Archive 2016 · Evening Approaches, Drum Canyon Road.

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Evening Approaches, Drum Canyon Road.

I am a lifelong devotee of taking every back road, side street or fire road that I reasonably can, and I've had my eye on this one for some time now. Some of the most amazing light I've seen in some time, and I'm still kicking myself for being impatient with myself, passing up some other similar comps, as my wife and I had had a long weekend up in Big Sur and wanted to get home. The light was acid-trip worthy when we got out of Drum Canyon and progressed to the Santa Rita Hills AVA, but comps were tough because of wires, us not being familiar with the area, the rush of wanting to be traffic in SB and LA, etc...

I'll be back, because the area between Dieberg Winery and where the road begins to go uphill offers a lot more comps with some needed patience.

First time I've used a zoom in recent memory (Olympus 12-40mm 2.8), and I was surprised how much I liked the convenience of not having to change lenses so much.

Sunspot, Drum Canyon Road by tanngrisnir3, on Flickr

Feb 22, 2016 at 01:33 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Evening Approaches, Drum Canyon Road.

Light's Out!
Beautiful Image, Well Seen...

Feb 22, 2016 at 02:21 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Evening Approaches, Drum Canyon Road.

Very interesting, and yes, good eye.
Nicely presented...

Feb 22, 2016 at 07:16 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Evening Approaches, Drum Canyon Road.

Cool dramatic light and nice strong composition here. Great job.

Heron

Feb 23, 2016 at 11:21 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Evening Approaches, Drum Canyon Road.

Mjollnir wrote:
I'll be back, because the area between Dieberg Winery and where the road begins to go uphill offers a lot more comps with some needed patience.

Neat picture. Drum Canyon Road was almost in our backyard when we lived in Solvang. It's often a great place in a good wildflower year. With the El Nino this year, it may be worth checking out in Mar-Apr.

Art
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Feb 23, 2016 at 11:54 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Evening Approaches, Drum Canyon Road.

I like it! Good timing on the light/shadows. Sounds like a place I would like to explore.

Dave

Feb 23, 2016 at 12:00 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Evening Approaches, Drum Canyon Road.

Older Fossil wrote:
Neat picture. Drum Canyon Road was almost in our backyard when we lived in Solvang. It's often a great place in a good wildflower year. With the El Nino this year, it may be worth checking out in Mar-Apr.

Art
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Thanks! There are a LOT more such roads to explore out there, but if/when the wildflower boom really hits, I'm counting on the road out to Jalama Beach really being a winner, with lupine and views of the sea as an added plus.

No end to exploring out there.

Feb 24, 2016 at 09:15 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Evening Approaches, Drum Canyon Road.

Great take... the simplicity makes this image great.

Maji

Feb 24, 2016 at 10:06 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Evening Approaches, Drum Canyon Road.

Truly "acid-trip" worthy. Solid!

Feb 24, 2016 at 10:46 AM


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