366660000789811782012-05-10T10:37:00.000-07:002012-05-10T10:37:50.126-07:00Laguna Seca Raceway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt;">I was assigned to cover a practice session at Mazda
Raceway Laguna Seca on Friday May 9, 2012.<span> </span>In an attempt to come up with something different I forced
myself to find a different angle and location on the track trying to get a
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turn-four from atop the corkscrew hill I used a 300mm lens with a 1.4x
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Challenge with a shutter speed of 1/20 of a second.<span> </span>(Vern Fisher/Monterey County Herald)</span>Vern Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703212219474660750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-53328416824702455862012-04-26T08:45:00.000-07:002012-04-26T08:45:03.840-07:00Salinas High Softball<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Concentrating on third base with my 300mm lens during the Salinas High vs. San Benito High softball game on April 24, 2012, captured Salinas High's Marah House as she plays a ground ball in the third inning. (Vern Fisher/Monterey County Herald)Vern Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703212219474660750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-77582535280849674202012-04-23T16:58:00.002-07:002012-04-23T16:58:24.111-07:00New Angle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love shooting high school sports. The variety is nice and as a newspaper photographer the access we get is great. We are able to shoot from almost anywhere we want, while photographers in professional sports are often limited to specific areas.<br />
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Even with this freedom I find that some venues are a challenge. Some fields are too tight, some have restrictive fencing and some have busy backgrounds. Sometimes there are only a few positions to shoot from.<br />
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For this this angle on Monterey's Daryn Arakawa I was able to climb a set of bleachers at Jacks Park and shoot down as he served against Salinas' Sebastian Pagano during tennis on March 29, 2012.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-42402332250915338562012-03-23T12:20:00.000-07:002012-03-23T12:23:18.867-07:00Right Place Right Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I came across this scene a few weeks back while driving past Asilomar State Beach in Pacific Grove. The winter sunset was amazing as a storm headed in from the west. I was on my way back to the office to process photos from a previous assignment when I spotted two young women watching the scene from the top of their Volkswagon van.<br />
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Realizing I only had a few moments before the sun dropped, I quickly parked my car, jumped out and grabbed my camera. I composed my image and exposed for the sky. I was only able to shoot a few frames before the women moved and the sky changed, so I felt lucky that I happened to be at the right place at the right time.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-66282392925597290472012-03-23T10:21:00.002-07:002012-03-23T10:23:54.464-07:00Fort Ord Dunes State Park<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELqz0rwedU3EoirC4Aq9Ys-enSdPNxQiwAxU7DhQqhHViqV_awZRXSHCC9spPYgq8ujcPyFmByQuMGo207KG24BWU11PN5hZGC0XuMTt-1-V4uciUrgCOukpCiSB5nHRDs0JMQN8MayAY/s1600/surf032112_1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELqz0rwedU3EoirC4Aq9Ys-enSdPNxQiwAxU7DhQqhHViqV_awZRXSHCC9spPYgq8ujcPyFmByQuMGo207KG24BWU11PN5hZGC0XuMTt-1-V4uciUrgCOukpCiSB5nHRDs0JMQN8MayAY/s320/surf032112_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723144511964883106" border="0" /></a><br />A surfer in position at Fort Ord Dunes State Park as a nice set rolls in on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. The swell was about 6-8 feet and rising with a slight offshore wind.Vern Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703212219474660750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-5308587631711652582012-03-07T11:53:00.003-08:002012-03-07T11:57:11.080-08:00Wild Art, March 7, 2012<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBGdy39WwbPoTwf_akL0hSDzA8XpHwASKJeJpzQCFxSfrEgO9I4kADSbpY-ngXBBHLX1cqZfttf-iLSgkQyr4kNH_bwSIBL4rGy3fOjhpQKY0LEQQVC978ibTuM5j_4_BvI31qoFInwNy/s1600/weather030712_1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBGdy39WwbPoTwf_akL0hSDzA8XpHwASKJeJpzQCFxSfrEgO9I4kADSbpY-ngXBBHLX1cqZfttf-iLSgkQyr4kNH_bwSIBL4rGy3fOjhpQKY0LEQQVC978ibTuM5j_4_BvI31qoFInwNy/s320/weather030712_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717246680826775618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:16pt;" >Driving back to the office from an assignment I noticed this interesting scene of farm workers in a field against a backdrop of sprinklers.<span style=""> </span>A 300mm lens with a 1.4x converter allowed me to accentuate the heat waves coming off the ground.</span>Vern Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703212219474660750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-68479200155272669942012-03-06T13:49:00.003-08:002012-03-09T11:39:20.028-08:00Creekside Terrace Trailhead<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEDgtU6L9u8TK7I8rw1wDXZbzbO-14W0iPD9zDMqAAdVyFfh72gyDGpr0VJ07Pu1wx9Ogz1doql1tjRFLPCngWzPULODfHmbrdHq5Znu5oi-QM-bgqOFwEtMO5Poykj_gNaP_O7QJgTIo/s1600/trail030512_10.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEDgtU6L9u8TK7I8rw1wDXZbzbO-14W0iPD9zDMqAAdVyFfh72gyDGpr0VJ07Pu1wx9Ogz1doql1tjRFLPCngWzPULODfHmbrdHq5Znu5oi-QM-bgqOFwEtMO5Poykj_gNaP_O7QJgTIo/s320/trail030512_10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716906408557447618" border="0" /></a><br />My assignment was to illustarte a story on Fort Ord Public Lands. I was sent to the Creekside Terrace Trailhead on the East side of Fort Ord. For this image I used my Canon EOS 5D Mark II with a 16-35mm f2.8 lens set to 16mm. ISO was set to 100, shutter speed to 1/15 sec at f22. I picked a nice section of trail, held the camera low to the ground and walked real fast.<br /><br /><a href="http://extras.montereyherald.com/slideshows/lands030512/index.html">View a slideshow for this story</a><br /><br /><br />Thanks for looking,<br /><br />VernVern Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13703212219474660750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-26343680453130484282012-03-05T16:14:00.002-08:002012-03-05T16:14:34.534-08:00Future Firefighters Feel the Burn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was driving through Fort Ord just after dawn on Saturday Mar. 3, 2012 when I happened upon a group running in formation while singing a cadence call. 25 years ago this group would have been a group of soldiers. On this morning they were cadets in the California Fire Academy at Monterey Bay, out jogging past some of the decaying former military buildings before a day of training.<br />
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While I was not on the clock yet for my day, I drove ahead of the group, grabbed my camera and shot a few frames, their song fading as they passed. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864702165784787691.post-14093781719046818272012-03-02T18:26:00.001-08:002012-03-02T18:31:39.325-08:00Point of Inspiration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On March 1, 2012 I was assigned to photograph the rebuilding of trails at Point Lobos State Park. A light rain was coming down at the office as I jumped in my car and headed down Highway 1. As I made my way south of Carmel and passed Monastery Beach I started thinking about the area's importance to photography. I was entering the former stomping grounds of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston.<br />
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I entered the park and drove out toward the Bird Island Trail where the work was being completed. On my way I passed a series of amazing vistas which even under the gray, overcast conditions were striking enough to distract me from my mission. I passed Weston Beach, and arrived at the base of the trail.<br />
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I had just started out on the trail when California Conservation Corps worker Marcela Medina came up slowly from behind using a mechanized toter to carry granite boulders toward the area where work was taking place. I stopped and shot some frames as she walked above China Cove. "Wow," I said, thinking of the trail workers as much as myself as she passed through my frame. "What a beautiful place to work."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0