Friday, January 22, 2010

Elk with a view

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There are many places along the California coast where I'm just in awe of the view that the cows seem to get! Driving down CA-1 from San Francisco to Morro Bay, I'm not sure how many awesome pastures we passed right on the coast. The same is true for the tule elk in the Reserve on Tomales Point in Point Reyes National Seashore -- although, I must say that this seems much more fitting! There are of course spectacular views of both the Pacific Ocean and Tomales Bay over the whole trip out to the end of the peninsula, and about 2/3 of the way there we encountered a herd of elk that were taking in some really nice views across Tomales Bay. Well, I'm not sure if they were taking in the views -- but it was nice to try to get some of the dunes and beach behind them.

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From the looks along the hike, that looks like a beach I would like to check out sometime -- nice large beach area and beautiful dunes.

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The area was becoming developed though, as you can see with a bit of a house in this shot -- it's not nearly as distracting as the pickup trucks and port-a-potties I got in the backdrop of some other shots though!

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3 comments:

  1. Hey Pat,

    I really like the combination of environmental shots and close ups. I especially like the ocean as a background and also the vertical of the tule elk in the previous post. They are really developing the area? Christ! It's amazing that nothing is off limits. It reminds me of the Catskill Mountains in NY. You go see these beautiful Fall vistas and wham houses are in it.

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  2. Thanks, Jarred. And yeah, its crazy how houses can and will be built just about anywhere.

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  3. Hello all,

    Thanks for sharing your experience here! I like the beautiful place what you have posted here. Really so amazing. Keep it up always!

    Wildlife Photography

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