Colors of Weston Beach

[Michael13]

Edward Weston is well known as a master of Black and White photography. He used B+W exclusively for all his work, except for a short period when Kodak gifted him a huge supply of Kodachrome film. Not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but Weston returned to B+W after he shot the last of the Kodachrome.
This part of Point Lobos State Natural Reserve is known as Weston Beach, paying homage to the man who made the area world famous. It seems to me hugely ironic that his well known photos from here are all B+W, when all this color is available for the eye to see.
This small patch is about 5 feet above the water line when I photographed it, but is under water at high tide. You can see the water pooling in the deeper areas of rock. Shot on an overcast day, just adding contrast to the scene brings out the amazing color. A 4 shot stack.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Fascinating colors and shapes. Well seen.

 

[AlanLichty]

I love the colors of the wet stones and the shapes on the surface of the large rock are quite interesting.

 

[John Holbrook]

Love the layers and colors in your composition—very nice!

 

[Michael13]

Fascinating colors and shapes. Well seen.

Thanks Jameel. I hurt my neck looking down so much while there.

I love the colors of the wet stones and the shapes on the surface of the large rock are quite interesting.

Thanks Alan. This place is very near the top of my list for colors in rocks!

Love the layers and colors in your composition—very nice!

Thanks John. The range of colors in those rocks really is amazing.

 

[JimFox]

Thanks Michael. I enjoyed the back story and of course the image.

And thanks for bringing up Edward Weston, it dawned on me that we rarely see any oh the old masters mentioned now a days compared to just 15 or 20 years ago.