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Today, pictures from valued commenter ?BillinGlendaleCA.
After the Fire…
Last year was a particularly devastating fire season in California. In early November the Woolsey fire burned from just west of the San Fernando Valley all the way to the Pacific(the bathroom on the beach at Leo Carrillio State Park burned). While not a devistating as the Paradise fire in Northern California, the Woolsey fire killed 3 people, burned down over 1300 structures, and evacuated almost 400,000 people. This past winter has been wetter than average, though not enough to cause the mountains to flow to the sea, it’s been sufficient for the mountains to bloom. A photographer friend asked if I wanted to shoot over at the coast last week and we stopped midway over the mountains and found this incredible bloom.
Taken on 2019-05-25 00:00:00
Kanan-Dume Road, Santa Monica Mountains, California
The first four pictures were shot with exposure bracketing, you take the picture with the correct exposure and the camera shoots 4 more pictures, two at a higher exposure and two at a lower exposure. This was necessary because I was shooting into the sun and the sky would have been washed out otherwise. The hillsides in this part of the mountains were covered in these flowers. What kind are they? The flower ID app on my phone says they’re Dwarf Morning Glorys, opinions differ(even among jackals).
I selected the wrong date on the introduction, the date below is correct(I don’t have Obama’s timemachine, yet).
Taken on 2019-05-25 00:00:00
Kanan-Dume Road, Santa Monica Mountains, California
This looks from the hill with the most flowers west down the Santa Monica Mountains. The Santa Monica Mountains run from Griffith Park in the east to Point Mugu(near Oxnard) in the west.
Taken on 2019-05-25 00:00:00
Kanan-Dume Road, Santa Monica Mountains, California
This looks up the hill, the flowers reach all the way to the rocky ridge at the top. The yellow flowers in the foreground are wild mustard.
Taken on 2019-05-25 00:00:00
Kanan-Dume Road, Santa Monica Mountains, California
A tree among the flowers, it’s probably not noticible against the bright sky, but the tree actually has new growth that’s grown since the fire in November. The last three photos were processed using dedicated HDR software(Lightroom’s built-in HDR wasn’t producing the best results).
Taken on 2019-05-25 00:00:00
Kanan-Dume Road, Santa Monica Mountains, California
This is a panorama that looks from the mountains to the sea. The hill with all the flowers is at my back.
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