Pacific Surf and Sky. Big Sur Coast, California. June 29, 2016. © Copyright 2016 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Fog clouds dissipate above surf and offshore rocks along the Big Sur coastline

This is the third in my recent series of “straight out to sea” photographs of the misty Pacific Ocean horizon to the west of California’s Big Sur coast. You never know for sure what conditions you’ll find here, especially on days like this one that start with thick fog that gradually retreats off shore as the day continues — will you find yourself socked in or will it clear and leave you in bright sunshine? As I drove along this section of the coast I move continually between the fog and the sun.

I made this photograph and the southernmost point on this day’s shoot, where there was a turnout high above the ocean. The fog bank that I had just passed through a bit further north was here breaking up, and the dissipating clouds floated just of the shoreline. Farther out to sea, the horizon was blurred by the increasing mist and haze, and the fog bank lingered in the distance.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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