I am moved by color. I am absolutely drawn to warm colors naturally, but can appreciate the cool colors when nature gives us beautiful green grass and blue skies. This week Tina asks us to feature blues and greens in our posts. It worked out for me since I was in San Jose this weekend, and my dear friend Alyse and I drove down to Pacific Grove. She sketched while I photographed.
Pacific Grove is on the ocean near Monterey. It’s also the site of the well known Pebble Beach Golf Course and Tournament. So, I found a lot of blues and greens to photograph. I’ve got four images to show you today because that’s all I’ve been able to process.
Let’s start with our first stop. This area is known for its wind blown Monterey Cypress trees.
Alyse was sketching this sculpture and the surrounding area. I’m guessing that the exposure to harsh weather and salt helped make it look blue.
A little further down the road, a group of cormorants were sunbathing on a huge rock. Some more blues and a spot of green.
Finally, we have an array of color with flowers along this rocky coast.
I hope to process the rest of the pictures this week. They will be featured in a blog post soon. Thank you Tina for setting us off on a cool color search.
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Great post, Anne. Love the first picture!
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Thank you Ana!
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Lovely pics, and much enjoyed! We have Monterey Cypress planted as farm shelter hedges on many farms in NZ, especially near the coast (only here we generally refer to them as Macrocarpa). Many were planted long ago and are now huge and scruffy! The sculpture is really lovely 🙂
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Thank you Liz! I’m sure your Macrocarpa are beautiful. I’d like to see a picture of them.
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More like tortured .. see this previous post (first photo and 2nd-to-last); link~ https://exploringcolour.wordpress.com/2019/07/21/i-am-wind/
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Great shots – I especially like the first and last 🙂 And happy memories for me of our own visit here back in 1991 on our California road trip!
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Thank you Sarah! I’m glad I could help bring back happy memories.
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I love the sculpture
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Thank you MM!
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Beautiful images as always Anne. I love the coastline out there and your image with the pink in it is especially wonderful. They really do have a lock on coastline beauty, don’t they?!
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Thanks Tina! Yes, the pink flowers certainly added to the seascape, and it is beautiful in Monterey.
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Excellent selections Anne.
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Thank you John!
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My favorite spot!
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Marlene, I still want to stay at Asilomar for a few days. Hint.
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Nice capture of Monterey Cypress
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Thanks Marlene!
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Great captures Anne…been out there a few times and enjoyed every minute of it. Look forward to seeing more of your shots 🙂
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Thank you Andy! Tomorrow I will process the rest of them.
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Julie, thanks for the mention on your blog. I appreciate it.
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Love that opening photo, and I will look forward to seeing more of that beautiful coastline.
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Thank you John!
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Excellent! Love your images all…but the guy with the boat is my favourite!
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Thank you Ann Christine!
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Great first shot! Looks like a good place to do a landscape painting.
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Thank you Siobhan! Come down from Bend and paint!
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One gorgeous palette of blues and greens this is. Very lovely 🙂
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Thank you Hammad!
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Beautiful series, Anne. The first one is my favorite!
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Thank you Amy! It’s mine too.
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