Pause for God's station identification

Some photographers have an aversion to sunset pictures. I should clarify, not pictures of something AT sunset, but rather straight-up pictures of sunsets. I imagine the rationale may be they are fairly commonplace and overdone or potentially the novelty has simply worn off for them. After 26 years in Alaska, I don't believe the lure of warm sand at my feet and one of nature's best shows will ever get old for me! My wife and I try to catch it as often as we can and every once in awhile, I bring my camera. Oftentimes, it's perfection in an imperfect world. The crisp lines, unreal colors and seamless gradation in tones are elements any camera would be jealous of. For me, the beauty of creation and in particular sunsets, are a glimpse of the reality beyond the present and future one in which we live. God's fingerprints are all over, but like many caught in the rat race, a daily reminder is precisely what I need.

The rocks are back

I'm not the most observant person in the world, but have noticed, from almost three years of living in San Diego, that rocks show up on our beaches in numbers once (maybe twice?) a year. I shot this last night on a tripod, f/10 and a 15 second shutter with a split-neutral density filter and had to set the rocks back up three times after waves knocked them over.

Oceanside pier at sunset

We don't normally have Oregon coast caliber sunsets here in Southern Cal. due to lack of clouds, so this was one of note.  Two images taken within 12 minutes of each other.

1/3 second  at f/22 ISO 50

   

16 seconds at f/11 ISO 50