Morro Bay was fogged in on Monday so I headed North on Hwy 1 until things cleared up.

This was the view from my DJI Air 2S.

<https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2S-Work-2022/Air2S-Work-2022/i-bJW7Pt4/0/609ca101/1920/Cayucos%20Point%20Feb%207%202022p-1920.mp4>

--
Regards,
Savageduck

Am 09.02.2022 um 16:27 schrieb Savageduck:
> Morro Bay was fogged in on Monday so I headed North on Hwy 1 until things cleared up.
>
> This was the view from my DJI Air 2S.
>
> <https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2S-Work-2022/Air2S-Work-2022/i-bJW7Pt4/0/609ca101/1920/Cayucos%20Point%20Feb%207%202022p-1920.mp4>

The video quality is good and it's nice seeing something different from
the usual Morro bay.

There are no trees in the area. Is it because it's a dry area (not
enough rain)?
--
Alfred Molon

Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at
https://groups.io/g/myolympus
https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

On Feb 9, 2022, Alfred Molon wrote
(in article <oKSMJ.171562$_5r7.169349@fx09.ams1>):

> Am 09.02.2022 um 16:27 schrieb Savageduck:
> > Morro Bay was fogged in on Monday so I headed North on Hwy 1 until things cleared up.
> >
> > This was the view from my DJI Air 2S.
> >
> > <https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2S-Work-2022/Air2S-Work-2022/i-bJW7Pt4/0/609ca101/1920/Cayucos%20Point%20Feb%207%202022p-1920.mp4>
>
> The video quality is good and it's nice seeing something different from
> the usual Morro bay.

I thought it was time to give you something different. ;-)
>
> There are no trees in the area. Is it because it's a dry area (not
> enough rain)?

That part of the coast shows a vegetation, and terrain change with rolling hills, and some areas with quite dense California Live Oak, not so much at that particular spot. Further North on that same Hwy 1 (PCH, or Pacific Coast Highway) you get to the Southern limit of the Coastal Redwood trees. In Northern California those are the giant trees found in the Redwood National Forest.

As far as lack of rain, we are going through continuing drought conditions, more so inland where I live where it is really dry. Down at the coast they benefit some from the the moisture brought by the fog, and coastal marine layer.

--
Regards,
Savageduck

On 10/02/2022 4:27 am, Savageduck wrote:
> Morro Bay was fogged in on Monday so I headed North on Hwy 1 until things cleared up.
>
> This was the view from my DJI Air 2S.
>
> <https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2S-Work-2022/Air2S-Work-2022/i-bJW7Pt4/0/609ca101/1920/Cayucos%20Point%20Feb%207%202022p-1920.mp4>
>

A welcome change.

A bit of a hazy or overcast day though ?

geoff

On Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 3:43:38 am UTC+10, Savageduck wrote:
> On Feb 9, 2022, Alfred Molon wrote
> (in article <oKSMJ.171562$_5r7....@fx09.ams1>):
> > Am 09.02.2022 um 16:27 schrieb Savageduck:
> > > Morro Bay was fogged in on Monday so I headed North on Hwy 1 until things cleared up.
> > >
> > > This was the view from my DJI Air 2S.
> > >
> > > <https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2S-Work-2022/Air2S-Work-2022/i-bJW7Pt4/0/609ca101/1920/Cayucos%20Point%20Feb%207%202022p-1920.mp4>
> >
> > The video quality is good and it's nice seeing something different from
> > the usual Morro bay.
> I thought it was time to give you something different. ;-)
> >
> > There are no trees in the area. Is it because it's a dry area (not
> > enough rain)?
> That part of the coast shows a vegetation, and terrain change with rolling hills, and some areas with quite dense California Live Oak, not so much at that particular spot. Further North on that same Hwy 1 (PCH, or Pacific Coast Highway) you get to the Southern limit of the Coastal Redwood trees. In Northern California those are the giant trees found in the Redwood National Forest.
>
> As far as lack of rain, we are going through continuing drought conditions, more so inland where I live where it is really dry. Down at the coast they benefit some from the the moisture brought by the fog, and coastal marine layer.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Savageduck

Thanks, Mr Duck. A very pleasant change, and brings back fond memories of doing the PCH northbound with my sons many years ago. Lots of delightful unridden waves coming in.

OT: When we got to Half Moon Bay, we had a family meeting to decide if we stayed in SFO for 4 days or go to Yosemite. Yosemite won 3-nil. :-)

Cheers,
Magani

On Feb 9, 2022, geoff wrote
(in article<JpGdnY9EqIXJ3Zn_nZ2dnUU7-UFj4p2d@giganews.com>):

> On 10/02/2022 4:27 am, Savageduck wrote:
> > Morro Bay was fogged in on Monday so I headed North on Hwy 1 until things cleared up.
> >
> > This was the view from my DJI Air 2S.
> >
> > <https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2S-Work-2022/Air2S-Work-2022/i-bJW7Pt4/0/609ca101/1920/Cayucos%20Point%20Feb%207%202022p-1920.mp4>
>
> A welcome change.
>
> A bit of a hazy or overcast day though ?
>
> geoff

It was heavy marine layer fog.

--
Regards,
Savageduck

On Feb 9, 2022, Magani wrote
(in article<7edd52fe-b637-4313-87bf-0c5920a291e6n@googlegroups.com>):

> On Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 3:43:38 am UTC+10, Savageduck wrote:
> > On Feb 9, 2022, Alfred Molon wrote
> > (in article <oKSMJ.171562$_5r7....@fx09.ams1>):
> > > Am 09.02.2022 um 16:27 schrieb Savageduck:
> > > > Morro Bay was fogged in on Monday so I headed North on Hwy 1 until things cleared up.
> > > >
> > > > This was the view from my DJI Air 2S.
> > > >
> > > > <https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2S-Work-2022/Air2S-Work-2022/i-bJW7Pt4/0/609ca101/1920/Cayucos%20Point%20Feb%207%202022p-1920.mp4>
> > >
> > > The video quality is good and it's nice seeing something different from
> > > the usual Morro bay.
> > I thought it was time to give you something different. ;-)
> > >
> > > There are no trees in the area. Is it because it's a dry area (not
> > > enough rain)?
> > That part of the coast shows a vegetation, and terrain change with rolling hills, and some areas with quite dense California Live Oak, not so much at that particular spot. Further North on that same Hwy 1 (PCH, or Pacific Coast Highway) you get to the Southern limit of the Coastal Redwood trees. In Northern California those are the giant trees found in the Redwood National Forest.
> >
> > As far as lack of rain, we are going through continuing drought conditions, more so inland where I live where it is really dry. Down at the coast they benefit some from the the moisture brought by the fog, and coastal marine layer.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Savageduck
>
> Thanks, Mr Duck. A very pleasant change, and brings back fond memories of doing the PCH northbound with my sons many years ago. Lots of delightful unridden waves coming in.

Hwy1 from Morro Bay through to Carmel/Monterey is one of my regular quick getaway escapes.
>
> OT: When we got to Half Moon Bay, we had a family meeting to decide if we stayed in SFO for 4 days or go to Yosemite. Yosemite won 3-nil. :-)

Good decision! Yosemite wins over SFO every time for me.

--
Regards,
Savageduck

On 10/02/2022 1:30 pm, Savageduck wrote:
> On Feb 9, 2022, geoff wrote
> (in article<JpGdnY9EqIXJ3Zn_nZ2dnUU7-UFj4p2d@giganews.com>):
>
>> On 10/02/2022 4:27 am, Savageduck wrote:
>>> Morro Bay was fogged in on Monday so I headed North on Hwy 1 until things cleared up.
>>>
>>> This was the view from my DJI Air 2S.
>>>
>>> <https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2S-Work-2022/Air2S-Work-2022/i-bJW7Pt4/0/609ca101/1920/Cayucos%20Point%20Feb%207%202022p-1920.mp4>
>>
>> A welcome change.
>>
>> A bit of a hazy or overcast day though ?
>>
>> geoff
>
> It was heavy marine layer fog.
>

Looking forward to seeing similar on a nice clear day !

geoff

On 9 Feb 2022 at 17:43:26 GMT, "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com>
wrote:

> On Feb 9, 2022, Alfred Molon wrote
> (in article <oKSMJ.171562$_5r7.169349@fx09.ams1>):
>
>> Am 09.02.2022 um 16:27 schrieb Savageduck:
>>> Morro Bay was fogged in on Monday so I headed North on Hwy 1 until things
>>> cleared up.
>>>
>>> This was the view from my DJI Air 2S.
>>>
>>> <https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2S-Work-2022/Air2S-Work-2022/i-bJW7Pt4/0/609ca101/1920/Cayucos%20Point%20Feb%207%202022p-1920.mp4>
>>
>> The video quality is good and it's nice seeing something different from
>> the usual Morro bay.
>
> I thought it was time to give you something different. ;-)

Yes, thanks, looks wonderful . . .
>>
>> There are no trees in the area. Is it because it's a dry area (not
>> enough rain)?
>
> That part of the coast shows a vegetation, and terrain change with rolling
> hills, and some areas with quite dense California Live Oak, not so much at
> that particular spot. Further North on that same Hwy 1 (PCH, or Pacific Coast
> Highway) you get to the Southern limit of the Coastal Redwood trees. In
> Northern California those are the giant trees found in the Redwood National
> Forest.
>

I did notice the lack of trees. In the UK we're having a tentative stab at
rewilding in a few places - keeping people and other non-native (whatever that
means nowadays, but in the main sheep/cows) animals away tends to allow trees
to thrive again.

> As far as lack of rain, we are going through continuing drought conditions,
> more so inland where I live where it is really dry. Down at the coast they
> benefit some from the the moisture brought by the fog, and coastal marine
> layer.

--
Cheers, Rob

On Wednesday, 9 February 2022 at 15:28:07 UTC, Savageduck wrote:
> Morro Bay was fogged in on Monday so I headed North on Hwy 1 until things cleared up.
>
> This was the view from my DJI Air 2S.
>
> <https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2S-Work-2022/Air2S-Work-2022/i-bJW7Pt4/0/609ca101/1920/Cayucos%20Point%20Feb%207%202022p-1920.mp4>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Savageduck

Yes good quality and it seemed better as it opened up almost full window size rather than the smaller 1/8 size of past vids.
No idea why maybe something changed somewhere between smugmug and UK .
or maybe my recent update to high sierra did it.

Watched it full screen and seemed very good.
Around the 3:00 +/- 3 secs there was a slight step up in exposure or brightnesss or something I noticed. perhaps cloud cover.
I know you can't go too high but I wonder if you could go through mist/fog transversing above and below , that would be an interesting movie.
I've noticed in the UK when there's mist/fog my stationary webcam at night makes it look like a blizzard is blowing outside
the way the IR appears to reflect off the mist. I'll try getting a movie snap of it next time.

On 10/02/2022 12:09, RJH wrote:
> On 9 Feb 2022 at 17:43:26 GMT, "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Feb 9, 2022, Alfred Molon wrote
>> (in article <oKSMJ.171562$_5r7.169349@fx09.ams1>):
>>
>>> Am 09.02.2022 um 16:27 schrieb Savageduck:
>>>> Morro Bay was fogged in on Monday so I headed North on Hwy 1 until things
>>>> cleared up.
>>>>
>>>> This was the view from my DJI Air 2S.
>>>>
>>>> <https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2S-Work-2022/Air2S-Work-2022/i-bJW7Pt4/0/609ca101/1920/Cayucos%20Point%20Feb%207%202022p-1920.mp4>
>>>
>>> The video quality is good and it's nice seeing something different from
>>> the usual Morro bay.
>>
>> I thought it was time to give you something different. ;-)
>
> Yes, thanks, looks wonderful . . .

Agreed! 🙂

>>> There are no trees in the area. Is it because it's a dry area (not
>>> enough rain)?
>>
>> That part of the coast shows a vegetation, and terrain change with rolling
>> hills, and some areas with quite dense California Live Oak, not so much at
>> that particular spot. Further North on that same Hwy 1 (PCH, or Pacific Coast
>> Highway) you get to the Southern limit of the Coastal Redwood trees. In
>> Northern California those are the giant trees found in the Redwood National
>> Forest.
>>
>
> I did notice the lack of trees. In the UK we're having a tentative stab at
> rewilding in a few places - keeping people and other non-native (whatever that
> means nowadays, but in the main sheep/cows) animals away tends to allow trees
> to thrive again.

I had no idea that the presence of sheep and/or cows was a hazard to
tree growth!

You wouldn't believe the controversy here in my neck-of-the-woods with
MAN destroying the landscape!

https://www.lowerotterrestorationproject.co.uk/news.html

[....]

On 2022-02-10 13:35:10 +0000, Whisky-dave said:

> On Wednesday, 9 February 2022 at 15:28:07 UTC, Savageduck wrote:
>> Morro Bay was fogged in on Monday so I headed North on Hwy 1 until
>> things cleared up.
>>
>> This was the view from my DJI Air 2S.
>>
>> <https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2S-Work-2022/Air2S-Work-2022/i-bJW7Pt4/0/609ca101/1920/Cayucos%20Point%20Feb%207%202022p-1920.mp4>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Savageduck
>
> Yes good quality and it seemed better as it opened up almost full
> window size rather than the smaller 1/8 size of past vids.
> No idea why maybe something changed somewhere between smugmug and UK .
> or maybe my recent update to high sierra did it.

Who knows? The big problem with SmugMug is their limit to 3 GB file
size, and down rendering to 1080p from the original 4K, or 5.4K.
>
> Watched it full screen and seemed very good.

Full screen does deliver the best experience.

> Around the 3:00 +/- 3 secs there was a slight step up in exposure or
> brightnesss or something I noticed. perhaps cloud cover.

Aah! You noticed. I goofed, I started shooting at 4K 30fps, but at
1/120s because on an earlier flight I was at 4K 60fps. I only noticed
at that point in recording, and adjusted the shutter speed to 1/60s.
That was the shift you saw.

> I know you can't go too high but I wonder if you could go through
> mist/fog transversing above and below , that would be an interesting
> movie.

The legal limit is 400 ft AGL, and then there is the issue of losing
line of sight in fog/mist, but certainly interesting.

> I've noticed in the UK when there's mist/fog my stationary webcam at
> night makes it look like a blizzard is blowing outside
> the way the IR appears to reflect off the mist. I'll try getting a
> movie snap of it next time.

Worth a try.

--
Regards,
Savageduck

On Wed, 09 Feb 2022 07:27:54 -0800, Savageduck posted:-

> Morro Bay was fogged in on Monday so I headed North on Hwy 1 until
> things cleared up.
>
> This was the view from my DJI Air 2S.
>
> <https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2S-Work-2022/Air2S-Work-2022/i-bJW7Pt4/0/609ca101/1920/Cayucos%20Point%20Feb%207%202022p-1920.mp4>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Savageduck
>

Nice, thanks for sharing.