Day 4 was unbelievably gorgeous, but don’t linger like we did! The climb to the top of the coastal range will drain you but you get the reward of a really fun downhill to Highway 1. It was after 3 PM by the time we turned north on the coastal road and the headwinds just killed us all the way up to Pfeiffer State Park. My recommendation if you are riding fully loaded…stretch this out to six days. Too much fun regardless!!

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In addition to the photos already on display at Vista Gallery, I am bringing a selection of discounted items and some of my most popular images, including Tahoe Totem Pole and Secret Harbor.

I will also be unveiling a new image, ‘Epic Cloud’, at this show. Epic Cloud was photographed at Tahoe’s Timber Cove and is a sunset image you have to see to believe.

Hope to see you there!!

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Biking Maui was pretty much the polar opposite of India; about the only commonalities were that I was on my bike, there were roads, and the weather was nice and warm. That’s about where the similarities end. India is big on culture, but solitude and spectacular scenery are not nearly as common. Maui proved to be the perfect antidote for India’s congestion and pollution.

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As I was lining up shots of the burro with the mountains in the background, Taz alerted me to the other approaching animal. I grabbed a few more still photos, but as their activity increased, I decided to switch to video on my 5D to show all of the amazing movement that I was witnessing.

The activity is crazy both inside the station and out. After three months of biking across India, I am quite intimate with Indian traffic, but things are even more nuts than normal around the VT.

This shot was remarkably challenging for a number of reasons. First, there is a short window to shoot dusk shots when the sun is down but there is still a nice glow in the sky. The lights of the buildings didn’t come on until well into this period, narrowing the window dramatically. But the key to this shot is to get the lights of the traffic streaking across the streets outside the station, only the traffic was at an absolute standstill for most of the time I was out there.

I think I have only seen true gridlock on a couple of occasions in my life and this was one of them. I stood there, dancing from foot to foot, yelling at bus drivers who entered an intersection that they could not possibly clear, watching my light disappear. But finally, as the last minutes of my last night in India passed, so too did the worst of the traffic jam and I was able to get the panorama I hoped for.

The irony of Colaba is that it is probably the richest part of Mumbai, yet the streets are home to some of the city’s poorest residents. As tourists bed down in expensive hotel rooms above, the untouchables of India make their beds anywhere they can find a place where they won’t be disturbed.