After a couple of weeks of wet cold weather (well, by local standards anyway, I'm not trying to compete with Seattle or Reykjavik) it got dry/warm enough to hike again after work.
It's almost winter solstice, days are running very short. So even though I have chosen a shorter loop (3 miles instead of the usual 4) I almost missed the sunset.
But not entirely: my sunset alarm went off just as I was approaching the parking lot.
I actually had enough time to put a warmer jacket on (I was hiking in shorts, a T-Shirt, and a light vest), launch, and fly to the nearby Wildwood ridge right about when the pinks started to show up.
I took a few panos from various altitudes. When the low battery warning started yelling in earnest, I still had enough juice to take a couple of on the way home,

After downloading the images to my PC and looking at them on a big screen, I was astonished at how green it became in just a couple of weeks. Gotta love SoCal!

#1. The first take, looking West. The show is about to start.



#2. Looking East. Some nice pink is coming.



#3. Peaking. Could be better, but oh well.



#4. Half-way home



#5. Last rays, just above the car. You can see the ridge to the camera's right.



Thank you for stopping by!

That's awesome. Brilliant!

Fulmo Posted at 12-19 21:38
That's awesome. Brilliant!

Thank you!

Lovely shots, #3 is my favorite.

Depp Posted at 12-19 22:29
Lovely shots, #3 is my favorite.

Thank you!

Great sequence of shots. The landscape has certainly greened up too

Nice work!
The last one has the obvious pano curved roads visible.
I try to 'not' have parallel lines in the lower part of the frame and use the little planet projectory setting with 'keep horizon straight'.
Sometimes that helps.

Lovely shots,  number 3 for me,  the mountains add that little something different.  

Wow, what a magnificent sequence of shots Darth.    Your timing was impeccable.  

Happy holidays.  

Blériot53 Posted at 12-19 23:47
Great sequence of shots. The landscape has certainly greened up too

Thank you! Yeah, and it only noticeable from above, I did not see it from the ground while hiking those hills…

Montfrooij Posted at 12-20 00:21
Nice work!
The last one has the obvious pano curved roads visible.
I try to 'not' have parallel lines in the lower part of the frame and use the little planet projectory setting with 'keep horizon straight'.

Thank you!
I know. I like it when the roads are smiling

DAFlys Posted at 12-20 00:54
Lovely shots,  number 3 for me,  the mountains add that little something different.

Thank you!
That would be 400 ft AGL relative to the ridge,  which is about 400ft itself from HP.

DarthSLR Posted at 12-20 07:21
Thank you!
That would be 400 ft AGL relative to the ridge,  which is about 400ft itself from HP.

Nice.  Sounds like a good hike too.  

DarthSLR Posted at 12-20 07:12
Thank you! Yeah, and it only noticeable from above, I did not see it from the ground while hiking those hills…

Give it a few more weeks

DAFlys Posted at 12-20 07:25
Nice.  Sounds like a good hike too.

oh, I love it, that's why I go there almost every day

DarthSLR Posted at 12-20 07:19
Thank you!
I know. I like it when the roads are smiling

You're welcome.
Hahahahaha. That is a very positive way of looking at it!

Blériot53 Posted at 12-20 07:53
Give it a few more weeks

Oh, totally. Winter is the greenest time in SoCal. Jan 1st is usually a very pleasant day with hills bright green and the sun shining...

DarthSLR Posted at 12-20 09:26
Oh, totally. Winter is the greenest time in SoCal. Jan 1st is usually a very pleasant day with hills bright green and the sun shining...

It can be like that here, but w're more likely to have proper winter weather well into February now.

Hey Darth, those shots are amazing, I wish I was in So. Cali now because sitting in 35 degree weather on the East coast, means no flying time for me.

Cacike47 Posted at 12-20 11:09
Hey Darth, those shots are amazing, I wish I was in So. Cali now because sitting in 35 degree weather on the East coast, means no flying time for me.

Thank you!
Yeah, I hear ya..

That's awesome!!!

ro_walker Posted at 12-22 18:41
That's awesome!!!

Thank you!

DarthSLR Posted at 12-22 21:48
Thank you!

My pleasure, mate!

These are amazing panos.

Prezzodrone Posted at 1-1 07:18
These are amazing panos.

Thank you!

DarthSLR Posted at 1-1 08:31
Thank you!

Happy new year.   

Prezzodrone Posted at 1-1 10:27
Happy new year.

Thank you! You too!