This week’s image was taken at the San Juan Capistrano Mission, this was the first time I have visited that Mission and found it to be quite an interesting place. There is a lot to see and especially to photograph, lots of textures and a nice garden as well as lots of history to be seen. Quite an interesting place and one I think I will be returning to sometime soon. It was a cloudy day with a slight drizzle which made for dull grey skies but makes for nice diffused lighting. I was surprised at how large the grounds were and how nicely they have been maintained. The Chapel is still active although they have built a new modern Basilica at the far end of the property and is really mostly isolated from the older historic mission.

Well it was hard to pick a single image for use, so I decided to throw up a few more images from the trip. The nice thing is that they did allow tripods so that was really nice. The textures of the brick and adobe were really nice, I never did see the whole grounds so it will definitely get a second visit. The last two shots below are not technically from the mission grounds they are from the railroad depot across the street. I met a few other photographers from google+ there and had a great time meeting them and seeing what they were shooting.