Things are looking up, a photo from カリフォルニア, West

Photographer's Note

While living in Southern California, I loved visiting numerous beach towns. Some of them, like Malibu, are quite famous, other like the one which John frequently showed here, El Matador, are hidden gems known only to locals. Each one is different and having its own character. One of the most attractive beaches, approximately halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, is Laguna Beach. This is to my memory a town full of small charming art galleries with spectacular sandy beach. The picture I show here was taken while laying on that beach, even though it may have been taken in many places.

I suppose this picture would make a great pattern for a ceiling. Especially in the days when travel is limited. Some people were quite lucky and managed to travel before the lockdown. I have planned a lot of trips right now, and airlines like Ryanair or Wizzair owe me already 3500｣. Sadly, it seems I will not be seeing this money anymore. Hypothetically they are supposed to refund but they postpone and practically there is no chance to chase them up. They even erase any evidence that some flights existed on their websites. I have also paid in part of payment for holidays in August. Now I am supposed to pay in another 1000｣. If I don稚 pay I loose what I paid, if I pay in more I may lose everything.

I have complained that my local park which I have showed here numerous times got locked down. I first thought that it was recommended by the government, but it seems that government recommended to keep the parks open, but it was Mayor of Middlesbrough who decided otherwise. His motivation was that because Middlesbrough is the poorest county, and people are crowded in small houses, they are more endangered. Because they have no space at home he decided to close the spacious parks to which they could go for a walk. Ironically in Stockton, which is a sister town across the river, the parks are still open. Quite an absurd situation.

ikeharel, Fis2, jean113, PaulVDV, PaulVDV, johnjmoe, jhm, tyro, PiotrF, alvaraalto, worldcitizen, adramad, ktanska, sacimar, COSTANTINO has marked this note useful

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ikeharel (113319) 2020-04-30 9:16

Good evening Mariusz,
With the clouds pattern above, you managed to combine a special animated picture with the trees.
Colors contrast, bright daylight and superb sharpness wonderfully shown.
My best regards,
Ike

Fis2 (170717) 2020-04-30 9:17

Czesc Mariusz!
Ale zakreciles kadrem, piekne palmy i super niebo, to co lubisz.
Znakomite swiatlo i kolorki.
Podoba sie.
Milego wieczoru.
Krzysztof

jean113 (27853) 2020-04-30 9:21

Hello Mariusz, sorry to read about the difficulties that you have been having regards travel etc.,
This is a lovely shot, just what the doctor ordered! Sunshine, blue sky and palm trees.
Fingers crossed that things will look up soon.
Kind regards, Jean.

PaulVDV (62886) 2020-04-30 9:28

Hello Mariusz,
It's indeed outrageous that the airlines can get rid of it so easily.
If travel ever becomes possible again, I think not to decide too long in advance.
In Belgium, decisions were also taken that were interpreted differently in our different provinces. With a lot of complaints about inequality afterwards of course.
Your picture here would be great to project onto the bedroom ceiling. Then while being in bed you still get the feeling that you're on a holiday.
Wonderful cloud lines between the palm tree tops.
Best regards, Paul

Tue (92328) 2020-04-30 10:04

Hello Mariusz,
What an idyllic view of this palm beach! The trees rise up so beautifully towards the blue sky and an attractively shaped white clouds also and the green parts are wonderfully lit also. Great work.
Lars

jhm (211736) 2020-04-30 11:10

Hello Mariusz,

Lovely panorama with palm trees as nice addition.
Excellent sharp and clarity.
Nice and soft to look at.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

tyro (30513) 2020-04-30 13:29

Hello Mariusz,

Oh dear, what a dreadful business, having apparently lost all that money which you had spent for future travels which may never materialise because of Covid-19. What a shame, but I do hope that there might turn out to be some way in which you can recoup at least most of it.

And when I saw this photograph, my first impression was that you might have fallen into a bear trap and were looking forlornly up to the sky! But, thankfully, no: you were lying on a beach. And would that not be a wonderful escape in these worrying and troubled times?

A lovely shot from your archives (it's now almost 16 years old!) but very nice with lovely light and colours, perfect exposure and excellent detail and sharpness.

Excellent!

Kind Regards,

John.

PiotrF (54636) 2020-04-30 16:05

Czesc Mariusz,
Rozpoczyna sie majowka wiec lezymy pod palmami.
Swietna , nietypowa kompozycja z tymi drzewami w roli glownej.
Te czasy ucza nas tez tego, ze pedzac w zyciu nie zawsze zwracamy uwage na umowy, ubezpieczenia itp podobne sprawy. Wydawalo nam sie , ze skoro cos zaplanowalismy to tak bedzie i nic tego nie zmieni... a tu sie okazuje ze niewidoczne mikroby wiele zmieniaja na calym swiecie.
Ja takiej gotowki nie zdazylem zaangazowac ale tez mam nadzieje, ze zwroty za odwolane loty jednak na moje konto splyna - czas pokaze
pozdrawiam w tym nielatwym czasie ( w PL mozna od kilku dni poruszac sie we wszystkich parkach)
Piotr

ifege (48055) 2020-04-30 21:47

Hi Mariusz
A good photo from the lying position. good clouds beyond too.
I am still waiting for my refund which being from Australia to Europe is quite a lot. It was a refundable fair and they keep promising! One day soon I hope.
cheers
Ian

jemaflor (147104) 2020-04-30 23:49

Hi Mariusz,
Excellent result, good choice for this angle to take your photo, nice and original, pleasant colors and light, tfs.

Silvio1953 (221563) 2020-05-01 1:42

Ciao Mariusz, lovely composition with beautiful trees, wonderful natural colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

Royaldevon (85932) 2020-05-01 2:44

Hello Mariusz,

Your notes seem very bleak!
Lots of holidays have been cancelled and I cannot believe that you will have lost all your money. There will definitely be a problem, at the moment, as there is a problem sourcing money and there is a long list of people to service.

My friend had booked a holiday, which should have been this week. She has received a credit note, for a further holiday with a proviso that she will be able to exchange it for money further down the line. She understands the problems. The family may decide to go on the holiday next year instead. The decision is still difficult to make.

With regard to your photograph, it's an unusual viewpoint, but no less interesting because of that. Lovely natural colours and fine clarity.
In the olden days, many houses had ceiling paintings and these would certainly be most useful on a bedroom ceiling, when you are most likely to look upwards.

Keep safe,
Bev :-)

Ilonka1974 (10289) 2020-05-01 5:04

Czesc Mariusz,
Bardzo ładne zdjecie z Kaliforni.
Fantyastyczne palmy na tle błękitu nieba.
Pozdrawiam serdecznie
Janusz

alvaraalto (42804) 2020-05-01 7:08

Hello Mariusz,
Indeed, a photo that can be wonderfully used as a ceiling painting. A beautiful composition that is made even more attractive by the strings of clouds.
You are very unlucky because of the terrible virus. Lars and I had just not booked for our trip to for our Canada and the USA this year.
Strength in this difficult time.
Have a good weekend.
Be careful and stay safe, groet Rob

worldcitizen (16068) 2020-05-01 14:13

Hello Mariusz,
I like the clouds swirling in between these trees. The upwards POV makes me feel like I'm straining my neck to look up, too. :-) The interesting tree trunks and leaves create a nice composition. Take good care!

Nicou (193806) 2020-05-02 22:01

Hello

Quel cadrage au pie de ces arbre quel effet ce troncs qui filent vers le haut et quel ciel en fond en mouvent blanc superbe composition et mise en valeur
Bravo et belle journ馥
Nicou

Miguel82 (47110) 2020-05-03 11:46

Mariusz, these palm trees are adaptated to the California's dry Mediteranean like climate. The pov from below shows the trunks and the leaves. It creates a pleasant visual effect. Fine colors, good sharpness, interesting photo note, regards.

adramad (72978) 2020-05-03 12:22

Hello Mariusz.
Magnificent composition with this perspective upwards of the palm trees, with the sky as a background, its trunks and the fan that form its plume of leaves, creates a beautiful effect.
A fantastic photo, with beautiful natural colors, very good lighting and excellent sharpness.
Well done. I love.
Enjoy, the end of Sunday.
Very best regards.
Luis.
*********

P.S. Mariusz we can already go for a walk of one hour in the morning and another in the afternoon, several sections of hours have been divided,
so that it comes out staggered.
As for taking new photos for TE, in that I have no problem
I am finishing with Alcala and I will continue with Murcia, which interrupted her when I made a stop.
As this year it is not going to be able to travel, I still have to prepare the trips of last year to Romania and Georgia, also another Spanish city Segovia, so I have a lot of pending material.

rychem (72187) 2020-05-04 2:18

Bardzo lubie takie zdjecia od dolu, to rzeczywiscie wyglada jak plafon an suficie, jezeli chodzi o ograniczenia podczas pandemii, to tez uwazam, ze sporo rzeczy jest zrobione bez glowy, moze politycy spytaliby o zdanie fachowcow epidemiologow?
pozdrawiam Ryszard

ktanska (44758) 2020-05-04 10:35

Hi Mariusz,
This is just wonderful and so imaginative. We rarely look right up, unless we are next to skyscrapers. The way you have framed this on the bottom and left is great. I get the impression that the angle would be wider than what the lens states.
Kari

sacimar (38173) 2020-05-05 9:01

Hello Mariusz,

this is an interesting image, I like the composition with the different palm trees, the visual result is attractive with a well chosen perspective, good job,

Best regards,

Sergio

pajaran (115861) 2020-05-05 22:36

Pozdrav.
Interesantan i lep pogled, dobar tekst ...
Lepo drvece i nebo sa belim oblakom, lepa priroda.
Lepo mesto za odmor u hladu drveca.
Lepo pokazano, dobro uhvacen trenutak.
Zelim vam lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje.
Paja.

jmdias (115128) 2020-05-10 15:38

mariusz

a beautiful view I liked the lower pov and the shapes of the palms combined with the clouds. perfect.
here we can go to the rural zone but there is people watching the entrances of the city checking people from other regions.

take care

jorge

COSTANTINO (116452) 2020-06-27 23:22

Hello dear friend ad have a nice sunday
original photo perfectly executed
i like the way you captured this
photo with the palmtrees
dominating the amazing blue sky
in an original techical way
welldone
regards
costantino