Hang around, there are some VERY talented folks around here that will
probably come up with better ideas, then they will proceed to tear each
other into small bits. The usual circus. Its instructive and amusing at the
same time. And its free !!

I love a parade.

R.

I wonder if in other locations local photographers of long standing
know when to expect and take advantage of the best conditions for
scenic photography. In San Diego, lower left corner of the continental
USA, they (some of them) do. Nearly every "calendar quality" shot of
this city I have been able to trace harks back to two months: November
and February. It seems the cooler air is less likely to hold
particulate and moisture pollutants, and the sun's angle is most
flattering in color and contour.

At least that is what I observed after they told me of it at a seminar
back in Kodachrome 25 days. The world turns, but not enough to
invalidate those observations, eh?

There are also certain conditions when the infamous Santa Ana winds
from the desert carry clean air (and millions of tiny spiders on their
gossamer strands) into the area and out to sea. If the winds are
strongest here in the south, nice photography any month of the year;
if strongest a bit to the north, they carry the Los Angeles smog out
to sea, and it swirls down the coast and sometimes back on land in our
fair paradise. It's a photo opportunity in itself when the LA smog
sits and grumbles just off the coast, looking like impending doom.