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© Copyright 2006, John Crosley, All Rights Reserved

Big Sur


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Nikon D2X, Nikkor 70~200 f 2.8 E.D. V.R.

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This photo, Big Sur Area, is part of a new folder, 'My California'

to which I will post from time to time. Please let me know what you

think. It is intended to contain largely UNMANIPULATED photos that

represent reality, rather than some dreamy Photoshopped ideal, or

California as you might really see it in person. If you rate

harshly or very critically, please submit a helpful and constructive

comment/Please share your superior knowledge to help improve my

photography. Thanks! Enjoy! John

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Big Sur is a great area to visit. I've not photographed the area much, but images like this are a reminder that I need to. A longer focal length would take your viewer closer to the rocky shore and with a better view of Bixby bridge. The grassy foreground isn't really adding to the impact of your image. It also doesn't look like visibility was all that great, but that is Big Sur for you. I'll have to keep an eye out for your other images.
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This is meant to be a 'scenic' landscape and is shot at about 70mm. Of course, I have a full view of the distant brdge and the more 'natural bridge' rock formation in the foreground rocks (if it actually is a natural bridge), but the foreground's vividness was essential to bringing stunning color to this cloudy/foggy day view -- hence this short-telephoto view. Also, I wanted to bring in the entire mountain, which one can't do with a longer telephoto.

 

Of course, I also took views with my tele set at 200 mm with a APS - size sensor for a 300 mm crop equivalent -- also stunning, but this was NOT the day for that.

 

I live near the coast and we have what I call 'severe clear' days, and when I return from a trip, I'll take that photo on a 'severe clear' day, also when that coincides with absurdly high surf (it's 20 feet high today, but cloudy and 70 mph today with trees down and lights flickering)

 

At times the surf gets 40 feet high or higher. I may post a high surf shot as my next addition -- see this folder in a week or so. (Patchiness in grass is from dual sources--cow hooves and also killing of grasss from 'burn' from cow manure and surrounding lush growth from areas where lesser concentration of manure caused it to grow fast and green.)

 

To get this exact view, one has to park on the side of the highway, not in a turnout and endure the horns of people who should know better (it's not a freeway and more a country highway, and they have a wonderful view of obstructions because it's a straightaway, but they want to drive 60 mph on this scenic stretch, and they menace a photographer. (I'm a little limp to park farther away.)

 

Thanks for commenting. Maybe we'll meet there in a few weeks.

 

John

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John, Lovely shot. The green grass and mist is wonderful. I visited Big Sur for the first time last fall and captured an image in almost the same place. I like how the browns of mine contrast with the greens of yours.

 

Similiar View in the Fall

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Looks either like you were in a different spot on the road (like the wider spot in front of me -- or behind me a little bit -- where it's safer -- they were tooting at me fiercely -- and used a much stronger telephoto or crop factor. I'm glad I didn't have to contend with that house on top of the 'mountain' above the Bixby Creek Bridge, however, as that's the perfect candidate for the 'spot healing brush' if you could get it in a house shape, and just erase the house with one press of the mouse clicker.

 

It's a lovely shot -- far lovelier than mine, in part because of a better view and more compression. I was looking for a more natural view -- something that a person passing by would see naturally -- not something a photographic artist could compose with a dramatic compression of a telephoto lens (I can do that, however, too, and frequently do that with my people shots, and might have done that this day, but for the fog and dreariness).

 

Thanks for the comparison/I'll think of it each time I pass this spot. (really, I will, no kidding).

 

John (Crosley)

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