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Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Ocean & Coast

Cove and Rocky Beach, Big Sur Coastline

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Cove and Rocky Beach
Cove and Rocky Beach. Big Sur Coast, California. July 21, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A cove and rocky beach near the outlet of a silt-filled stream along the Big Sur coastline of California. Photographed during my late July photography trip up the Big Sur coastline via Highway One, the Coast Highway.

The interesting and unusual coloration in the water of the cove seems to come from silt in a nearby stream and/or a shallow underwater sand bar. (I’m not certain which, but I’m inclined toward the former.)

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Photographs: Ocean & Coast

Point Reyes Headlands

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Point Reyes Headlands
Point Reyes Headlands. Point Reyes National Seashore, California. June 1, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Point Reyes Headlands with coastal haze, foreground cove, and Drakes Bay.

I made this photograph in incredibly windy conditions. (I can hear other Point Reyes regulars saying, “duh!” at this point…) It was the kind of afternoon when no tripod is sturdy enough to really hold the camera still – so I waited and shot during relative lulls in the gale. If you look closely at the lower right corner you can see sea lions hauled out on the beach.

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Photographs: Ocean & Coast

Rock, Surf, and Cliffs

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Rock, Surf, and Cliffs
Rock, Surf, and Cliffs. Pacific Coast, California. March 8, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of coastal rocks, surf, and cliffs along the California coastline near Davenport north of Santa Cruz. Photographed as I returned to my car from photographing a big group of wind surfers – those photos will follow.

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Photographs: Ocean & Coast

Four Surf Fisherman

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Four Surf Fishermen
Four Surf Fishermen. Gazos Creek, California. March 1, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

This is one of those landscape photographs in which appearances can be deceiving. I suppose it looks fairly calm and quiet, but getting this shot was the result of working very quickly and spontaneously with a very long lens as the subjects moved quickly through the scene. I had just gotten out of my car with a plan to observe and then photograph the seascape when I noticed the group of fisherman heading across the sand toward a rocky headland to the south.

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