Halloween Sunset:OTI::pics,notes:::10/31/20

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#inktober thirty one

Crawl

Balboa Pier, Halloween Sunset

Notes:  out and back to Balboa Pier...was down with doing Seal for Inktober prompt "Crawl"...Seal has been missing from the out and backs, though glimpsed now and then, and this time too on the second out...two outs?...lemee explain: arrived at Balboa early, and fogged in again at the Ocean...I know Seal hangs around the end of Balboa Pier, so, soh, paddled out there and had fish and chips again at Ruby's...Fishermen catching the usual tiny Mackerel...Sun behind the grey fog, just a glow...and no luck for Seal...picked up, disappointed-last Inktober day, and not much to show...on the way back, stopped at Michaels and bought three 18x24 canvases (dont know if three for eleven dollars is the way to go for quality canvas!), and, and, opening my wallet, I didn't have my credit card...left it at the outside table at Ruby's on the end of the Pier...called them up, 'yes, we have it'...much luck, and went back out, the second, to the Pier!...parked, my ticket still good, and up on the Pier I donated five bucks to the homeless fellow who has occupied the South side opposite the Sunset Spot, and continuing on, I sight Seal...and the sky going riot with Halloween oranges!...go figure...trotted to end of the Pier again, this time chasing Seal rather than Dolphin...retrieved the card, much thanks to Ruby's...found Seal diving through the pilings, glimpsed, and gone...hmmph...I then settled in taking Sunset pics...much fun...on the first out, I passed on taking a pic of the Pavilion...regretted this, as it's a good  close to the month of Inktober pics, but here I was again back at the Pier, so got that pic too...and almost got a pic of all the pics, but I miss pressed the shutter...a Mom was walking with her kid, the kid dressed up in a Lobster costume, with eye stalks!...too much...anyway, plan for November is no plan!...except to vote...could have done that today, polling places open early...Vote!...oh, the Surfboard keychain from a favorite souvenir stand...

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DavidDavid

Terns:OTI::pics,notes:::10/30/20

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#inktober thirty

Ominous

Huntington State Beach, Magnolia

Notes: out and back to Huntington State Beach, Magnolia about...arrived to see things fogged in...hardly anyone about...surf still knee high...sat, and sat...did the sketch...inktober prompt "Ominous"...and, the fog finally receded, and an orange glow on the horizon, but sun down...what to do what to do....and then a mixed flock of Terns, Seagulls, and Sandpipers whirled about and settled in for the evening before and around me...sometimes the Deer would do this in the Valley...I'd be sighting on Owl in Owl Woods, and find myself in the midst of Deer hunkering down...I messed up the claws...supposed to resemble Lobster crackers like one might find in a seafood restaurant...on one screen, the pics are way too dark, like the last one...on my tablet they look like they do on my cameras...and the last one mentionable!...the Moon didn't wash out...a bit of its dark features visible,,,how many times the Moon rising over Half Dome was just too bright for this to happen?!...and the trick for photos like this, is to have the sun setting, highlighting from behind  the foreground,,,there's a moment when everything is okay, brightness balanced-the Moon not just a light bulb!...

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DavidDavid

Out,Back:OTI::pics,notes:::10/29/20

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#inktober twenty nine

Shoes

Balboa Pier

Notes: out and back to Balboa Pier...few folk about...surf like ankle high...inktober prompt "Shoes"...head down, doing the sketch, I missed two girls walking through the Sun Spotlight with shoes in hand...would have been great pic...'heck' I thought, then the couple took the stage-a consolation...and then the jogger did 'out' and 'back'...lol...is the ocean's color in last pic 'teal'?...I dunno...the sky above deepening blue a show across the sunset lit ocean...

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DavidDavid

Dolphins:OTI::pics,notes:::10/28/20

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#inktober twenty eight

Float

Balboa Pier, Dolphins

 

Notes: out and back to Balboa Pier...thought to be 'floating' on the Ferry for the Sunset pic...but soon Sun near the horizon, so diverted to the Spot on the Pier...lucky!...Dolphins about, and frolicking...set everything down, and trotted to the end of the Pier, hopeful for leaping Dolphin in the Suntrack...no luck, but that's what paintings are for!...inktober prompt 'float'...our first venture in SCUBA class was to test our water proofness by swimming out to the float at the end of the Pier, dive down, bring up a hand full of sand, and return-this just in swimsuits...but I think this was at Newport Pier, which isn't so deep at its end...anyway, had in mind THE float, which was daunting, having never swam so far in the Ocean...just two faraway and blurry pics of Dolphin leaps...but much fun!...

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DavidDavid 

Pelicans:OTI::pics,notes:::10/27/20

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#inktober twenty seven 

Music

Huntington State Beach, Pelicans

Notes: out and back to Huntington State Beach, just north of the Volleyball Courts, Brookhurst...few people out on the beach, all the footprints blown away by the Santana Ana winds...sat and watched what turned into a real show-Pelicans diving, silhouetted by the Sunset...they were too far away, but much fun trying to catch them...even long after sunset, they continued fishing, diving...don't know how they see!...Inktober prompt "Music"...guess that tune?....(Rhianna-Stay)...and, and the Dodgers win the World Series, 3-1 over the Rays...Mookie the Menace MVP  in my book!...

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DavidDavid

Smoke:OTI::pics, notes:::10/26/20

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#inktober twenty six

Hide

Balboa Pier,  Smoke Sunset

Notes: out and back to Balboa Pier...expectant of an orange sunset from the Silverado Fire...the wind dropped off just as I left, a very good thing...as strong as it was, it could send the fire all the way to the ocean through Laguna Beach...wished I was up at Top of the World...view from there would take in the fire...and, and when I arrived at Balboa, I arrived to see no surf with the off shore breeze making for a flat ocean...very different to listen to the small bay like waves, and otherwise quiet...not many about...sat at the Sunset Spot on the Pier looking north, and watched the show...missed getting pic of smoke on the southern horizon...pic looking south is blurry, but the camera did a thing, the houses turned into like sandstone bluffs...cameras can be impressionistic too!...last night, viewed Turner art vlogs...Turner famous for his moody paintings of London Fogs, and Sunsets-an influence on Monet, who followed on with his Lily Pad paintings...these are expressions of what Paul Klee expressed about colors-colors like musical tones, and like music, each with an associated mood...a lot of modern abstract paintings are 'mood' paintings....not to be understood, but 'heard', mood wise, or some such...an idea that has merit!...cloudy skies, blue skies, have their moods...and Nature is full of abstractions-sounds, like the waves, too...anyway, inktober prompt "Hide"...it's Lobster in a tin can...and reminds me of STG's song Somewhere to Hide...a favorite...Paul Klee drew and painted on all kinds of things, and of all kinds of imaginary things...a favorite!...tomorrow's prompt is 'music', I think...oh...black and white sun into moon...

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DavidDavid

Cloudy:OTI:::pics,notes:::10/25/20

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#inktober twenty five

Buddy

Balboa Pier, Clouds

Notes: out and back to Balboa Pier...rolled out late!...but reached thereabout when the Sun reached the horizon, I think...overcast again, though clouds fluffy...Inktober prompt "Buddy"...I could try and explain the sketch, but it would 'close' the 'open' of open to interpretation!...got a roast beef sandwich and orange juice at the little Deli...this a kittle store nestled between the beach cottage apartments along Newport Blvd....got a jar of strawberry jam and a loaf of exotic looking black bread too...oh, Dodgers, Rays...brb...Dodgers 4-2...

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DavidDavid