Fog, Surf, and Rocks Near Rocky Creek
Fog, Surf, and Rocks Near Rocky Creek. © Copyright 2021 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Morning light on fog and mist over the Big Sur coast near Rocky Creek.
I’ll begin this post with a confession. I have probably photographed this particular scene too many times. Quite a few years ago I photographed it for the first time when I happened to stop here along the Big Sur coastline and I noticed the particular juxtaposition of features. On that first attempt I came up with images that I still regard as being quite good, perhaps even among my best of this area. At that point I figured that I was more or less done with the subject, though I still continued to pause there and look. Which of course meant that eventually a day came when something new and different showed up there… and I made another photograph of the location that also seems pretty good.
At about this point I recognized the dangers of going back and re-photographing the same familiar subject. (Among other things, it can distract a photographer from finding new subjects since shooting the old thing can be easier.) I continued to stop and occasionally make a casual photograph, but mostly did nothing with those images, preferring to work on new subjects in the area. But when I visited on this early November morning the scene seemed particularly spectacular, with a combination of high surf, thin fog, and intense backlight… and I could not resist. So, here it is… yet another take on this scene.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
Fog, Surf, and Rocks Near Rocky Creek
Fog, Surf, and Rocks Near Rocky Creek. © Copyright 2021 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Morning light on fog and mist over the Big Sur coast near Rocky Creek.
I’ll begin this post with a confession. I have probably photographed this particular scene too many times. Quite a few years ago I photographed it for the first time when I happened to stop here along the Big Sur coastline and I noticed the particular juxtaposition of features. On that first attempt I came up with images that I still regard as being quite good, perhaps even among my best of this area. At that point I figured that I was more or less done with the subject, though I still continued to pause there and look. Which of course meant that eventually a day came when something new and different showed up there… and I made another photograph of the location that also seems pretty good.
At about this point I recognized the dangers of going back and re-photographing the same familiar subject. (Among other things, it can distract a photographer from finding new subjects since shooting the old thing can be easier.) I continued to stop and occasionally make a casual photograph, but mostly did nothing with those images, preferring to work on new subjects in the area. But when I visited on this early November morning the scene seemed particularly spectacular, with a combination of high surf, thin fog, and intense backlight… and I could not resist. So, here it is… yet another take on this scene.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.