A moment frozen in time. Shutter speed was 1/800th of a second. Asilomar beach, January, 2012.
Waves
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Mar 12
Waves and Birds–Two Sea Gulls
Large mountains of water crashing into the shore. Pacific Grove, 2012.
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Feb 12
Waves and Birds — Rock and Wave
This particular rock is farther offshore from the Asilomar beach and sometimes creates spectacular effects. Taken with an 80-400mm lens.
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Feb 12
Waves and Birds — Crying Sea Gull
Although there have been few winter storms in California this year, occasionally high surf is generated by winds far out to sea. Several weeks ago I saw a high surf advisory and traveled to Asilomar beach, an area south of Pacific Grove, to try and capture some waves. There seemed to be as many interesting birds as waves, so I will post a few pictures over the next several days.
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Jul 11
Rainbows — Pastel Colors
Just a beautiful moment over the ocean. Until I looked at this shot later, I didn’t realize the colors of the rainbow were an overlay on the water itself. I had imagined the rainbow was cut off at the horizon.
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Jun 11
Rainbows — Asilomar
A sparkling and spectacular morning at the Asilomar Beach in Pacific Grove, California. I saw one rainbow after another and could hardly shoot fast enough to keep up. December, 2008.
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Jun 11
California Waves — Dog in Surf
This has been a popular print at Art shows. I am always asked if this is my dog. It would make a better story, perhaps, if it was, but it isn’t my dog. I saw it trotting through the edge of the surf and managed a quick shot before it was gone. Taken at Moss Landing Beach, January 2005.
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Jun 11
California Waves — Light Rays
The waves were not particularly large on this day at Asilomar, but I was struck by the light rays striking the ocean through an opening in the clouds. The phenomenon lasted about 5 minutes before the clouds closed together. Taken March, 26, 2011.
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Jun 11
California Waves — Wave and Rocks
Another shot from Asilomar Beach from March, 2010. This was shot at 1/1600th of a second to freeze the action of the exploding wave.
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May 11
Oregon Waves — Rocky Cliff
Another shot from Bandon, Oregon. Waves crashing in a small inlet of this rocky cliff produced rising mist that produced a ghostly effect.