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An afternoon at Point Reyes [14 images]
I played hooky from work last Thursday and drove out to Point Reyes National Seashore. I decided to head up to Pierce Point and McClure's Beach because I hadn't been there before.
On the way up the peninsula, I stopped for a vista:
Pierce Point Ranch is now an exhibit maintained by the park service. Most of the buildings were locked, but the barn was open.
The trail to the beach follows a creek as it cuts through the cliff side down to the ocean. Here's a couple shots from my walk down.
The creek, which has made a huge cut in the cliff side is just a dribble (at least in May) as it crosses the beach to the ocean
Here's a few of the "must take" California coast shots:
My first choice setup for sunset was a bit too close to the waves and I couldn't keep the lens dry. The wet lens gives it something of a dreamy look:
I made a hasty retreat and took this shot from a little ways up the beach:
Here's the creek on the way back to the car:
And finally, a shot from the parking lot:
There are couple more shots in the gallery.
Comments and/or critiques are welcome. Thank you.
On the way up the peninsula, I stopped for a vista:
Pierce Point Ranch is now an exhibit maintained by the park service. Most of the buildings were locked, but the barn was open.
The trail to the beach follows a creek as it cuts through the cliff side down to the ocean. Here's a couple shots from my walk down.
The creek, which has made a huge cut in the cliff side is just a dribble (at least in May) as it crosses the beach to the ocean
Here's a few of the "must take" California coast shots:
My first choice setup for sunset was a bit too close to the waves and I couldn't keep the lens dry. The wet lens gives it something of a dreamy look:
I made a hasty retreat and took this shot from a little ways up the beach:
Here's the creek on the way back to the car:
And finally, a shot from the parking lot:
There are couple more shots in the gallery.
Comments and/or critiques are welcome. Thank you.
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Thanks. Even on the nicest days the ocean there is pretty rough which makes for fun shooting. I don't think I would want to be on that beach with heavy surf.
Great stuff, man, re5pect!
Some are pure NG material!
And it looks like you'll have some shots for SF1, too;-)
Thanks! I was certainly thinking about SF1 when I headed out there. I am not sure what I am going to submit yet, but I figured taking some shots out there would set the bar for anything else I consider submitting.
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Thanks. I like that barn too. I was going for something of a large format B&W look when I shot that. Its not up to 8x10 plate standards, but it is still crisp enough to look big.
Tnanks. The last time I was shooting at Point Reyes, we had a brilliantly colored sunset. This trip the colors were much more subtle and I found the lighting tricky to work with. That shot really captured the evening.
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Thank you. Point Reyes has some truely stunning coast line. It is hard to go wrong there with a camera.