I spent the entire Saturday in the Big Sur area. Mostly at the Point Lobos State Reserve but also at the Pfeiffer Beach and along the coastal 1 road. The day actually begun quite badly because once there (around 7am), the fog was so thick that taking photography wasn’t an option. I enjoyed the experience and the ambiance though. Later in the morning, I decided to head toward my traditional place for photography in the area, the Point Lobos State Reserve. I went to my “secret” bird place off trail and was lucky enough to find a Cormorant colony there. The light was awesome, the birds didn’t seem to be scared so I spent quite a bit of time with them. I think something special happened. One thing that I am often trying to do is to show the beauty of something that is not obviously beautiful. It’s the case with the Gulls. They are not obviously beautiful but when you really look at them, you notice a lot of amazing details. I’m really happy of #3 because I think it shows the bird on a new angle. It shows how its colors make so much sense in its environment. Later I went to the Pfeiffer Beach to photograph the famous Arch at sunset, the shot #6 gives you a sense of this stunning place.
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Abbotts Lagoon in Point Reyes is well known for its large collection of shorebirds. I hadn’t worked that much on that kind of bird in Point Reyes so I decided to spend the weekend along this lagoon, looking for Blue Herons and Great Egrets, and I found some ! I actually ended up spending a lot of time with one egret and a heron, they both have a very different behavior. The Egrets are more nervous, they don’t mind to fly every 10 minutes for almost no apparent reasons, which is good for the photographers of course because of the fly shot opportunity. The blue herons have more patience, but both hate gulls, I witnessed several fights between these two large birds and the gulls.
#1: Point reyes wreck, 90 minutes of exposure. Foreground lit with a flash light.
#2: This skunk hesitated to treat me with its famous attack, but fortunately I wasn’t scary enough that morning.
#6: Yes, herons are eating rodents.
#11: The reflection was spectacular. It didn’t last long, just something like 10 minutes at 6:30pm, a magical moment.
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With my laptop being broken (actually just fixed, that’s why I’m able to write this), I ended up with a lot a free time and decided to focus on the Palo Alto Baylands Preserve. This place, just 10 minutes from where I live is a real paradise for Nature Photographers. I went there 5 days in a row from 6pm to 8pm and had a lot of fun playing with the silhouettes of the Avocets. Please note that no color corrections have been done on those images, I didn’t even modify the white balance chosen by the camera (auto mode). I particularly like the picture #6 because it really shows the grace and even the femininity of the Stilts. I have been working on this shot for 3 days before getting it. At exactly 6:45, the light in a specific place of the Baylands comes through a tree and light just some areas, which result in a subject having some parts in the light and the rest in the shade. Here is a small selection of the pictures, courtesy of mother nature.
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From Saturday 11am to Sunday same hour. I slept something like 3 hours in my car before I got arrested by the Park Rangers, it is apparently forbidden to sleep in a car, Oh well, let’s take pictures then. Point Reyes was extremely foggy and humid this weekend, kind of dangerous for the equipment but everything held on nicely.
1-3: Estero Trail at 7am. Foggy and rainy. I don’t know the name of the pink flowers in the #1 picture, if you do please let me know !
5-6: Point Reyes Wreck lit by the moon and a Flashlight, 5 minutes of exposure. Don’t get fooled by the light, it was completely dark when I took the picture.
8: My big friend the turkey vulture.
10: Young mule deer frightened by my presence.
12: If you are following this blog, you probably already know this image, this version is the new 40 Megapixels one 
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