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            Fitzgerald Marine Reserve (North) San Mateo County, California

Its "clear" that the weather around here will not be changing much for the next six months so I figured I would try to work with what we have.... Fog or clear skies!

The fog started rolling in just north of Half Moon Bay  so I ended up heading out that way. The fog was thick, gray and very cold, but I stuck with my plan to try something a bit different for me. I also wanted to try out my new 24-70 lens that UPS had just dropped off this morning and my new set of Lee ND grads that I got a week and a half before. 

I have been out to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve before but I never bothered to check the area about a mile north. To my surprise, I found a bunch of small cliffs that reminded me of a miniature version of the cliffs down in big sure. The granite like rocks and cliffs, large cobble stone boulders on the beach and the clear water looked so much like Big Sur. 

I hiked around the cliffs for about an hour or so trying different compositions. I figured.... No sunset so no rush. I was just taking mental notes so I will be prepared when the weather is right for sunset. After that hour long hike I noticed the fog was getting thicker so I decided a nice long exposure would be good for this composition. I set everything up, composed and sat and waited. About five minutes in to the exposure I noticed water was dripping off the bottom of my ND filters from all the fog that was moving in. I wasn't sure if the mage would come out but I decided to let the camera run. To me the outcome was interesting considering the fact that I couldn't see anything through the grad filters after five minutes in. 

So... not exactly the best way to test the sharpness of a lens but I think it does make for a nice moody image. 

Canon 5D Mark II
24-70 @ 24mm
B+W 10 stop solid ND filter
Lee .9 & .75 hard edge ND grads
601 sec (10min) 
   

Taken on: May 14, 2009

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