Bean Hollow Abstract

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 27, 20156,133 views15 comments

Bean Hollow Beach Abstract. California coast near San Fransico. We stopped here on our way back to SFO airport after a wonderful weekend at my nephew's wedding celebrations. Wish I had more time to spend here since there were so many interesting rock structures.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on October 27, 2015 at 10:27 PM

Great patterns and colors!!! I think I like this better flipped 180 degrees. I prefer the visual flow. But very cool image!!! Great find.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on October 27, 2015 at 11:16 PM

Amazing find, Eva! I have never seen anything like this. The pebbles in the holes look like jewelry. The light is delightfully confusing, making this a wonderful abstract to explore.

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on October 28, 2015 at 1:03 AM

What an unusual find. It's mesmerizing when you look long enough. It does look like jewelry from afar, or a google earth view from up high. I've been down there many times and never seen these holes filled with anything. I find this hard to critique intelligently. The only obvious thing is that the lower right hand corner is out of focus and doesn't have the preciseness that the rest has. Cool abstract. It's an intellectual image.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on October 28, 2015 at 10:22 AM

What a beautiful and unique find, Eva. It took me a while to figure out what the heck I was looking at. Very cool abstract image.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 28, 2015 at 10:38 AM

Wow, Eva, those clusters of polished pebbles are wonderful! I especially like how they're isolated against the sand colored background.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on October 28, 2015 at 12:56 PM

That is really cool, structures like these are definitely on my bucket list. The colourful pebbles in those cavities are just to good to be true!

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on October 28, 2015 at 3:56 PM

OMG......it's a jelly bean factory........I love this one, Eva. Can you see this one made up as a puzzle?.....what a super find... devil

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 28, 2015 at 7:09 PM

Eva, This is so cool looking and I'm just totally enjoying it.

Nick Bristol Lone Rock, WI.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on October 29, 2015 at 7:31 PM

I would've gone crazy seeing this! I love spots like this. I like the color of the rock and all the little stones. It looks to me like the lower right corner is soft, though, which leads to my suggestion...
...Crop from the bottom and the left side to eliminate the soft area and the dark area on the lower left corner. Next, burn the upper left corner just a bit. My thinking here is to home in on the nice light and potholes.

--P

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on October 29, 2015 at 10:45 PM

Hi Eva

A delightful find. these polished pebbles in the sand make a fascinating abstract. love the colors and the patterns.

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on October 29, 2015 at 11:32 PM

Fun, colorful abstraction, Eva. I've been to that beach many, many times over the years... I always take visitors there when I am down that way to see the real Pebble Beach.

Roel is probably right though about it being too good to be true as I suspect that those pebbles were placed in those holes by creative beachcombers or photogs. Nevertheless, still a cool image.

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on October 30, 2015 at 4:00 AM

This is a beautiful image, Eva. Love the juxtaposition of the large tafoni holes and the tiny pebbles that have filled them.

As you know, I do a lot of Tafoni photography and all of that is done near that area (actually in the next beach from Bean Hollow). I am very glad to hear that you were able to visit this location. BTW, this is not such an uncommon sight at all. The tiny pebbles get washed onto the tafoni rocks by the tide, just as they get washed off of the rocks by the tide. One of natures small wonders.

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on October 30, 2015 at 9:54 PM

That's a great find Eva. Looks a bit like the honeycomb cliffs of Elgol I was inspired in almost the same way and called mine Jellybeans and Honeycomb. I had to put my jelly beans in the holes, still it was April 01 on that particular day.