Mount Palomar photos - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/20/2006 11:27:06 AM · #1

Had a great day (actually, a day and a night) on top of Mt Palomar in Southern California last Christmas. What a place for gorgeous sunsets and sinrises! You can actually see all the way to the ocean (about 60 miles) including downtown San Diego. Just wanted to share a few shots

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edit: added a few more :)

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skOOby

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

01/20/2006 11:32:15 AM · #2

I love the 'layering' effect in your second photo!

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Mr Tee

Canon EOS-5D

01/20/2006 11:37:37 AM · #3

I have got to get out of England and get to some of these places. Stunning images.

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/20/2006 01:00:03 PM · #4

Yowza. Good shots. Here's my lone contribution to the Mt. Palomar discussion:

jtf6agent

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

01/20/2006 01:15:58 PM · #5

Amazing. Thank you for changing my perspective on Palomar Mt. I have lived in this area for 40 years and I have never been able to look at it in this way. It's always been a simple place where we go to play in the snow during the winter and pass by on the way to the desert. I can't believe how much we as humans take for granite. This gold mine has been under my nose for the last 40 years and I would have looked pass it for another 40. Thanks so much. Beautiful images.

01/20/2006 02:01:19 PM · #6

As a 4th-generation San Diego native, currently expatriated, I can say in all sincerity that Palomar's one of the few things I actually miss about San Diego. I love that mountaina nd its views :-) Plus the telescope is way fascinating. I had some great view camera work from up there, but it was all lost in the flood.

Noce shots!

R.

01/20/2006 02:43:56 PM · #7

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

... I had some great view camera work from up there, but it was all lost in the flood.

R.

in the Flood?

how old are you, Robert? :)

01/20/2006 02:52:09 PM · #8

Originally posted by ltsimring:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
... I had some great view camera work from up there, but it was all lost in the flood.

R.

in the Flood?

how old are you, Robert? :)

Not quite that old :-) I have mentioned before that some years ago we went on a 2-week vacation after I had retired and all my files were stored in my basement. A pipe burst and we had deep, serious flooding; wiped out virtually everything :-(

R.

01/20/2006 03:06:10 PM · #9

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by ltsimring:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
... I had some great view camera work from up there, but it was all lost in the flood.

R.

in the Flood?

how old are you, Robert? :)

Not quite that old :-) I have mentioned before that some years ago we went on a 2-week vacation after I had retired and all my files were stored in my basement. A pipe burst and we had deep, serious flooding; wiped out virtually everything :-(

R.

Oh, that's too bad. It must have been devastating... sorry for you, Robert.

I guess it's good that we don't have basements here in California... :)

01/20/2006 03:15:16 PM · #10

Originally posted by ltsimring:

Oh, that's too bad. It must have been devastating... sorry for you, Robert.

I guess it's good that we don't have basements here in California... :)

Actually, we DID have a basement in California, and this was what flooded. Oddly, I have no basement HERE.

R.

01/20/2006 03:20:04 PM · #11

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by ltsimring:

Oh, that's too bad. It must have been devastating... sorry for you, Robert.

I guess it's good that we don't have basements here in California... :)

Actually, we DID have a basement in California, and this was what flooded. Oddly, I have no basement HERE.

R.

oops. that is rare, isn't it? I don't know anybody here in San Diego who would have a real basement (which in fact I would love to have for my photo endeavors). Where did you live in SD?