Scripps Pier 1

This was actually taken during the past summer, when unusually strong onshore winds were making for extremely clear and colorful sunsets for a three day period (normally southern California sunsets are pretty lackluster in the summer.). Luckily for me, my office is at the base of this pier in La Jolla, so its very convenient to run out when conditions are developing and grab some shots, and be back in my office an hour later. I'm not sure my boss appreciates this as much as I do, but if he doesn't bring it up I won't either!

I thought the rock garden in the center of the foreground pool added somewhat of a zen feel to the scene. There is also a horizontal version below for comparison. I darkened the midground a bit, and cloned out a few footprints.

Canon 40D, f14, ISO 200, 17-85 lens, 4 sec, 3-stop GND (hard)