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Point Lobos – January 2013

We visited our friend, Sally in Monterey. In addition to visiting, dream work and a shamanic journey, we did some touristy things. We visited 17 Mile Dr., where we saw whales, watched a sunset from Sunset Drive, visited the Aquarium.

And, today’s pics are from a visit to Point Lobos. Season, weather, light and tide were against some shots I hope to take one day, but there were still lots of beautiful things to see. Here are a few of them.

Teaser: The pelicans and sea otter are at the end.  <\;~)>

We saw lots of Moon Jellys at the Aquarium, and I have some good images of them, but this is my first in the Wild.

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People are nature’s creatures, too.  A family of foreign tourists (Greek?) were at Whaler’s Cove, and included an attractive young photographer.

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When not wielding her 60D, she did some nice, unconscious posing. A long lens provides opportunities for candid shots.

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I like this one even better.

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Providing the opportunity for a beautiful close-up portrait.OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Messing around, I came up with an alternative treatment I rather like.

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There are so many beautiful things to see at Point Lobos that it’s easy to overlook vistas that would seem special elsewhere.

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I love the way Harbor Seals “strand” themselves on rocks as the tide ebbs, then let it float them off as it rises. I assume that means fishing is best at high tide?

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Lone figure on the beach.

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The way the water height and movement arrange seaweed is sometimes quite felicitous.

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I’m used to seeing herons fishing in shallow water, standing perfectly still. Here is one standing on a seaweed “raft”, fishing in deeper water. I suppose the natural movement of the seaweed on the water doesn’t scare the fish.

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A classic image, Monterey Pine against the sea. Do you prefer larger silhouette?

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Or more tree detail and context?

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The perspective compression of a long lens can surprise. I didn’t really think about it when taking this shot – just “Oh, pretty.” When I looked at it later, I thought “There’s no big island there!” Closer inspection and and web maps confirmed that it is Point Sur, 15 miles away! You can even see the low, sandy isthmus connecting the rock point to the shore.

Proof once more that the Earth is not flat, so maps are slightly distorted. Draw a straight line from where I was standing to Point Sur, and another headland should intrude into the picture, but it isn’t so.

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 I’ve never before managed to get a good shot of pelicans cruising just barely above the water.

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OK, I admit it. I got a couple of so-so otter shots this trip. But I’ve never done any better, or even close, to some I took in June, 2006.

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