La Jolla Cove Mega-Mix

CWSkopecCWSkopec Registered Users Posts: 1,325 Major grins
edited July 12, 2010 in Landscapes
Back in mid-June, I was left to entertain myself for almost 2 weeks as my girlfriend took a trip to Italy. Luckily for me, many of those nights featured a high-tide right at sunset so I shot over to La Jolla Cove as many times as I could for some good photo ops. Unfortunately, many of the nights lacked a sunset as the marine layer set in, but I did catch one sunset that yielded quite a few decent shots and I managed to catch some details shots on the other nights. (Last photo of the night with the good sunset was previously posted here)

More ramblings specific to each photo can be found on my website: www.chrisskopec.com

1| Sandstone layers
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2| Swirlstone
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3| Grains of Sand (or I Just Realized How Close My Nifty Fifty Could Focus)
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4| Sunset
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5| Sunset in Black & White
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6| Twilight
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7| Twilight 2
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8| Twilight 2 Black & White (I'm not completely sold on this conversion and may rework it again but I do like that it brings more attention to the rock formations than the color in the sky)
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C&C always welcome! And yes, there are still a few more to come, but I couldn't resist posting any longer! :D
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  • r3t1awr3ydr3t1awr3yd Registered Users Posts: 1,000 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2010
    #4 and #7 are spectacular. The kinda stuff you see in NatGeo mags lol.
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  • CWSkopecCWSkopec Registered Users Posts: 1,325 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2010
    r3t1awr3yd wrote: »
    #4 and #7 are spectacular. The kinda stuff you see in NatGeo mags lol.

    Thank you, Wally! :D
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  • Darren Troy CDarren Troy C Registered Users Posts: 1,927 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2010
    4, 5, 6, 7, and 8....great shots! thumb.gif
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  • RandallCRandallC Registered Users Posts: 30 Big grins
    edited July 9, 2010
    #4 and #7 are my favorites too. Stunning.
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2010
    Great series Chris clap.gif
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  • NorthernFocusNorthernFocus Registered Users Posts: 1,347 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2010
    Good stuff. Some day that'll probably be some sort of cultural park to protect the cryptograms in the foreground...
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  • Sublim3Sublim3 Registered Users Posts: 70 Big grins
    edited July 10, 2010
    4 and 7 are otherwordly. Excellent photos.
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  • CWSkopecCWSkopec Registered Users Posts: 1,325 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2010
    Thank you all for the compliments! :D

    Dan (NorthernFocus), you're probably right! The shores down here are littered with those cryptograms as more of the coastal rocks are soft sandstone. If the waves don't erase them first, I could definitely see a future culture looking upon them in much the same way we look at things like Newspaper Rock today.
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  • grimacegrimace Registered Users Posts: 1,537 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2010
    Sublim3 wrote: »
    4 and 7 are otherwordly. Excellent photos.

    I agree with Mitch!! #4 and #7 really stand out for me as well.
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  • CWSkopecCWSkopec Registered Users Posts: 1,325 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2010
    grimace wrote: »
    I agree with Mitch!! #4 and #7 really stand out for me as well.

    Thank you, Adam! :D
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