El Matador Beach in Malibu is one of Southern California’s secret spots. Located just north of famous Zuma Beach, the much smaller and more secluded El Matador State Beach attracts visitors with cosy coves, caves, fantastic rock shapes and sea birds.
Kongo visited Seaport Village in San Diego last evening. Frankly, this over hyped tourist trap has few redeeming qualities unless you’re looking for T-shirt shops, kite stores, kiosks with saccharine bumper stickers and things that stick to refrigerators, and over-priced art with a vaguely nautical theme. The one thing it does have is some spectacular views of San Diego Bay and some great opportunities to practice nighttime photography. So Kongo paid the outrageous ransom to park, land lugged about his tripod and camera kit to chase the lights. Here are a few of his favorites. Continue reading “Seaport Village”
Kongo likes this week’s photo challenge so much he decided to submit two entries. So today he was knocking about Old Town waiting for Mrs. Kongo to show up for a lunch date and took the picture above of a cactus against an adobe wall. He really likes this image. He likes the color of the wall and the muddy stain on the lower half against the green cactus. And he likes the overall lighting which was in the shade of the building eave. Continue reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways — Part II”
The monkey went to the zoo this evening. He likes the zoo. It’s only 10 minutes from his house, since he has an annual membership it’s pretty much free to get in, and there’s always something waiting around to have its picture taken. In the new Koalafornia Outback enclosure these little guys were up and about.
Torrey Pines State Reserve, snuggled between Ja Jolla and Del Mar, is the home to one of the rarest trees in the world. The Torrey Pines only exist in this small coastal strip and on Santa Rosa Island, one of the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California. The heavy June marine layer stretched over the coastal strip yesterday when Kongo visited. A few hundred yards to the east the skies were crystal clear and hot. Along the strip of coast it was all “June Gloom” as the weather phenomena is popularly known in San Diego. Continue reading “Torrey Pines”
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