Scott Holcomb's photos with the keyword: Monterey Peninsula

The word "Gull" in a thesaurus includes: deceive, delude, hoax, trick, mislead, lead on, take in, swindle, cheat. This 'ocean rat' or 'sea raccoon' patrols the fringes of human activity and is quite successful doing so! I made certain my wallet was secure when I saw this suspicious fellow - I am not so gullible as to trust his claims of innocence . . . This image was taken with a Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera with a Super-Multi-Coated Macro-Takumar/6X7 1:4/135mm lens using Kodak Portra 400 film, scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

Rocky promontories overlook the Monterey Bay and Pacific Ocean. This image was taken with a Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera with a Super-Takumar/6X7 1:2.4/105mm lens using Kodak Portra 400 film, scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

Following in the footsteps of Saint Francis of Assisi . . . This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera and Super-Multi-Coated Macro-Takumar/6X7 1:4/135mm lens using Kodak Portra 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

The sculpted coastline of Pacific Grove, California on a mid-summer day . . . This image was taken with a Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera with a Super-Multi-Coated Takumar/6X7 1:4.5/75mm lens using Kodak Portra 400 film, scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.

For some reason, people were avoiding this tree. I thought that the moaning and groaning sounds were from moving branches in the wind. On the other hand . . . This image was taken with a Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera with a Super-Takumar/6X7 1:2.4/105mm lens using Kodak Portra 400 film, scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.