Windswept Trees, Coastal Bluffs. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.
Rugged trees clinging to rocky bluffs above the Pacific Coast shoreline, Point Lobos.
This scene gets a different treatment than other recent Point Lobos photographs, something more in line with the tradition of black and white photography at this location. The foreground tree and its nearby associates are influenced by the strong winds at this exposed location. Branches and whole trees are bent away from the open sea, and their angles are mirrored by the slope of the headland on the other side of the foggy inlet.
In a recent post I mentioned that some attractive Point Lobos subjects are often nearly impossible to photograph because dense trees stand between legal (and safe!) camera positions and the open views. While sometimes I can find a way to photograph under, around, or through these barriers, that isn’t always. possible. I initially went to this spot looking for an open view of the inlet, but when I couldn’t find it I decided to make the trees and boulders the main foreground element.
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Thanks to both of you!
Great photo. Conveys so much feeling in black and white. I love reading about other photographer’s use of B&W.
Fantastic! Love the black-and-white photography! This reminds me of still from 1949s style films such as Selznick’s Rebeca or Wyler’s Wuthering Heights! Thanks for the work you put in to capturing, and for sharing. The aperture is fantastic, composition great, so much going on in every ‘third’ of the photo!