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CA Central Coast This Week.....

Ken Bondy - 2-8-2012 at 06:43 PM

Flabellina trilineata:


Blue heron in Windy Cove, Morro Bay:


Elephant seal mom and pup at Piedras Blancas:


Hearst pier San Simeon:


Piedras Blancas seascape:

Ateo - 2-8-2012 at 07:03 PM

My god such beautiful shots! My favorites are the last two.

shari - 2-8-2012 at 07:07 PM

ya bro...you rock! those little spiral antennae are the bomb...thanks Ken for the eye candy...i needed a bit of dessert after those crab cakes.

Ken Bondy - 2-8-2012 at 07:12 PM

Thanks ateo and sis. Shari those rhinophores on trilineata are really beautiful, no hay?

Ateo - 2-8-2012 at 07:13 PM

Guessing that's the pier by Hearst Castle? I walked it with my wife and remember there being tons of kelp growing just off the pier.

Ken Bondy - 2-8-2012 at 07:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ateo
Guessing that's the pier by Hearst Castle? I walked it with my wife and remember there being tons of kelp growing just off the pier.


Right ateo, it's the one just below Hearst Castle. Hearst built it to unload all his stuff from Europe.

wessongroup - 2-8-2012 at 07:26 PM

WOW those are some kinda nice ... thanks much ...

scouter - 2-8-2012 at 08:45 PM

ken I need some photo lessons from U ------ un real shots Amigo......

Natalie Ann - 2-8-2012 at 10:12 PM

What a perfect - and I do mean perfect - blue heron shot! I love it.

nena

Sallysouth - 2-8-2012 at 10:23 PM

Oh goodie!Whenever I see a post from you, thats what I say/think!Always uplifting in an uncertain world.Thank you again Ken!!Love the Blue Heron, a male, bearded?And the first nudibranch takes me back to the 60's!Peace, Sally

goldhuntress - 2-8-2012 at 10:43 PM

Great photos Ken! I was up there last week, so many seals! Have you eaten at the Sebastian Store near the pier? If not check it out next time, great food, good people.

DianaT - 2-8-2012 at 11:03 PM

Fantastic! Heron and mom and baby elephant seal are my favorites!

Thanks, they are beautiful photos!

paranewbi - 2-9-2012 at 06:05 AM

Flabellina trilineata:

Amazing we spend so much effort looking for alien life above us.
God's hand is much more imaginative than anything we could dream up for a movie screen.

Cypress - 2-9-2012 at 06:18 AM

Ken Bondy, Thanks.:D

tripledigitken - 2-9-2012 at 07:01 AM

Thanks again Ken for showing us that beautiful part of the state.

Mexitron - 2-9-2012 at 07:33 AM

Wow, beautiful! Those warm cloudy days last week were really great for photography. I was wishing I was in SLO.

[Edited on 2-9-2012 by Mexitron]

boe4fun - 2-9-2012 at 10:27 AM

Great shots Ken. FYI, the cove at San Simeon used to provide a secluded place for rum runners during prohibition.

TMW - 2-9-2012 at 10:54 AM

Ken you always have the greatest pictures, thanks.

Pics

tehag - 2-9-2012 at 11:00 AM

Super stuff, Ken. Thank you.

vandenberg - 2-9-2012 at 12:48 PM

Great shots Ken.
And you're above water work is as great as your underwater's.
Especially loved the last one.

Skipjack Joe - 2-17-2012 at 07:12 AM

Ken,

Are you aware of this statistic? I got it from the Mercury News.

How do the rangers explain it?
Quote:

One major change: the abundance of elephant seals. Until 1990, the large mammals were rare along the coast in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. But that year, two dozen came ashore at Piedras Blancas, near Hearst Castle. Now there are more than 15,000

Roberto - 2-18-2012 at 06:50 PM

My favorite shots of Ken's are STILL from San Francisquito. Particularly one with some Palo Adan in the foreground and the beach in the background.

These shots are great too, as are most all of what he posts, but those have a sense of reality that these do not.