This is from the Old Stage Road that connects Salinas and San Juan Bautista, California. This looks back toward Monterey County and the Salinas Valley; taken in March, 2011, when winter rains had turned the hills green. It is said that the bandit Joaquin Murrieta robbed stages on this road in the 1850’s.
Landscape
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Apr 12
Favorite Images From 2011–Farm In The Hills
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Apr 12
Favorite Images From 2011–Dog On The Beach 2
A sunny winter afternoon at the beach. The Dalmation was enthusiastically retrieving a tennis ball. Taken at Moss Landing Beach, California.
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Mar 12
Favorite Images From 2011–Dog On The Beach
Before 2012 fades away, I thought I would look back to a few personal favorite images from 2011 that I haven’t posted here already. 2011 was a productive and prolific year. I added 11,897 images to my catalog. Many came from my trip to Alaska and Canada, and many were bracketed exposures, multiple exposures of the same scene taken at different shutter speeds. I added another large number to separate catalogs for clients or specific assignments. The posts that follow are from my personal catalog and the only criteria they meet is that I like them.
This was taken in January, 2011, at Moss Landing Beach, California.
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Mar 12
Waves and Birds –Fisherman In The Surf
This fisherman seemed to disappear at times as enormous waves swept up the beach. Moss Landing, California.
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Mar 12
Waves and Birds — Moss Landing
A different day of furious waves, this time at Moss Landing.
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Mar 12
Waves and Birds — Black and White 2
A black and white conversion using Silver Efex Pro. This was taken near Morro Rock in Morro Bay, California
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Mar 12
Waves and Birds –Pelicans In Flight
Groupings of three often make for good composition. I wanted to capture the pelicans against the wave, but I didn’t see how many there were until I reviewed my images later.
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Mar 12
Waves and Birds — Watching
These birds seem to be watching the crashing wave. I think they just happened to be looking in the same direction. I didn’t notice any other behavior that indicated they were aware of the unusually large waves.
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Mar 12
Waves and Birds — Wave and Pelican
A moment frozen in time. Shutter speed was 1/800th of a second. Asilomar beach, January, 2012.