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Into the Surf

Into the Surf
Into the Surf. Pacific Coast, California. March 8, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

In early March I headed out to the California coast between San Francisco and Santa Cruz for an afternoon of random coastal shooting – I was probably thinking seascape, hoping for some interesting fog and clouds, but I stumbled across a large group of wind surfers just north of the coastal town of Davenport.

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Coastal Meadow and Clouds – Davenport, California

Coastal Meadow and Clouds - Davenport, California
Coastal Meadow and Clouds. Davenport, California. March 1. 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

This simple minimalist landscape juxtaposes the horizontal form of coastal fields and meadows with interesting cloud formations in the wake of a late-winter storm along the California coast.

The location is just outside of the small coastal town of Davenport, just north of Santa Cruz on the coast between San Francisco and Monterey – an area that combines coastal scenery with farmland.

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Fisherman Above Winter Surf, Big Sur

Fisherman Above Winter Surf, Big Sur
Fisherman Above Winter Surf, Big Sur. Big Sur Coastline, California. February 9, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of a solitary fisherman perched on a rocky outcropping above the raging surf of Big Sur on a wnter morning. This is a vertical format composition variation on a scene I have previously posted in landscape format.

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Fishing Above Winter Surf, Big Sur

Fishing Above Winter Surf, Big SurFishing Above Winter Surf, Big Sur. Big Sur Coastline, California. February 9, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. (Visit the site and click the image to see a larger version.)

Two fisherman fish from a rock outcropping above giant winter surf and shallow fog thrown up by the waves near Rocky Creek Bridge along the Big Sur coastline. A more distant perspective on a scene I uploaded earlier in a series of monochrome photographs.

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