A few from my trip up the California Coast

anonymouscuban

Wife and I drove up to visit her sister in Northern California this past weekend. We decided to take the coast instead of the boring drive up Interstate 5. Here are a few shots from the trip.

First stop was Montana de Oro or "Mountain of Gold" in English. First time there and man, this place is absolutely beautiful. We spent about 2 hours just sitting on the beach, relaxing. I didn't plan on shooting since it was close to midday but I just couldn't resist. Plan to go back to this place for a weekend to get more shots during sunrise and sunset.

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We made it up to Pfeiffer Beach for sunset. It was pretty blah. We had visited this beach once, about 7 years ago and it's not what I remembered. Its well known for that one giant rock with the arch but this time of year the sun doesn't line up with the arch so I decided to walk down the beach a bit to see what I could find. Took a few shots looking back on the main section of beach.

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These two were during blue hour

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And finally, here are a few shots from my day with Joel (Kdog). It was pretty foggy so nothing great but I still thought I'd share.

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PrevailingConditions

I'm not sure why there haven't been more comments on these, but I like them. The texture and light on the rocks in the first is great, but the sky is a little bright (mid day curse I suppose). The fog is a standard feature of the coast, but it holds its own allure (to me at least).

ian408

Why you no PM?

anonymouscuban

PrevailingConditions wrote: »

I'm not sure why there haven't been more comments on these, but I like them. The texture and light on the rocks in the first is great, but the sky is a little bright (mid day curse I suppose). The fog is a standard feature of the coast, but it holds its own allure (to me at least).

Thanks. The first two were shot almost at midday so not much I could do. Definitely a place I plan on going back to during better light.
I also like the fog I just don't know that our location was the best to take full advantage of it.

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anonymouscuban

ian408 wrote: »

Why you no PM?

Sorry Ian. Had no clue you'd be interested in shooting with the likes of me. We do visit the bay area 3 or 4 times a year so I will definitely hit you up next time.

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Earache

I'm going to stray-away from orthodoxy here and say that #1-2 (I prefer the landscape orientation) are very well done...
I think that mid-day images often get an undeserved bad-rap - especially when they succeed in composition, exposure, etc., like these do.
The fact is, we don't see the world only during Blue and Golden Hours... and I won't say that I'm bored with images captured at those times...
But, how many sunset pictures does the world need?
So, I'm often drawn to a well-done daytime image, because I know that it's a bit harder to pull-off.

boco

heel mooie reeks.
maar liever 1 formaat.
grt,boco.

kdog

All great shots, Alex. But 3 & 5 for me.