san simeon

From a few weeks or more back up along the coast in California by San Simeon. I found this cool spot that I liked. Usually I am shooting so slow for the water, that birds flying turn into smears. So it was nice for once to have been shooting faster as the birds approached. I think they add a lot...

Well, don't count too close. :eek: This was from a month or so ago at San Simeon on the California Coast, right below Big Sur country. The waves were coming in really nicely and hitting these rocks. All comments are welcome, Jim

From up at the Seal Sanctuary by San Simeon California. There were several areas where the Elephant Seals were all snuggling together. I shot this purposely tight with the idea of an abstract type of shot. All comments are welcome, Jim

Last Sunday as I was shooting the Elephant Seals it was about 45 mins before sunset and there was some cool clouds and a potential for a good sunset. I knew that the Elephant Seals would be too dark along the sand to make a good foreground subject and there wasn't a lot of cool rocks at the...

While shooting the Elephant Seals on Sunday north of San Simeon I noticed that while the seals were lounging up on the beach that the birds were hanging out down at the waters edge. So I stopped from the shooting the seals a few minutes to capture the birds. I meant to put this in for Winged...

I was up the coast in California yesterday and stopped by the Elephant Seal Refuge just north of San Simeon for a little while to shoot. It's amazing that for as much as the seals just lay there not moving for hours on end it seems, there actually is quite a bit of activity. So here it looks...

There were so many cool looking seals there at Piedras Blancas in lower Big Sur. The Elephant Seals are all over this one area with lot's of interaction between them. If you are ever in Santa Barbara or that area be sure to check it out. All comments are welcome, Jim

Last weekend on my birthday run up to Pismo Beach for world famous Clam Chowder I ended up going up to test out the new Tamron 150-600mm G2 at the Elephant Seal gathering at Piedras Blancas just north of San Simeon which is at the bottom end of Big Sur in California. The light was getting low...

I went up to Cambria in California at the bottom of Big Sur this last weekend to go through their Christmas Market and enjoy the possibly millions of light bulbs on display. I decided to also bring my soon to be Christmas present, a new Tamron 150-600mm G2 lens to hopefully play with. On Sunday...