May 8, 2015. Devil’s Slide, near Pacifica, California. For Chewy’s Birthday walk, we settled on two places: Land’s End in San Francisco and Devil’s slide. Chewy always loved the sea breeze.
Highway 1 had years prior been routed through a tunnel at Devil’s Slide (that portion having lived up to its name far too often), leaving the old Highway 1 free to be used as a park with long stretches for Chewy to run and unobstructed views of the horizon for me and Mr. Nikon to soak up.
The boy had a great run — you can see him comin’ to papa — while the horizon had something special for me. Later in Photoshop, I had something special for it, too. As I worked away, Chewy lay next to me dreaming of the sea breeze blowing through his hair.
This post is a break before we go deep into AbstractLand. It might be a bit of a clue as to what’s to come. Sort of.
(Nikon D750; Nikon 28-300 f/3.5-5.6G Zoom. RAW processing in DxO Pro; Editing in Adobe Photoshop.)
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So now we can expect a diabolical slide into more abstraction.
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If we’re dealing in contrasts, it may be more the heavenly side.
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Great shot, Michael. Take me to AbstractLand!
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Coming soon to a screen near you!
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Chewie as in Chewbacca?
I like these images with subtle slivers of silvery light against the dark sea.
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Exactly. Thank you.
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Abstract okay I will learn yet 🤓☺️ feels minimal and so intriguing Micheal…smiles Hedy
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I understand. My abstracts are minimal. It’s just the way I roll.
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And I don’t completely understand photographers and all the little boxes 🤓 I think it’s a wonderful composition 👍
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You must understand something your own work is so consistently great.
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☺️ humbled ☺️ thank you Micheal
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And ps. Adorable pup 🐶🖤
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He was an amazing guy.
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I love black dogs Micheal 🖤
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Thank you. I will probably do a post about him this coming May.
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May ☺️ okay!
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That’s his birth month.
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It’s an elegantly beautiful image, and I loved the narrative (and the bonus pic).
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Thank you very much!
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Great image Michael … and that Chewy is a handsome pooch 🙂
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Thanks very much. The Chewman was a great guy. Sadly for us, he went up the track to his next adventure about a year after that photo was taken.
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Oh I’m so sorry Michael …
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Thank you very much. I know you understand. I recall you’ve lost one of your own in the past year. But, his body was getting to be an extreme liability to him and he really deserved to move on to something better.
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I sure do understand …. it was the same with our lovely dog Dan
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Our life is a bit of a ruckus right now. When it settles down we’re definitely inviting another dog into the house.
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That’s lovely to hear …
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Thank you very much. There will never be another Chewy, just as there will never be another Dan; but we are going through extreme dog withdrawal symptoms and there’s only one thing to do about it. In May, close to his birthday, I’ll do a blog post all about Chewy.
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