I’m continuing a three-day photography scouting trip along California’s Central Coast. I’m preparing to lead a group here in November for the 2018 Central Coast and Napa Valley workshop. In the previous post (Photographing the California Central Coast – Day 1), I was joined by a friend and we covered the north end of the Sonoma Coast.
Today is the second day and I’m on my own. I enjoyed the company yesterday but today will be a more typical experience.
I started out by sleeping in. It was almost 8:00 when I finally rolled out of my sleeping bag and emerged from my tent to a blue sky. After yesterday’s overcast and foggy start, this was good news. A quick breakfast and a hot shower and I was ready to go. This day was going to cover more mileage than the day before but with fewer stops.
Gleason Beach was the first.
There were some sea stacks at this stop but they didn’t stand out. The severe gash in the cliff that led down to the cluster of sea stacks just off shore, however, was far more interesting. I timed the shot to get two concentric rings of surf which added the grace of curved lines to an overall rugged composition.
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