Photo of the Day

La Honda Wooooosh
Santa Cruz Mountains, California, USA

{ Nikon D80 } – { 17 mm } – { f/4.5 } – { 1/80s exposure } – { ISO 100 }

A biker zooms his way down Old La Honda Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California
A biker zooms his way down Old La Honda Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California

La Honda Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains

While driving home from my wedding in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California, my wife and I stopped for a few minutes on a tree-lined road just outside La Honda to take some photos of our lush and tranquil surroundings.

Most of the photos were meh, but for one brief moment a bicyclist peddled his way through my shot giving me something more fun to work with. Still, it wasn’t until I added a bunch of Photoshop masks and layers, as well as some neat effects from Topaz Labs, that today’s photo of the day manifested itself.