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This was the scene about 15 minutes after my last upload from this beach halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The fog moved in, and allowed me to isolate these structures with a long exposure. I tried to make this as abstract as possible for a little change of pace.
It was quite difficult walk/run around. There were no flat areas at all, and the entire place was wet and slippery. However, I still wanted to get close to the water so it could add some depth to the scene. It took several attempts to get this because the water would occasionally cover this entire area. LOL - There are few things worse than having to abandon a long-exposure attempt to run/stumble/crawl for your life. I'll be back here for sure!
1 minute exposure @F22 with ND grad 0.9
| Camera: | Canon EOS 5D |
| Lens: | Canon 17-40 @19 |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Title: | Library of Ages |
| Username: | 
PatrickSmith |
| Uploaded: | 3 Dec 2007 - 5:32 PM |
| Tags: | Big sur, California, Landscape / travel, Specialist / abstract |
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Thanks for your comments!
David, it is all sedimentary right here, but within 15 miles of this place are 7 excinct volcanic plugs, one of which is right on the ocean. I may upload that one later. Quite dramatic!
Yes Freda, this coastline is being pushed out into the ocean and being more exposed each year.
Patrick
Very nicely done. The detail in the rocks is superb and it certainly looks a great place to visit.
MIke
Thanks for your comments!
True Kin, it was a lot of work, but hopefully worthwhile if people like it!
Patrick
Still like it, though the other one seemed a tad more contrasty, but not over dark.
steve
Yes Steve, sometimes compression does strange things!
Patrick
Beautiful and atmospheric. Funnily enough the coastline near where I live in the UK has similar angled shelves of rock - I will look at them very differently now!
Suse
Fascinating rocks formation well worth all the effort you put in
cracking shot
Glynnis
Thanks for dropping by!
John, I did feel a bit like I was in another time and place. With no people around it could have been eons ago.
Suse, now show me what you mean with an upload from there!
Yes Nigel, it is like you can read the history in a better way then when the layers are on a hillside.
No way Peter, you have uploaded lots of great shots!
Yes Chris, it was sunny just a few minutes earlier, like in the last upload. Then the fog moved in quickly. I got one more composition after this and just barely made it up the hill in the dark fog.
Patrick
snickering....
Paul I don't think that this is your kind of shot. There is not a single squirrel to be seen here!
Patrick
Amazing structure to the land here, you can almost see the passing of time. Take care here Patrick this looks dangerous in the extreme. Slippery rock and no real footing with an incoming sea is the worst nightmare.
All the very best
Dougie
Thanks Ash, Chris and Jennnnnnnnnnn!
I'll be careful Dougie. This is a very uncomfortable place to do a seascape, but it looked so awesome that I could not resist!
Patrick
You have some superb rock formations out there Patrick, great detail
John
The way them rocks are lying and the detail is amazing, that must be some place to be, wonderful scene.
Thanks for dropping by!
I like that Jennnn, the Pennsylvania Formbies!
True John. There are some near the GG bridge, but they are at a difficult angle to integrate into a seascape.
It is Neil!
Yes Terry, the ledges go way out there!
Patrick
undoubtedly a smashing image patrick it could be mountains from a plane! i think this is an example of a technically brilliant shot that is sort of an invitation to treat visually rather than a resoundingly captivating image if you get my drift. your skills & ability though are clearly on display in regards exposure & choice of shutter speed.
gerry
You may not have been blessed with brilliant light, Patrick, but actually perhaps that helps this wonderful image by underplaying the contrast and allowing every conceivable shape and texture equal voice...if that makes sense. Probably not...I'm going down with something which makes coherent thinking and articulation akin to walking through treacle.
Thanks for stopping by!
Gerry, that is better than I could put it I believe, though the first factor is, as always LUCK!
Yes Mark, it was a bit dangerous but I've learned to assume that the hourly sneaker wave will strike at any moment.
Matt (looking up Mupe Bay on Google), it is quite similar, though there are no layers of shale or anything else between these layers usually. Lets see some shots from there. I've seen the Kimmeridge ones.
Yes Ian (looking up treacle on Google), the fog dulls the light and seems to bring out better colour and detail. So I waited for the fog to make a dark sky and only include a bit of it, and emphasize the rock formations, unlike the last one where it is almost 50/50.
Patrick
LOL Koen. I tried to sneak in this unusual shot, but people found it!
Patrick
Hitting refresh adds another comment...... very strange....
Patrick
well try not to hit it Patrick. They don't take that kind of behaviour too kindly 
Yes David, it is a bit of an alien-scape for sure.
LOL Janet... Molehills? (shaking uncontrollably...) Ooooooh, how dangerous!
Well Koen, I know I'm in trouble now. I'll be expecting a dark sedan to pull up in front of my house at 3am any day now!
Patrick
A tremendous image Patrick, absolute top drawer as per usual
Thanks for dropping in! I'll be careful out there.
LOL Sarah, thanks!
Patrick
Thanks for looking!
Sometimes Greg, many are just rubbish though!
Joline, I'll have to put Maine on my list of places to go then!
Ben, it looks like I should add Nova Scotia as well! They have big tidal ranges there too. A long enough exposure could capture several feet of tidal movement!
Patrick
Look magic Patrick..An Exposure that long up here and I could capture ice forming...
Don
Wow, that is a dramatic and quite abstract composition. Love it.
Leigh
Thanks for your comments!
LOL Don!
Good eye Brian. That is actually a reflection of the rock layers in an even smaller pool that remained still during the exposure. Just to make it look even more surreal....
Patrick
Thanks for your comments!
LOL Don!
Good eye Brian. That is actually a reflection of the rock layers in an even smaller pool that remained still during the exposure. Just to make it look even more surreal....
Patrick
Thanks for your comments!
LOL Don!
Good eye Brian. That is actually a reflection of the rock layers in an even smaller pool that remained still during the exposure. Just to make it look even more surreal....
Patrick
Thanks for your comments!
LOL Don!
Good eye Brian. That is actually a reflection of the rock layers in an even smaller pool that remained still during the exposure. Just to make it look even more surreal....
Patrick
Thanks for your comments!
LOL Don!
Good eye Brian. That is actually a reflection of the rock layers in an even smaller pool that remained still during the exposure. Just to make it look even more surreal....
Patrick
Thanks for having a look!
Hi Jim, it is good to see you around even for a short while.
LOL Brian, I'm not sure how that happens but it has done that several times on my shots and a few others.
I'm having the same problems here Ted, though it is due to lack of clouds and one day where it rained all day with no break, then back to clear again next morning.
Patrick
Really interesting shot. Must have been pretty low light for you to manage a 1 minute exposure, even at f22. Did you also use a (non-grad) ND on there to allow a longer exposure. That effect can be a bit of a cliche, but here it isn't at all. Just stunning.
Cheers, Jon
Thannks for your comments!
No ND's Jon, it was getting dark out there. The fog got really thick just as the sun set.
Patrick
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