(Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) Pacific Grove’s Point Pinos Lighthouse became a guide and a warning to ships of the nearby rocky California coast in 1855. It is the oldest continuously-operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States. It’s first light source was a whale oil lantern. … Read More
Rock Art 1
(Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) This photo was taken at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach. It was nearing sunset and this gave the image a slight reddish-orange tone. Many of these cairns had been constructed by unknown people over the course of one to two days. This photo was … Read More
The Old Cypress
This old Cypress Tree is located along the Cypress Grove Trail in Point Lobos State Reserve. It’s a beautiful grove of tress and lends itself to black and white photography. (Click on photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) Photo taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40 mm f/4L IS lens 1/160 sec at … Read More
Weston Beach Rock Formations
These rocks are just up from the ocean at Weston Beach in Point Lobos. The colors are really wonderful and they accentuate the grooves created by years and years of erosion from the ocean. Click on the photo to enlarge. (Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) Photo taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, on … Read More
Rocks at Weston Beach in Point Lobos
Point Lobos State Reserve is three miles south of Carmel on Route 1. This location was one of Edward Weston’s favorite places to photograph. He is well known for his incredible series of seascapes and landscapes. After his death in 1958 his ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean on Pebbly Beach, later renamed Weston Beach. (Click on photo to … Read More