A little bit north of Scripps Pier lies the beach section of Scripps Coastal Preserve (there’s also a “knoll” part, high above the southern part of Black’s Beach). Photographically speaking, it’s probably the most underrepresented part of San Diego’s coast, despite the fact that there are some really beautiful rock formations (yes, I’ve been there a couple of times). Continue reading
Seascape
Blue Hour at the Tabletops (4 photos)
I hadn’t been to South Cardiff State Beach and the tide pools of Tabletop Reef in quite a while. Or rather, the coast in general. It had been 6 weeks, and I began to feel a certain longing for the ocean. I thought that’s interesting – I lived in Germany for 40 years, and I’ve been on “beach vacations” in Italy, Greece and Turkey in the past, but I never felt that I actually missed the ocean.
Negative Tide at Swami’s (5 photos)
An evening visit to the tide pools at Swami’s State Beach in Encinitas. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been here, in 2013. Continue reading
Torrey Pines Mesa from the East (3+3 photos)
Looking for a little bit of exercise (photographic and otherwise) on a Sunday afternoon, Shuwen, my friend Tracy and I went to check out Penasquitos Marsh, an area that none of us had been to before. Continue reading
Another Sunset at Tabletop Reef (4 photos)
Storms are drenching San Diego County and Southern California with much needed moisture. The first of them has just passed through and the only place to go for a walk is really the beach, because all trails are muddy and slippery, or closed entirely (to prevent further damage when people walk into vegetation to get around large puddles, etc.). Continue reading
Long Exposures at Tabletop Reef (2 photos)
I’m close to finishing the culling/editing and processing of my photos from December (three days with photo activities left). Here are two photos from a morning outing to the familiar tide pools at Tabletop Reef. Continue reading
Always Hospital Point (5 photos)
On a recent evening visit to Hospital Point during low tide I was quite intrigued by the colorful and fine details in the tide pools. Photographing them the way I wanted would’ve been possible with my wide-angle tilt-shift lens actually, which focuses really, really close and allows better depth of field control with the tilting mechanism. The only problem was that I didn’t have that lens with me. :-) Continue reading
Scripps Coastal Preserve Knoll (3 photos)
So far I’ve always been to the beach portion of Scripps Coastal Preserve. It does also include a “knoll” part – a small pocket of undeveloped land just south and above of South Torrey Pines State Beach (aka Black’s Beach). A short loop called the “Biodiversity Trail” leads to the edge of the cliff through coastal chaparral. Continue reading
Stormy Windansea at Sunset (9 photos)
Returning to Windansea ten days after the sunny low-tide photos. It was raining more or less steadily – rather difficult conditions for long exposure photography because it’s next to impossible to keep the filter/lens free from raindrops, and boy do they show on wide angle photos… Continue reading
The #greenmossrocks at Windansea (5 photos)
Photos from a low-tide-at-sunset outing to La Jolla’s Windansea Beach. A lot of the sand that covers these rocks in summer had been washed away so at low tide, there was plenty to play with. The sky didn’t look too interesting when I arrived but it lit up nicely after sunset. I’m quite happy with the amount of “keepers”. Continue reading
Halflight
My photo of the month for November comes from an all too familiar place – the tide pools of Tabletop Reef. I was there one morning just as the fog burned off and the sun came through. Continue reading
Stranger Shores (11 photos)
I’ve finally gotten around to finalizing the photos from the morning outing to Hospital Point during a very low tide, back in June. I had Shannon’s infrared camera back then and my photo of the month for June was from that morning. Continue reading