Primary colors.

5D, 24-105mm @ 75mm, f/8. 1/1500, ISO 200

On the beach at Cayucos, CA. Even Mondrian fans permit themselves an occasional diagonal ….

Lazy afternoon sun.

5D, 50mm f1.4 @ f/5.6, 1/8000, ISO 800

Spotted on the wharf at Pismo Beach. Perspective fixed in GIMP.

Gorgeous, if tired.

Superb old architecture in Salinas, CA, sadly somewhat the worse for wear.

G1, kit lens @ 45mm, f/10, 1/640, ISO 100

For another variant on the Mondrian theme, seen in Carmel, click here.

American history.

The rise and fall of The Greyhound Bus (can there ever have been a greater misnomer?) tells the story of America. At first offering cheap transportation to the poorest, it gradually fell into disfavor as affluence increased and with it car ownership. Now it’s probably the second worst way to travel, the first being on commercial air flights.

Greyhound Bus depot, Salinas, CA. G1, kit lens @ 18mm, f/8, 1/800, ISO 100.

This sad little scene in the center of California’s farm country, Salinas, typifies much of what Greyhound is about. The waiting yellow cab, the lonely passenger stumped for a fare and the tired depot, still proudly displaying the greyhound mascot, in the worst part of town.

Another view.

This one was snapped from inside the shopping area in the Embarcadero.

G1, kit lens @14mm, f/3.5, 1/1000, ISO 160

I processed this in the Beta version of Lightroom 3, a free download at this time. While some of the enhanced processing controls are nice to have, Loupe previews are simply impossibly slow to render after sharpening or correction of lens aberrations, making the application unusable. Doubtless Adobe will fix this as the Beta release progresses.