by Caryn Esplin | Aug 27, 2012 | Blog
Here are three takes on the famous lone cypress tree along the 17-mile drive near Pebble Beach, CA. Just drive south of the San Francisco Bay Area, then next time you are visiting there. I used Adobe Camera Raw on the first image with the blue jay (anyone know what...
by Caryn Esplin | Aug 20, 2012 | Blog, Things
The next time you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, make sure you drive south to the Monterey Area. We had just started down the 17-mile drive south of Monterey, CA, on the way to Carmel, when we drove by Spanish Bay Beach and it was full of these rock stacks. I just...
by Caryn Esplin | Aug 13, 2012 | Blog, HDR
Another great drive south of the San Francisco Bay Area is around Carmel. Just south of Carmel, California, along the beautiful coastal Highway 1, sits this quaint little general store and gas station. It is so picturesque with old English red telephone booths,...
by Caryn Esplin | Aug 6, 2012 | Blog, Places
One of the most spectacular coastlines on the west coast has got to be between Carmel and Big Sur. Seriously… incredible! I love the entire Oregon Coast too, and some of the accessible areas of the Washington Coast, but this drive near Big Sur is breathtaking....
by Caryn Esplin | Jul 30, 2012 | Blog, Macro
It’s as easy as 1-2-3: 1. Macro-Stacking for better focus 2. Auto Align from Adobe Bridge to Photoshop 3. Nik Silver Effex Pro for the edgy black and white This is a composite image. I used my Macro Extension Tubes to take two shots of a small little pink sticky...