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Bowling Ball Beach


Bowling Ball Beach
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Copyright: Manyee Desandies (manyee) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3065 W: 231 N: 5834] (19602)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-05
Categories: Seascape
Camera: Canon Powershot S1-IS
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-07-30 12:18
Viewed: 2280
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 38
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
On the North Coast of California (about 4 hours north of San Francisco) there is a wonderful beach called Bowling Ball Beach. As its name indicates, the beach is covered with big smooth round "bowling balls" lying next to straight rocky "lanes". These features are particularly visible at low tide.

The "lanes" are made of some volcanic formations that surround the beach. The "balls" come from disk-like concretions that have been "cut out" of the cliffs by erosion, then rounded and polished by the waves through the millenia (or however long it takes to sculpt and polish a boulder).
The boulders are said to date back to the Miocene period (5 to 7 million years old).

A concretion is a compact mass of mineral matter, usually spherical or disk-shaped, embedded in a host rock of a different composition. This hard, round mass of sedimentary rock cement is carried into place by ground water. Concretions, the most varied-shaped rocks of the sedimentary world, occur when a considerable amount of cementing material precipitates locally around a nucleus, often organic, such as a leaf, tooth, piece of shell or fossil. Source.

I am not a landscape photographer, but given the right light and the right lens, I can only imagine what some of you can do at this spectacular spot. : )
horia, AdrianW, leboistoo, claudine, hester, Runnerduck, Evelynn, marhowie, scottevers7, ddg, dew77, valy67, coasties, Aramok, Karin, sAner, FeatherBirdLady has marked this note useful
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To FeatherBirdLady: Thank you : )manyee 3 09-25 12:07
To marhowie: Native : )manyee 1 07-31 02:26
To SunToucher: Pam's Rocks : )manyee 1 07-30 13:48
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Bonjour Manyee,
What a nice POV and DOF. I like this composition a lot, lightning and contrast too! You give us very interesting explanations, well done. P.S. I love the title :-) TFS,
Claudine

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1468 W: 18 N: 2961] (10860)
  • [2006-07-30 12:39]

Interesting landscape. Great POV and composition. Lovely colours as well

Hi Manyee,
Did you know that coasties posted a photo with simular rocks but then located in New Zeland? It's the same ocean but miles away but created the same way. The rocks are just amazing to see. Your composition is perfect with the boulders on one site and the beach and cliffs on the other. This all creates a great depth. I also like the straight lanes, it almost looks like a car drove over the beach.
TFS,
Niek

Hi Manyee,
that's a beautiful place, I love the stones and the wonderful colours here.
I had to laugh about your headline, lovely.
Thanks and bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda

A great image Manyee along with a really informative note. These formations are amazing and remind me somewhat of the Devils Marbles near Alice Springs.
I would have been tempted to photograph the boulders on their own, but the cliffs in the bg are the perfect back drop.
Great pov too.
Thanks for posting.

Ok...I thought I had been to every beach in Northern California. I don't remember this one. I made the connection right away with Pan's image. Isn't it odd you would both post them so close together? You chose a great composition for your shot. If you had just hung around for several more hours you may have gotten a shot like Stephen's with that wonderful light he is able to capture and we all envy.

Thanks for sharing

Evelynn : )

Hi ManYee,
Nice shot! Sharp and clear, with great detail, color, DOF, and exposure..
You know I was born and raised in CA., spent most of my life there. Never visited any of the beachs north of frisco..Thanx for this one :)
Very well done.

Hi Manyee,
Awesome sescape composition! Great POV and use of the bowling balls in the foreground. Excellent exposure shows great colors and detail. A wonderful sense of depth to this shot.
Well done.
Scott

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 880 W: 23 N: 926] (4989)
  • [2006-07-31 3:29]

Bonjour Manyee, stunning landscape!! Great composition and beautiful lighting too. Great perspective. Very well done, Didier.

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2044 W: 212 N: 3655] (12162)
  • [2006-07-31 5:02]

Superb view, Manyee!
Excellent perspective, lovely colors, very nice deep DOF and a very beautiful composition.
Bravo and TFS
Horia

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-07-31 5:04]

Hello Manyee,
Wonderful seascape.I liked POV,details,large DOF,colors,framing and composition a lot.
TFS....:-)

Hi Manyee !
These "Bowling balls" are very beautiful, I love their smooth shape very much. Composition and POV are fantastic, colors are beautiful, very natural, and your light and DOF are perfect. Very well done !
Valérie.

Hi Manyee

Congratulations on a very well composed shot. Excellent clear details, perfect POV and good depth of colour. Top quality work. :-)

excelletn shot - with great composition and lighting. You might not claim to be a landscaper, but you have pulled this one off and given us soemthign very interesting to read about at the same time.

TFS
Emma

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  • Karin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 418 W: 5 N: 268] (2089)
  • [2006-07-31 8:05]

Hi Manyee,
Excellent photograph, great sharpness trough all the image, fine composition and interesting site. perfect exposure too.

Very well done and TFS

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1654 W: 79 N: 1456] (4742)
  • [2006-07-31 13:20]

I have seen something like this phenomenon on the South Island of NZ. Isn't this great? Good picture Manyee, well executed! Well done & TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

hi
joli paysage de bord de mer avec ses gros cailloux,cela me fait penser que je part en vacances en bretagne demain.
bravo.
laurent

Wow! what interesting rock formation you have captured the perspective on this shot is very nice as well as the lighting. :)

Beautiful!

Hello Manyee

Very interesting place.Great rocks, good exposure and I also like the soft light in the FG.Wonderful!
Ioana

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