Downtown

I took a drive down to San Diego a few days ago. This was a perfect example of why my dad refers to the Whether Report (whether it will or whether it won't); the weather was supposed to be clear and sunny all day, but once I got down there it was almost completely overcast. Oh well.

There were occasional breaks of weak sunlight, and overall it was great to breathe in some fresh sea air. I fired off some shots just for the heck of it, and actually got a couple that I like. This one, I like more and more each time I come back to it:

I'm going to want to go back and do more shots like this one.

The marine layer (sea mist or fog, to non-San Diegans) rolled in around 5pm, so sunset was a complete bust. Intrepid as ever, I had yummy Thai food for dinner (oh, the joys of the big city!) and then just drove around the neighborhood hills looking for a good view of the city lights. I have no blessed idea where I ended up, and finding my way back out again was a challenge. But I did find a spot, looking over a six-foot chain link fence (which someone had bent down at the top - almost as if to make room for a lens - and no, it wasn't me) at the edge of a drop-off. I hiked up the tripod as far as it would go, which of course meant I couldn't get anywhere near the viewfinder...

"They say the neon lights are bright..."

This was an exercise in trial and error. Mostly error. But I had fun, and I guess that's the main thing. I'd like to do more night shoots.