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One more shot from Pfeiffer State Beach. Took this one as I reached the beach when I got about 2 minutes to shoot the bridge head on without anyone walking through the frame. I like this shot a little better than the one where the sun is setting through the arch.
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Another shot I took at Pfeiffer state beach. I took this after the sun had set and almost all photographers left the beach to walk back to the parking lot. We were just packing up ready to leave when the sky suddenly became a vivid red color and as I was shooting this I realized there were almost no one left in the beach and we were completely left to over own devices.
This was truly a beautiful experience to witness the last hoorah of the Sun before he finally said goodbye for the day. Thanks for visiting my stream really appreciate the encouraging comments and faves.
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Here is the other rock formation from Pfeiffer State Park. This one is located right next to the natural Bridge rock and as another visitor pointed out to me this one also has a small arch formation, albeit being a little difficult to observe. I wanted to do a long Exposure shot here to but for some reason the waves were a bit more aggressive and to get a decent composition there is no other way other than to be a little bit in water. I didn’t had the heart to put my D800 on my tripod and hope for the best for 30 secs and retorted to just a regular exposure with available light.
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Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, CA at sunset.
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Back in December, I finally had the chance to see what the fuss is all about with the winter sunsets at Pfeiffer Beach. Everyone else seems to have...
When I saw this picture from a fellow Flickr contact, I headed straight for Pfiffer Beach on my trip to Big Sur. It didn't disappoint--the sunset...
A couple days back, I made the yearly pilgrimage down to Pfeiffer Beach to shoot the sun setting through the portal in the rocks. This time, I made...
I've had this photo lying around for a while but for some reason didn't think to post it here. Last year (August 2009) I went camping in Big Sur for...
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wow wow wow! so three days ago I had reached about 850k views on flickr and was wondering what I need to achieve a Million views by the end of the year 2014. Then I posted the Manhattan Beach Pier shot which got explored and flickr views went crazy. In three days I crossed over to a final tally, at the time of writing, of 1,057,039 views. I am truly blown away and awed by all the comments and interest on my photos. This is pretty awesome and thanks everyone for visiting and their kind words.
Here is another shot I took at the Big Sur trip. This was taken a soon as I reached the Pfeiffer beach, the sun was still high and the light was coming through the arch of the bridge as if coming from another portal illuminating the shadows in front of the bridge. Most of the photographers were positioned directly in front of the arch trying to get the shot I posted earlier so this one was pretty easy to take.
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So finally after bugging my wife for a while she agreed to make a trip up to Big Sur with me to shoot the Pfeiffer beach at sunset. I have had the opportunity to shoot this beautiful natural bridge before and heard from many friends that January is the month to be here as you will be able to observe the setting sun through the arch of the Bridge.
Unfortunately for me, many of the photographers in the area had the same Idea and that combined with the fact that it was a long weekend just made the usually peaceful beach a hugely popular destination. I literally had to walk half a mile to the beach carrying my gear while my wife and sis-in-law tried to find parking. Anyways the fact that I got a glimpse of the sun just going down made it all worthwhile. So here is the money shot from the trip, I used a 86mm focal length along with sot metering to get this shot. Thanks for visiting my pictures..
On my last trip to California I made a special excursion out to Big Sur to see the Arch on Pfeiffer Beach, which aligns with the sun for about 1...
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This is one of two sets of keyholes on Pfiffer Beach in Big Sur. I couldn't believe how glorious the golden light was streaming through, and how it...
I've been pretty busy with work lately and it seems like forever since I've been out shooting. Here's one from the archives, from back in December...
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I have mentioned in some earlier posts about the challenges of shooting Big Sur. There are so many locations and so few facilities that you have to be meticulous about planning your trip. It took me 4 or 5 trips to figure this out. I also was lucky enough to meet some seasoned photographers and learn some excellent tips on the way. I learned about the keyhole arch and the Pfeiffer beach from one such seasoned pro. He was also kind enough to let me know that during January, the sunset can be viewed right through the arch.
I was super excited about the trip, and I didn’t think about adding any other location to the itinerary. We booked a camping location nearby and drove straight to the beach. The last part of the drive to the beach was a bit sketchy for our Mazda 3, but we managed to get to the parking lot. Unfortunately for me, a lot of photographers had the same idea as me, and prime locations to shoot the sunset were already gone. These guys and gals were waiting on the beach since the morning. So I wandered off looking for interesting compositions around the arch, and there were many to be found. This composition is to the right of the keyhole arch. The setting sun was giving beautiful color to the few clouds that lingered. I wanted to crop in a bit to freeze the wave action that was happening near the rocks.
This is a shot I have wanted to get for awhile now. I know star trails are out of style, but dangit, I like them! Though it looks like I pumped the...
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One of the coolest shots along the CA coast-line occurs during December/January every year: the sun just happens...
Every year thousands of photographers flock down to Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur to photograph the light beams through the Pfeiffer Arch (some people...
Just to the left of the well-known Big Sur Pfeiffer Beach arch/portal, there is a gap between two very large rock/cliff formations which allows water...
This is yet another light portal/labyrinth thing just to the left of my previous uploads. I have never seen a good shot of this, (probably because...
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Pfeiffer!
Most notably Sandeep Thomas and Joao Eduardo Figueiredo.