Seeing 2012 (#64)

For your consideration:  a scene on conflicting moods, at once majestic, embroiled, threatening . . .yet also possessed of expanses suggesting a measure of tranquility as the underlying atmosphere.

What caught my eye at this commanding outcrop was not the frothing ocean and craggy outcroppings, but rather the skeletal remains of hardy guardians  — malformed in their organic stances, one poised as if conducting the tidal flows whilst the other looms in a fierce readiness to challenge any assault from afar.

Its rare to find such a juxtaposition in this locale where the tableau's subjects, despite their fragility and relatively temporal composition, can bring an imposing energy to the fore.

Sentinels, Point Lobos, #1996-7D

© 2012 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.

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Details: September 25, 2011; Canon 7D; f/16 @ 1/500 sec; –2/3 EV; ISO 500;
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 @ 16mm

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