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Incoming Fog – Big Sur Coastline

Incoming Fog - Big Sur Coastline
Incoming Fog – Big Sur Coastline. Big Sur, California. July 21, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Evening fog rolls in near sunset along the Big Sur coastline, California. Photographed at the end of a long day driving up Highway 1 (the Coast Highway) from Southern California.

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Windsurfing Photographs

Last March I was over on the coast near Davenport, California in the afternoon, and I wandered down to a beach where I’ve photographed in the past. I’d previously gone there to photograph birds and seascapes, but on this day it turned out that the dozens of windsurfers provided a more interesting subject.

I mention this because I’m finally finding time to go through the hundreds of frames I shot that day, and I’ve been posting them over in the Gallery – you can find a good number of them if you check out the recent updates page today, or you can go straight to the windsurfing page.

Big Sur Coast Near Bixby Bridge

Big Sur Coast Near Bixby Bridge
Big Sur Coast Near Bixby Bridge. Big Sur, California. June 8, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Late spring morning on the Big Sur Coast near Bixby Bridge. I had just enough time to drive down to this point and back on a weekend morning when the sun was breaking through the coastal fog earlier than usual.

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A Brief Big Sur Photo Excursion

I’ve lived in California almost my entire life. I frequently head down to and beyond Monterey and Carmel to photograph the upper portion of the Big Sur Coastline. But I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit that I’ve never driven the entire Big Sur coast, much less photographed it. I was finally able to rectify that situation last week. Continue reading A Brief Big Sur Photo Excursion