taz_k wrote:
BTW: I'm off to California this Sunday (work). Next weekend (fri-sun) I will drive between San Francisco and San Diego (mainly on Hwy 1). Any ideas about spots I really shouldn't miss? 35/1.4 and 100/2 will be my company :-)
Big Sur, Julia Pfeiffer Burns state park, The Hearst Castle, Bixby bridge, Carmel, Monterrey, 17 mile drive & Pebble Beach, Santa Cruz & some sections near Santa Monica are all very nice.
With the exception of The Hearst Castle, all others offer epic landscape opportunities. Hills very close to the beach, waterfall at the edge of a beach [!], sea stacks. The entire coast is pretty.
Morning fog, especially near SFO, gives a special feel to the landscape but after that, plenty of big opportunities come in the late afternoon. You have beautiful places nearby also [beaches of La Jolla].
You'll need a week at least to justice to all those locations! But enjoy the time you are there. Get a wide[r] angle lens if you can to supplement it. Borrowlenses office is closeby to SFO if you prefer to travel light and rent a lens and tripod.
If you have good visibility of the moon, a very late night drive through Hwy 1 with all the reflections and lighthouse beams through the low lying fog will be magical !