That’s what landscape artist Francis McComas said about this spot along the Pacific Ocean Coastline at Carmel, California. Point Lobos State Natural Reserve became part of California’s State Park system in 1933. They only allow 150 vehicles in the park at any given time in order to preserve its tranquility.
Below are three similar images of the marine layer rolling into Carmel Valley on California’s Pacific Ocean Coastline. The top photo was produced by stitching 3 images in Photoshop. The second photo used two images and the last was one image.
With the clouds obscuring the sun along the coast, the light was extremely flat and not worth photographing. No glorious sunset shots today. Then I remembered from a trip here years ago, that there was a good vantage point in the highlands of Carmel Valley, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
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And here’s a few more images from the area while the light was right!
Ocean scene at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve at Carmel, California. Watch in Full Screen at Hi-Def. Still photos to follow soon!
It’s 45 seconds of the surf along California’s rocky coastline. Watch in HiDef at Full Screen
Some B & W’s from California’s magnificent Pacific Ocean. I may just move there. Cambria is a nice town with great coffee and not far from Paso Robles’ wine country. Click on image to start slideshow.
Normally we photograph the setting sun, not rising sun on the Pacific Ocean. But, I woke up around 5am and decided to check it out. In the winter, the sun actually rises more from the Southeast, not East. So I was able to get a vantage point where the color from the sun would be in the frame along with the crashing waves on the beach. With just enough clouds to give the images some depth, it was a glorious sunrise even though I got a soaking from the waves. These images plus more are available for purchase as prints or a downloadable, printable files @ Dawn2Dawn Photography’s Website
If you’re on the West Coast at sunset, you better get your camera ready,
This may have been what Costanza said on a Seinfeld episode but I believe it was a line that Hemingway wrote in “The Old Man And The Sea”. I’m going with Hemingway because my recent trip to the California Coast reminded me more of a Hemingway novel than a Seinfeld episode. A Pacific Storm produced swells as big as I have ever seen. Most of these images were taken from Carmel through Big Sur and onto San Simeon. The obligatory sunset images to follow soon. You can purchase these images as prints or downloadable files at dawn2dawn photography Use promo code PRINTS25 to get a 25% discount!
Waves crash up and onto Pacific Coast Highway.
On my trip last week along California’s spectacular coastline, I noticed that the Ice Plant growing along the sand dunes and beaches was a very vibrant color. Fall weather had made its mark on the Ice Plant. In the second photo below, you’ll see the color of Ice Plant in other seasons. With an approaching Pacific Ocean storm, the contrast of the autumn colors to the dark blue skies was a refreshing look. Now, if we could only get an ocean in Southern Utah where I live.
This is the beach at Garrapata State Park just south of Carmel. The beach disappeared the next day under the high surf produced from a strong Pacific Ocean Storm. Those photos to follow soon.
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