We took a three-night trip up to Fortuna, CA. While our hometown baked in 100 degree heat, by sheer luck we found refuge 3-hours north tucked behind the Redwood Curtain. Both Logan and I crave fog, wind and atmosphere, which is normally something you can count on up there, but it seems as though that heatwave disrupted the pattern and we were greeted to pleasant weather, blue bird skies without a lick of fog.
GEAR TALK
Instead of bringing a large camera kit, I carried only the GFX100S and 55mm f/1.7 plus the MCEX-18G WR Macro Extension Tube and a pack of filters. I did repeat a mistake I've made before and left the NiSi circular polarizer on pretty much 100% of the time, which I decided was the wrong call the moment I started editing. The colors felt unnatural, which required substantially more editing than would have otherwise been needed.
Logan washed in morning light at Russ Park, Ferndale
Russ Park, Ferndale
Logan making her way down the trail
The ferns are happier up here than back home where we've got less fog
Tree in Hard Light
Historic Ferndale Cemetery, Hard Light, Blue Bird Skies
Always worth a visit and a stroll, and we'll give it a more serious go when the conditions are better
Really fighting the circular polarizer here. Rural Ferndale intersection.
Loleta Cheese Factory Ruins
Loleta Cheese Factory Ruins
Old Homestead
King Salmon
The World, private residence cruise ship, in Humboldt Bay
Eureka Books
Downtown Eureka has a lot of back lots and alley ways to explore
I've never understood why they built their prison smack dab in the middle of downtown.
Motion blur with a 6-Stop ND filter, used off and on with during our stroll through the grove
