View from the Reagan Library

[Skip Souza]

The library sits on top of a hill overlooking the Simi Valley. The wind was blowing briskly but the blue sky a with clouds were very pretty. You can see where the developments are creeping up.

[johnnybfan]

Hey Skip, thanks for the pics. Very nice. The cloud patterns in the second one are pretty cool.

[rudgej]

Interesting cloud formations - they look like fat contrails. Are the photos stitched together panoramas, or just cropped that way?

[Skip Souza]

Thanks for commenting Jim. I really liked the clouds too.
That is just the way I cropped it John. I eliminated ugly foreground and some boring blue sky ;-) Some of the long skinny clouds are contrails that have been blown a bit.

[Dimitri_V]

Magnificent views of the mountains across the land,and nicely captured too.
I take it the whole Souza family was together that day?:D

[Skip Souza]

Thank you for commenting Dimitri. Yes, all both of us were there. :-)

[sparker1]

Fantastic skies, Skip. Nice job on these.

[Skip Souza]

Thanks for the praise Stan as I have always been in awe of your skies. I was using my new CP that the missus got for my 17-85 IS. Love it. Opens up whole new vistas. Much more effective than the CP on my DO

[cool_dude07]

Awesome sense of depth in the second photo...great capture

[marie]

they are really nice scenes and shots Skip
beautiful detail
and such beautiful skies too
all that 'traffic' floating across adds something to the blue
:cool:

the library must be huge being up there :shock:

what are all the ridges on the left in the second picture?
vineyards ?
maybe too arid and hilly just there :confused:
I see no dwellings close by , so maybe not


:)

then again there are a lot further down

[Skip Souza]

Those are trees Marie, citrus I believe.
Here is a crop of the lower left corner.

[marie]

thanks for that Skip

really sorry to hear about Priscilla
(in Maureen's other post)

no. it's the ridges above those trees are what I mean
and now that you show the section enlarged
they don't look like ridges so much
:confused:

some kind of blocks/buildings pattern with roads running through

[Skip Souza]

Thank you for your concern.
All the dots in a row are trees in various stages of maturity. They are miles away.

[marie]

All the dots in a row are trees in various stages of maturity. They are miles away.
ok thanks Skip
sorry for 'going on'
I didn't think they were trees ,especially in the far left lower corner (not sure what they are)
I had thought the whole lot were the same
but I see the various differences better now and the trees higher up the mountain

I understand what you say