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California's Central Coast
15 April 2011, Friday

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Today we headed for the hills around San Luis Obispo, the Happiest Place on Earth.

 

The Hills above San Luis Obispo

The Hills above San Luis Obispo, 7:04 AM. (LEICA M9, ISO 160, 1/125 second, LEICA ELMARIT-M 90mm f/2.8, hand-held en plein air.)

 

Grass, San Luis Obispo

Grass, San Luis Obispo, 7:10 AM. (LEICA M9, ISO 160, 1/250 second, LEICA ELMARIT-M 90mm f/2.8, hand-held en plein air.)

 

Rockwell on Rock, San Luis Obispo

Rockwell on Rock, San Luis Obispo, 7:18 AM. (LEICA M9, ISO 160, 1/90 second hand-held, LEICA SUMMILUX-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH.)

 

Big Sky over Morro Rock, San Luis Obispo

Big Sky over Morro Rock, San Luis Obispo, 7:28 AM. (LEICA M9, ISO 160, 1/250 second, LEICA SUMMICRON-M 28 mm f/2 ASPH.)

 

Oak, San Luis Obispo

Oak, San Luis Obispo, 8:11 AM. (LEICA M9, ISO 160, 1/250 second, LEICA ELMARIT-M 90mm f/2.8, strongly cropped.)

So what if I didn't have a 300mm lens for the M9? The M9 is so sharp, just like the 4x5" cameras used by pressmen of the 1940s, that I can crop to any degree I need. If I did need a 300mm lens, LEICA has made them and they work great, up to 800mm, with the VISOFLEX on the M9.

 

Tree Bridge, San Luis Obispo

Tree Bridge, San Luis Obispo, 8:25 AM. (LEICA M9, ISO 640, 1/125 second, LEICA ELMARIT-M 90mm f/2.8.)

This isn't the tree bridge in town; this is one out in the hills.

 

Oak on grassy hill, San Luis Obispo

Oak on Grassy Knoll, San Luis Obispo, 8:33 AM. (LEICA M9, ISO 160, 1/250 second, LEICA ELMARIT-M 90mm f/2.8.)

 

Hut on Morro Bay Harbor

Hut on Morro Bay Harbor, 12:06 PM. (LEICA M9, ISO 160, 1/750 second, LEICA SUMMILUX-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH.)

 

Icky Slime Eels, Morro Bay Harbor

Icky Slime Eels, Morro Bay Harbor, 12:08 PM. (LEICA M9, ISO 160, 1/180 second, LEICA SUMMILUX-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH.)

 

Montaña de Oro State Park

Montaña de Oro State Park, 2:53 PM. (LEICA M9, ISO 160, 1/500 second, LEICA SUMMILUX-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH.) bigger.

 

Montaña de Oro State Park

Montaña de Oro State Park, 3:37 PM. (LEICA M9, ISO 160, 1/125 second, LEICA SUMMICRON-M 28 mm f/2 ASPH.)

 

Windmill, San Luis Obisp

Obligatory Windmill, San Luis Obispo, 6:23 PM. (LEICA M9, ISO 160, 1/360 second, LEICA SUMMILUX-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH.)

 

Green Grassy Knoll and Vernal Pool, San Luis Obispo

Green Grassy Knoll and Vernal Pool, San Luis Obispo, 6:47 PM. (LEICA M9, ISO 160, 1/24 second and teeny aperture, LEICA SUMMILUX-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH.)

 

Red Wall and Turds, Morro Bay Harbor

Red Wall and Turds, Morro Bay Harbor, 7:12 PM. (LEICA M9, ISO 160, 1/90 second, LEICA ELMARIT-M 90mm f/2.8.)

 

Green Grassy Knoll and Vernal Pool, San Luis Obispo

Pole in Last Light, Morro Bay Harbor, 7:18 PM. (LEICA M9, ISO 160, 1/60 second, LEICA SUMMILUX-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH.)

Dinner at The Harbor Hut, yay!!!

 

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