Portal to Mendocino Buy!
Location: Mendocino State Beach, California
Story:
This 100+ foot long sea cave and arch is located near the center of town in Mendocino. This light is usually too harsh to get a
good image so I waited for a soft, red sunset to give some warm indirect light. Then I made a long exposure to smooth out the
water and focus attention on the arch and impressive rocks surrounding it.
Location: Mendocino State Beach, California
Story:
This 100+ foot long sea cave and arch is located near the center of town in Mendocino. This light is usually too harsh to get a
good image so I waited for a soft, red sunset to give some warm indirect light. Then I made a long exposure to smooth out the
water and focus attention on the arch and impressive rocks surrounding it.
| Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino and Humboldt Lost Coast Seascapes Big surf and lots of interesting cliffs and rock formations make this place a paradise for landscape and seascape photography. It can be a rather remote place so I have a lot of work to do. I have included the remote Lost Coast region of Humboldt County here because this region has a lot in common with the Mendocino coast. It would take many lifetimes to fully explore this stretch of coastline. This also includes the Napa and Sonoma wine growing regions. Go here for prints on metal, or canvas (24x36 and smaller) Go here for full-resolution downloads, low-cost photographic prints and framing of all images on this page. |
Mouth of Mattole #1 Buy!
Location: Lost Coast, Humboldt County, California
Story:
Image #1 of 2. The Mattole river flows from high mountains to the deserted Lost coast of Humboldt county. There are no towns
on this stretch of coastline. It is desolate and beautiful. In this set of two images, it was a foggy day so I decided to make an
abstract representation of the river mouth rather than my normal style of highly detailed seascapes.
Location: Lost Coast, Humboldt County, California
Story:
Image #1 of 2. The Mattole river flows from high mountains to the deserted Lost coast of Humboldt county. There are no towns
on this stretch of coastline. It is desolate and beautiful. In this set of two images, it was a foggy day so I decided to make an
abstract representation of the river mouth rather than my normal style of highly detailed seascapes.
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Bowling Balls #1 Buy!
Location: Mendocino County, California
Story:
These sandstone concretions at Bowling Ball Beach, a few miles south of Point Arena, California are much like the Moeraki boulders
in New Zealand. They are incredible and I'll be back here many times to capture these under different lighting and tidal conditions.
Location: Mendocino County, California
Story:
These sandstone concretions at Bowling Ball Beach, a few miles south of Point Arena, California are much like the Moeraki boulders
in New Zealand. They are incredible and I'll be back here many times to capture these under different lighting and tidal conditions.
Farscape Buy!
Location: Salt Point State Park, Sonoma County, California
Story:
Salt Point State Park, has many unusual rock formations like this one. Mars hasn't had water for 3 billion years, but this is what I
imagine an ancient Martian ocean might look like. But this is real and here now at Salt Point State Park, 2 hours north of San
Francisco. This place is covered with these formations! This rock face is only 1-2 feet thick. I think the big one looks like a crab
claw, what do you think?
It was clear and windy with high tide at sunset, so not the best day to go. But I wanted some time to scope out future shots.
Since it was so clear, I only had one chance for a decent shot just a few minutes before sunset. So after I scoped out the place
and found about 20 good shots for the future, I waited for this shot for 3 hours, and hoped for a few thin clouds to cover the sky
and fortunately they came in. This was the only shot I got that day. (Literally, I only took one frame!) I had my plastic bag to
cover the camera from the constant rain of salt spray, and as I removed it to take this shot, it blew out of my hand and flew away
into the air like a helium balloon. I quickly took the shot and the ND grad was covered in salt after that. Wiping it is not enough,
only a bag will do. The is a very appropriately named park!
Location: Salt Point State Park, Sonoma County, California
Story:
Salt Point State Park, has many unusual rock formations like this one. Mars hasn't had water for 3 billion years, but this is what I
imagine an ancient Martian ocean might look like. But this is real and here now at Salt Point State Park, 2 hours north of San
Francisco. This place is covered with these formations! This rock face is only 1-2 feet thick. I think the big one looks like a crab
claw, what do you think?
It was clear and windy with high tide at sunset, so not the best day to go. But I wanted some time to scope out future shots.
Since it was so clear, I only had one chance for a decent shot just a few minutes before sunset. So after I scoped out the place
and found about 20 good shots for the future, I waited for this shot for 3 hours, and hoped for a few thin clouds to cover the sky
and fortunately they came in. This was the only shot I got that day. (Literally, I only took one frame!) I had my plastic bag to
cover the camera from the constant rain of salt spray, and as I removed it to take this shot, it blew out of my hand and flew away
into the air like a helium balloon. I quickly took the shot and the ND grad was covered in salt after that. Wiping it is not enough,
only a bag will do. The is a very appropriately named park!
Mouth of Mattole #2 Buy!
Location: Lost Coast, Humboldt County, California
Story:
Image #2 of 2. The Mattole river flows from high mountains to the deserted Lost coast of Humboldt county. There are no towns
on this stretch of coastline. It is desolate and beautiful. In this set of two images, it was a foggy day so I decided to make an
abstract representation of the river mouth rather than my normal style of highly detailed seascapes.
Location: Lost Coast, Humboldt County, California
Story:
Image #2 of 2. The Mattole river flows from high mountains to the deserted Lost coast of Humboldt county. There are no towns
on this stretch of coastline. It is desolate and beautiful. In this set of two images, it was a foggy day so I decided to make an
abstract representation of the river mouth rather than my normal style of highly detailed seascapes.
Orbs of Mystery Buy!
Location: A few miles south of Point Arena, Mendocino County, California
Story:
Bowling Ball Beach is usually shown at sunset with a medium tide, but this place at sunrise with a low tide can present these
concretions as being mysterious orbs! That little dot is the full moon shown at this very wide angle perspective.
Location: A few miles south of Point Arena, Mendocino County, California
Story:
Bowling Ball Beach is usually shown at sunset with a medium tide, but this place at sunrise with a low tide can present these
concretions as being mysterious orbs! That little dot is the full moon shown at this very wide angle perspective.
