Alien Coast

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 18, 2011442 views27 comments

La Jolla, California

We have some really nice sunsets recently here in So Cal the past week or so. It's also been unseasonably warm... I am in flip flops, shorts and a tee shirt. I think there is a slight off shore flow that brings some of the dry, hot and slightly dirty air out to the ocean and this intensifies the oranges and reds in the sunsets. Luckily, I was able to catch this one sunset after coaching a volleyball tournament all day.

Yes, this is the same area I shoot the Pothole shots at, but I tried to find other cool spots nearby that had some interesting, yet different foregrounds. Hope this doesn't bore you all.

Canon 5Dmk2, Nikon 14-24. 3 exposure blend to control highlights, as I can't really use gnd filters with this lens.

Comments

27 comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 18, 2011 at 11:05 PM

Love your seascapes Jimmy! Foreground patterns and sky are amazing.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on January 18, 2011 at 11:34 PM

That's gorgeous! Doesn't matter if it's a different spot to me, this is fresh. You usually post vertical and tighter horizontals. This wide"grand" view is beautiful. The color and richness of the scene is great as well. Probably my favorite from you with the new lens!

Chris

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on January 18, 2011 at 11:51 PM

Cool arrangement of the potholes. The sky and processing are great too.

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on January 19, 2011 at 12:27 AM

very nice - i love the flow and lines here, grounded by the little green spot. well done.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 19, 2011 at 12:44 AM

Excellent patterns and colors here. Nice sky and good light on the colorful sand.
Like it a lot!
Sandy

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Comment posted by James Fougère on January 19, 2011 at 1:44 AM

Nice image Jimmy, the pothole foreground is cool

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Comment posted by Arild Heitmann on January 19, 2011 at 2:13 AM

Thats lovely. Wonderful foreground, great light and gorgeous tones.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on January 19, 2011 at 2:34 AM

The pattern in the foreground is really amazing, Jimmy. Never tire of the superb images you bring back from this area and this is no exception. Beautiful color and light.

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on January 19, 2011 at 5:14 AM

the foreground is fascinating, like the light and the shadows applied all over the scene

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on January 19, 2011 at 5:38 AM

Amazing light Jimmy

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Comment posted by Bruce Omori on January 19, 2011 at 7:00 AM

Never boring, Jimmy! Great capture of wonderful light!! Love the textures and colors in this beautiful composition. Well done!

How do you like that lens? So tempted to pick one up...

Registered on December 6, 2010, 6 Posts, 175 Comments

Comment posted by Raymond D Smith on January 19, 2011 at 8:55 AM

Looks good Jimmy. The high light control is superb. Love those pothole they make a great foreground anchor and the green just glows in that one pothole. Cheers

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on January 19, 2011 at 10:50 AM

Real Pretty, Jimmy! I especially like how that one green spot stands out from the rest of the scene. Real minor nit: the lens distortion causing the far rhs ocean horizon to drop off a bit. Also, you want to tone down the reds just in the far left cloud, where they are starting to get clipped--the typical 5D probem...

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 19, 2011 at 11:20 AM

That great sunset makes this one very special. The unusual shapes in the foreground have a nice sweep from left to right and on to the horizon. Excellent work!

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Comment posted by Zack Schnepf on January 19, 2011 at 1:27 PM

Love the way the warm sunset light catches the pothole pattern. I'd love to try that 14-24 lens sometime, looks like you can get some pretty extreme perspectives.

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Comment posted by Guy Tal on January 19, 2011 at 3:16 PM

Another winner, Jimmy! I love the foreground patterns and of course the colors are fantastic.

Guy

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 19, 2011 at 6:22 PM

This works really well, Jimmy. Another fine image from Jimmy Beach.

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Comment posted by Jay Nielsen on January 19, 2011 at 6:35 PM

Very interesting foreground with some nice texture and beautiful color in the sky. I like the horizontal format, great image!

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on January 19, 2011 at 8:58 PM

Beautiful ocean scene, the FG is great! The dipping horizon on the right is a little distracting, but that's being picky

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Comment posted by Gino Cortez on January 19, 2011 at 9:09 PM

Fabulous colors and composition. This all comes together very nicely for me.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 19, 2011 at 9:23 PM

Jimmy,

Have they designated these little potholes as the Jimmy Gekas Regional Preserve yet? They should if they haven't yet!

Beautiful seascape. I like your chose proportions which tells me you're really focused in on the patterns and reflections of the shore. The gorgeous sky is simply a gorgeous accent to the scene. Well done!

Lon

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 19, 2011 at 9:47 PM

I like pictures from this area a lot, Jimmy, and your light here is very well controlled. Compositionally, this feels less coherent than some of your pictures. It's sort of like a snap-shot of the potholes and not a composition of them. Don't want to come off sounding harsh. It just seems maybe there is a bit too much here.

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Comment posted by Paul Duval on January 19, 2011 at 11:47 PM

You kept me waiting a little while.Up the coast a little in Long Beach I have been seeing some fantastic colors in the morning and evening, it's just amazing how good the winter sunrises and sunsets in So Cal are. Especially with offshore flow and high clouds to pick up the color it seems like forever. The higher the clouds the more color changes and time it takes for the show to be over. The potholes make a great foreground Jimmy. The other thing I wait impatiently for is that NW swell to sweep in with the 10 foot plus breakers here. Then the sunsets get really interesting with the backlit towers of spray flying into the air.

Paul

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Comment posted by Kent Mearig on January 20, 2011 at 11:42 AM

I wish there was a way for there to be even more reflection in the foreground pools, but that is just naturally not the case with this sort of perspective, and I think the perspective is right for this spot.

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on January 20, 2011 at 2:00 PM

Great texture/contrast and great color. I like it.

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Comment posted by Eric Good on January 20, 2011 at 7:37 PM

Man this makes me want to get down to the local beach for some photography. Love the sweeping lines running through the rock and clouds that move the ye through the image. Good stuff!

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 20, 2011 at 8:22 PM

Wonderful textures and colour! Beautifully seen and captured!

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