Please view Large on Black. Long Exposure. Shell Beach, California. Jan. 23, 2013. Captured with Canon EOS5DIII, Canon EF24-105mm f4L IS USM at 32mm, f 18 @ 261 sec., ISO 50. Long exposure, Tripod. Post Processing with CS5. NikSofware ColorEfexPro 3.0 (Tonal Contrast), Define 2.0, Viveza 2.0 and SilverEfexPro 2.0. ND Filter B+W 10 Stop.

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The clouds were amazing last night as a front worked its way through the area.

This beautiful view is on California's central coast near Pismo Beach just off of the famous highway 1. One of the greatest drives in the USA. Stay over if you visit and walk and hike on the beach and visit amazing state parks nearby like Morro Bay, Montana de Oro and see the butterfly migration in winter months. California is overcrowded for good reason but areas in the middle and northern parts of the state still have a great pristine feeling. Blessings.

Shell Beach, California

Shell Beach, California, along the Central Coast.

Lucky and Cammie at Shell Beach during low tide. (Mark is walking in the background)

A temple built by human hands can never match the beauty found in nature.

I've never asked to take someone's picture before....but get real this was ridiculous.

My queue from the weekend is large but I just took this 30 minutes ago at the end of my block and had to bump it in line!

I was having a cocktail with my friend who just moved to town and saw a fire dancer out the corner of my eye. I stopped everything and asked if he'd be down to move towards the water. Worth it.

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Lightroom 3 for contrast

-Nikon D7000

-Sigma 10-20

-RRS Tripod, Ballhead and L-Plate

-ISO 100

-f8

-8 Seconds

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Just before sunset, a very light mist seemed to envelope the Central Coast, bringing with it a strong scent of the sea.

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Last Night's sunset, spark free.

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Margo Dodd State Beach in Shell Beach, California. Mark G. (Silent G Photography) pointed this location out in a photo session last fall, and it's a pretty spectacular location.

This is on the Highway 101 frontage road in Shell Beach. Shell Beach is a part of the City of Pismo Beach in southern San Luis Obispo County.

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Pismo Beach | California

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Foggy morning before football in Shell Beach CA

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Had the Talking Heads playing in my head while processing this one.

Can't say it enough but onOne is incredible.

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Pulled off the freeway to capture this at Foothill and Mattie Roads. Brief burst of color lasted just a few minutes.

Caribbean Islands

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The winter low tides, that is......this was taken two days ago in Shell Beach at a minus 0.5 tide in several inches of water.

Shell Beach, California, along the Central Coast.

Shell Beach is the closest stretch of sand to downtown Gustavia on St. Barthélemy, Eastern Caribbean.

Sea cave on Shell Beach at golden hour

on Shellbeach, Herm (Channel Islands)

triggered by Beeb

my remote ate sand and seawater and hasn't been entirely well since

so cold out there O.o

For a few seconds it looked like the wave would overwhelm the bird, but the bird flew faster! Shell Beach, California

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Perfect evening in Shell Beach!

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My dogs having fun at Shell Beach.

Shell Beach sunset

From cliff above Shell Beach on the Central Coast in California

I spent a few days working up in San Luis Obispo, so I had a few opportunities to shoot some of the beautiful coast up that way. This is from Spyglass Park in Shell Beach.

With the dark rocks, this one really needs to be viewed large on black. Just click on the image.

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Shell Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA

Brown pelicans gather on an offshore rock along California's Central Coast

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This one is for Steph. Happy super belated birthday mon grincheux :)

As I was setting up for this (crouched behind my camera wearing shells none the less) a gentleman walked by and wanted to know what I was shooting. "Mermaids". So he turned quickly back towards the water with a hand shading his eyes while looking intently out to sea and in a surprised voice told me he hadn't seen any today.

made my evening ;D

and the tail is for the Beebs as requested

Shell Beach is a little North of Pismo Beach. The area sits above the water on some cliffs that give a pretty good view of the Pacific Ocean. The rock features and tide pools offer a nice foreground for landscapes.

This was my second attempt at getting a nice sunset picture in the area. The previous night I tried at the Montana de Oro State Park. There weren't many clouds in the sky on either night, but the smoke from the L. A. area fires blew this direction and made for interesting color on the horizon.