Inspiring Photo: Morning Coast #5137412

Morning Coast

Uploaded: November 16, 2007 10:26:23

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Shot at Fort Funston in SF, CA at dawn. I was expecting sunrise but who am I kidding. This is San Francisco.
ISO=100, F22, S=0.77, Nikkor 18-135mm @90mm, Aperture Priority

Comments

Lisa J. Boulden November 16, 2007

Love the mist in this beautiful, dreamy scene!
Well-captured, Alex!
--Lisa #788481

Alex T. Mizuno November 17, 2007

Thank you so much Lisa! I really appreciate your kindness always! #5085361

cheryl m. phillips November 17, 2007

Ha Ha! No kidding!
This is really beautiful Alex!
Must be before the oil spill???
Love the softness!
Nice work!
~cheryl #5086829

Alex T. Mizuno November 17, 2007

Thank you for your comment, Cheryl! Good to hear from you! This was shot just yesterday. Oil spill was still there and the beach was closed :( #5086869

Christine Czernin November 17, 2007

Very beautiful, it couldn't be better with sun. I love the soft fog and the green foreground. #5087187

Kathleen Rinker November 17, 2007

Beautiful Alex, this new camera is serving you well, keep them coming!! #5087557

Tammy Espino November 17, 2007

WOW what a fantastic capture! I love the mist and fog and beach! Very beautiful scene. I went to SF once. Was kinda scary there. Beautiful, but scary and I'm from Vegas..hahaha #5087859

Donna R. Wageman November 17, 2007

Comp outstanding, mist and water blend in beatiful pastels and yet separate intities. You got it!
That camera is going to be your best friend.
#5088445

Alex T. Mizuno November 17, 2007

Christine, Kathleen, Tammy and Donna, thank you all for viewing my new work and kindly commenting on it! Although I didn't get any sun at all, I got beautiful mist that probably adds more feeling.

Tammy, I'm sorry you had a scary experience in SF. But there are nice people like me also :)

#5088602

Colette M. Metcalf November 18, 2007

Wonderful capture!! #5089574

Margaret R. Barry November 18, 2007

Fantastic capture, Alex. Wonderful comp. and colors! #5089577

Alex T. Mizuno November 18, 2007

Colette and Margaret, thank you both for your kind comments!! #5091172

Tammy Espino November 18, 2007

You are very nice. :) Just the tall buildings downtown all closed in and all those cable wires well made me nervous. My boyfriend tried to make me go across the Golden Gate and I am terrified of bridges and heights and a tree kept following me and telling me he was gonna get me when I came back from walking to pier 49..LOL All kinda funny really. Then went to China town. That is some experience! I would come back, to say the least it is very interesting there! I loved the sea lions :) #5092486

Alex T. Mizuno November 19, 2007

A tree followed you? Is that like an apple tree in "The Wizard of Oz"? I sort of understand your feeling. When I was new in San Francisco, I felt like I was not in Kansas anymore :) But I love this city now. #5099656

Tammy Espino November 21, 2007

Well I think it was a homeless person dressed up with tree leaves all around him so he looked like a tree sitting on the sidewalk..lol My mother actually heard something about him on the news after I told her about him when I got home from my vacation! #5108629

Alex T. Mizuno November 21, 2007

That sounds wild! The homeless man with tree leaves scared you and he was on TV news also? That sounds like San Francisco all right :) #5108791

Lisa B. North November 22, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving, Alex! My mom is here visiting me in CT and I had to show her your gallery!! She just went nuts over this one....me too! She thought it was Hawaii. Just a stunning image once again! Lisa & Mom Julie #5111234

Alex T. Mizuno November 24, 2007

Hi Lisa, thank you for sharing my gallery with your mother. I'm honored! And I'm so glad to know both you and your mother liked this one. Please extend my gratitude to your mother. I hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving. #5117996

November 28, 2007

Mizuno-san,
Very beautiful as usual.
I am always at a loss when I saw your photos. Because I find I have so little English words to describe your pictures.

I should study English harder. #5141228

Kumiko Parkinson November 29, 2007

OMG, I missed this one before...!! Incredibly nice shot! (So you didn't get Sunrise there! I am at East coast, I went for the sunrise photos one day in October. Surprising number of people were there!) #5146610

Alex T. Mizuno November 30, 2007

We're having a Japanese paisano party again! This time at my gallery. Did you bring sushi? :)
Thank you both for your warm compliments!! #5150338

Hurk (Steve) Hurkett December 10, 2007

Wow, Alex ... Love how you captured that spray .....

................... Steve #5190434

Alex T. Mizuno December 11, 2007

Thank you Steve! Thank you for your kind comment!! #5196267

December 14, 2007

You've got a great eye, I've been in this exact spot but didn’t have a camera at that time, and you did a great job of capturing the feeling of standing there. #5206848

Steven E. Ray December 19, 2007

Great work on this one Alex, your visonary photography is always so profound. Congrats on the finalist and good luck on the winners round :) #5229167

cheryl m. phillips December 19, 2007

Y A Y!!!
~cheryl #5229205

Lisa B. North December 19, 2007

Alex, I knew I spotted a winner!! Congrats on your Finalist! I'm looking forward to seeing you upgrade that to winner!!!!

Lisa #5229216

Kathleen Rinker December 19, 2007

Congratulations my friend, this is one beautiful photo, I hope this wins!!! #5230115

Tamera S. Phillips December 19, 2007

Congratulations on this well deserved Alex! Good luck in the next round. #5230998

Lisa J. Boulden December 19, 2007

WOOooHooooooo!!!
Congrats, Alex, on this spectacular, and well-deserved finalist!!!
--lisa #5231016

Su Sana E. P December 19, 2007

Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist, Alex!! #5232201

Cindy Bendush December 19, 2007

A stunning image Alex! The fog really gives awesome character to the scene (who needs the sun?!) Congrats on this beautiful finalist! #5232305

Alex T. Mizuno December 19, 2007

I'd like to thank each one of you for kindly taking time to leave such wonderful comments and congratulatory words! This was a surprise to me. A nice Christmas gift :)

I wish you all very Happy Christmas!!! #5232659

December 20, 2007

Congrats, Mizuno san!!
I am also glad.
やったー!! #5233567

Donna R. Wageman December 20, 2007

Alex - A BIG CONGRATULATIONS!
Wonderful, wonderful and a
Happy Christmas to you and yours... #5234415

Christine Czernin December 20, 2007

Well done,Alex. Big congratulation and have a wonderful Christmas time.
And of course a successful 2008 #5234675

Kumiko Parkinson December 20, 2007

(Oh I'm so slow to get here....)
Big Congratulations on your well deserved one!! Banza~~i!! #5235735

Tad Bowman December 20, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist Alex. I really like the fog in this one. #5237235

Tammy Espino December 21, 2007

Congrats!!!! :) #5240794

Alex T. Mizuno December 21, 2007

Koizumi-san, Donna, Christine, Kumiko, Tad and Tammy, thank you all for your warm congratulations!! And Happy Christmas to you all!!! #5241559

Arnie Horwitz December 28, 2007

Congratulations on this great finalist, Alex. #5263335

Susan M. Hembree January 02, 2008

Alex, I just stopped into your gallery to see how you were doing with the D80 and saw this! Fantastic! Guess it's working out! This is a wonderful photograph! Congratulations on your finalist! #5279561

Alex T. Mizuno January 02, 2008

Happy New Year, Arnie and Susan! Thank you for your wonderful comments!! Although my kit lens (Nikkor 18-135mm DX) is not really satisfactory, my camera itself is excellent. #5282340

Crystal L. Craig May 07, 2008

Absolutely wonderful scenic Alex! You've captured the cold coastal mist perfectly! #5895993

Nick Lagos June 01, 2008

This magic Alex....resubmit it #6006642

Alex T. Mizuno June 09, 2008

Crystal and Nick, thank you for your kind comments!

Nick, thank you for your advise. I'll think about resubmission. #6038354

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