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Long exposures, mostly water. Surf going to mist, Burney Falls coming out of the cliff face, a star trail off Pigeon Point at three in the morning.

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Two dark sea stacks rising from a long-exposure smooth Pacific under a pink and coral sunset sky. — Stacks at SunsetDavenport, California · Nov 2013Two sea stacks holding their ground off the Northern California coast at sunset. Long exposure took the surf to mist. Sky doing that hard pink thing right before it folds into dusk.

A single Pacific wave caught at the peak of its curl, telephoto-tight, motion-blurred foam against a turquoise sea. — Wave, Mid-CurlMarin Headlands, California · Sep 2009Tight telephoto on a wave just as it starts to curl. Caught it right at the peak. Cold water, turquoise wall, foam getting tossed off the back.

Black-and-white close detail of churning whitewater rushing over dark river rocks. — Rapids, CloseYosemite National Park, California · Sep 2009Pulled in tight on the rapids — no horizon, nothing but water moving over rock. Close enough that you stop seeing the river and just see the texture.

Black-and-white view of a small creek waterfall dropping off a rock shelf to the Pacific, a distant sea stack on the horizon. — Creek to SeaDavenport, California · Feb 2012Little creek out at Davenport dropping straight off the shelf into the surf. Distant stack hanging out on the horizon. Cold afternoon, no one around.

A wave explodes off a sea stack at Panther Beach, California, at sunrise, sky going pink and wet rocks reflecting the foreground. — Panther Beach at DawnPanther Beach, California · Dec 2012Big set rolling through Panther just at sunrise. Wave caught the stack and exploded. Sky still doing the pink-and-blue thing. Wet rocks holding the color in the foreground.

Black-and-white long-exposure seascape with dark wet rocks in the foreground and a smooth, fog-soft horizon. — Quiet Coast, B&WSonoma Coast, California · May 2013Long exposure up at the Sonoma coast somewhere. Rocks in the foreground, sea gone smooth, no real horizon line — everything just kind of dissolves.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse silhouetted on the right horizon at deep twilight, calm sea, faint star streaks falling through a cobalt sky. — Pigeon Point, Star TrailsPigeon Point Light Station, California · Jan 2012Pigeon Point sitting out there in the dark. Tide low, sea gone flat, lighthouse just a silhouette. Long exposure pulled some star trails out of the cobalt sky.

Black-and-white vertical view of a high cascading waterfall pouring through mossy basalt cliff faces at McArthur-Burney Falls. — Burney Falls, VerticalMcArthur-Burney Falls State Park, California · Feb 2012Vertical pull of Burney Falls — main cascade and the moss-covered basalt around it. That weird thing where the water doesn't come from the top, it comes out of the cliff face.

Black-and-white abstract long-exposure of soft, sweeping whitewater motion across dark substrate. — Whitewater, SoftBig Sur, California · Feb 2012Long shutter on moving water somewhere up the coast. Whole thing turned to fog. Dark rock barely showing through underneath.

Black-and-white long-exposure of a side cascade falling diagonally across dark wet rocks. — Side Cascade, B&WBig Sur, California · Feb 2012Side cascade running diagonal across the frame. Long shutter softened the water until it looks like smoke pouring over the rocks.

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