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OwlsEyes wrote:
Thank you Kalani for commenting...
First... on the camera and photography: I am absolutely loving the files from the X1D 50C. I know that my camera is old by digital standards, but the quality of the files are so rich and filled with details. While I have been using the Z9, Z8, and other high resolution FX cameras for many years, there is something about the extra "real estate" in the medium format cameras that make a definite difference. In addition, with a camera that is slow to operate, I am spending time thinking about framing and format much like I once did with my long-gone Hassy 500C and Pentax 645 medium format film cameras. In fact, I am so smitten on the camera and format, that I'm contemplating trading my Leica M10 and 35mm color-skopar for a second X1D 50C (or X1D ii) w/ lens... If there any takers out there... send me a pm 
Regarding the location, well I live between Santa Cruz and Monterey, so you have the general location correct. The photo was taken from New Brighton beach. To the left is the town of Aptos and to the right is Capitola. I have another image of where the cliff meets the ocean and you can see throngs of surfers in the distance... I'll post that one later today.
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Ah! I should have recognized Aptos and Capitola, but I've never seen it from this vantage point! We just moved from the Bay Area after grad school, and I cycled the Palo Alto, Skyline, Los Gatos, Capitola, Aptos, Eureka Canyon Road loop once in awhile (maybe 80 miles round trip), and surfed Santa Cruz often. The Hasselblad files really look amazing, full stop. Back in 2019, I agonized between Hasselblad and the Fuji GFX100 at launch, and still shoot the 100 today. I think Flash (Gordon) posts both Hasselblad and GFX travel shots, and they are so dangerous to me because I never considered having both systems until now! FM is a siren song... Hasselblad's pure focus on photography, calm simplicity in usage, and almost painterly results of every lens are very attractive as a travel kit and more attractive with a single 38v, to me of course, than the 100rf at this point.
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OwlsEyes wrote:
One more from a foggy morning... New Brighton Beach, CA... About 30 surfers in the distance 
Beautiful, the rendition is exactly as I would imagine it, complete with the cold, foggy, kelp (maybe men in grey suits) lineup I remember. Good thing there is bore tide surfing in Alaska! Thanks for posting, Bruce, beautiful work!
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