View of the main door to my hotel room.
Living space in the room.
"Kitchen" in the room.
View of the bedroom of the suite.
Bed in the suite.
View from the 10th floor balcony of my room.
Balcony view.
Balcony view (again).
Balcony view of a building under construction.
One more view from the balcony.
Heading towards Newport Beach.
Looking West towards the coast.
Newport Beach, California.
Gauges of my rental car, a Chevy Malibu LTZ.
Palm trees.
In N Out Burger.
In N Out's closeup.
My hotel and mountains in the distance.
Geography.
U-Turns are legal!
My hotel, Embassy Suites.
Aka, the "Pink Palace"
In N Out: Double double, fries, and a chocolate shake.
Closeup.
Mm.
Sunset from the balcony.
Sunset.
Balcony shot.
Night view from the balcony.
Night time in Santa Ana.
Building under construction at night.
Nighttime.
Traffic on the way to Hollywood.
Note how many lanes there are (6).
It only takes about fifteen minutes to go a mile.
Lots of cars.
Few trucks.
Security wire to prevent vandalism?
Interesting roof.
Duct tape FTW.
VW FTW.
Mountains in the distance.
Mountains.
Houses on the cliff.
U turn.
Sky.
View of the hotel atrium from my floor.
View of the hotel atrium from my floor (unblurry version).
Street view.
Bridge on Coastal Freeway.
Still traffic.
Bay area between Santa Ana and Laguna Beach.
Coastal Freeway.
Palms.
Malibu reflection.
Mercedes.
Porsche.
Porsche!
1956?
Cabriolet?
0QT 543.
The guy was def giving me strange glances in his mirror.
Clear skies.
Corvette.
Coast.
Coast again.
Nearing Laguna Beach.
Crystal Cove State Park
Looking inland.
Pacific.
Coastal cliffs.
There is a house at the end of the cliff.
Probably an expensive property.
Beach.
Laguna Beach.
No clouds.
Residences of Laguna Beach.
Directly to the right is the ocean.
Houses on the hill.
Laguna Beach proper.
Volleyball net.
No parking anywhere near here.
Dolphin statue?
Man walking.
Local flora.
Picture showing at least $50,000,000 worth of property.
And the Pacific Ocean.
Ocean.
Wave.
The earth is round.
Sunny.
Rocky outcroppings.
Laguna.
Beach
View north.
The sand, despite appearances, was quite soft.
Sand and waves.
Wave
There was much seaweed present.
The water was warm, at least in my opinion.
Foam.
Waves crashing on the shore.
Palms along the shore.
Nearing sunset.
Sunset scene mode enabled.
Sitting at a light, preparing to make a U turn.
It was good thing I remembered my sunglasses.
Couple with stroller.
Expensive houses.
U turns were illegal at this intersection.
Porsche
Carrera.
It looked even better in real life.
A fully customized, totally tricked-out Lamborghini. I didn't see it until too late to get a good shot.
The sunset was very bright.
Another old Porsche!
Porsche Carrera again.
More crazy expensive houses on the hill. Average price for a house in Laguna Beach is over 1.5 mil.
Nearing Coast-Reef Point park.
A boat off the coast.
Sunset approaches.
Looking inland from Reef Point.
Same pic with sunset mode.
Looking more southeast now.
Looking directly SSE.
Without sunset mode.
The beach below the point.
Looking NW.
Sunset over the waves.
No sunset mode.
The same boat from before (he was going really slow).
Boat. I think they were fishing.
Sunset (at a slant).
Not sure why I couldn't get the horizon line right for these shots.
Looking to the SSE again as the sun sets.
Better composition.
No sun set mode. Not sure which I prefer.
Zoomed.
The coast was fairly rocky in places.
People walking for size comparison.
Local shrubbery.
The cliff had several places were water had eroded the rock.
Sun is still setting. Better horizon line.
Reflections off the waves.
Approaching twilight.
Palms in the distance to the right.
Looking NNW.
More sunset.
Crazy horizon line. Gah.
People fishing in the distance from shore.
Without sun set mode.
Rocks in the surf.
Local wildlife.
A lizard.
I've been spotted.
He returns to his dinner.
Of ants.
Still couldn't get the horizon right.
Me.
Me again.
Testing the composition and flash.
Me, with the flash this time.
Taken via the 10 second timer.
Amazing color transitions.
Getting darker.
Zoom.
No cloud formations, which was unfortunate.
Looking east as darkness begins to fall.
Poor foreground. But nice coloring in the background.
Looking east.
Surfer.
Waiting for a wave.
Sun is still setting. It seemed to take a long time. I guess sunsets last longer on the west coast.
Sun has still not hit the horizon.
Posts.
I should have worn a different shirt, but my Outer Banks T-shirt was my last clean T-shirt.
Outer Banks T-shirt at the Pacific.
Sun sinks below the horizon.
Twilight soon.
Watching the sunset.
I was standing on the edge of the coastal cliff.
Now I'm really on the edge.
The sun is no longer visible.
Twilight.
A man sitting, talking on the phone, and smoking a cigar. He was there the entire time I was there.
Erosion.
Looking SE once more.
Another photographer.
Lots of houses.
My rental car.
Chevy
Malibu
LTZ
Nice lines.
Front.
