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Photographer’s Note

The 17 Mile Drive is a scenic road through Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach, California, much of which hugs the Pacific coastline and passes famous golf courses and mansions. It also serves as the main road through the gated community of Pebble Beach. Like the community, the majority of 17-Mile Drive is owned and operated by the Pebble Beach Corporation.

At the north end, the road originates in Pacific Grove at the intersection of Del Monte Blvd and Esplanade Street. The famous portion of 17-Mile Drive then begins a few miles south of this point. Where Highway 68 (Holman Highway/Sunset Drive) crosses 17 Mile Drive marks the entrance to Pebble Beach. The road runs inland past Spanish Bay, then adjacent to beaches and up into the coastal hills, providing scenic viewpoints. Travel along 17-Mile Drive takes as long as the traveler likes, a minimum of 20 minutes to Carmel without stops. There are numerous turnouts along the road to stop, take pictures, or get out and stroll along the ocean or among the trees. Visitors receive a map that points out some of the more scenic spots.

Chief among these is the Lone Cypress Tree (see WS), the official symbol of Pebble Beach and a frequent fixture of television broadcasts from this area.

Although this is not the Lone Cypress this tree had a more appealing setting to me that the famous tree.

bakes888, Budapestman, belido, Cricri, rigoletto, Charo has marked this note useful

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jurek1951 (26162) 2009-08-14 21:11

Hi Christian,
Well seen, the view is beautiful, great colours and a good composition. The lighting is well done.
Georg

Clementi (45285) 2009-08-14 22:37

Ciao Christian,
un atmosfera drammatica,con questa giornata grigia e questo albero al centro della scena, sembra una location per un film horror.
Giorgio

bakes888 (18353) 2009-08-15 1:57

Hi Christian. Great photo, very atmospheric with the sombre tones and stark tree. Well seen and captured. Thanks for sharing.
Have a good weekend, Paul.

giorgimer (21478) 2009-08-16 13:49

Hi Chris,

very impressive tree with its shape and missing leaves, it almost seems to be in B/W

TFS

Gio

AiresSantos (42964) 2009-08-16 23:36

Hi Christian
Nice composition with this nude tree in foreground
Beautiful grey tones and texture
TFS and have a nice week
Aires

dcawker (5691) 2009-08-17 17:02

Beautiful tones and nice composition here too.. Well done! Regards, Doug

claudeD (11490) 2009-08-18 11:25

Hello Christian,

very interesting shot and infos from the States.I like your shot here very much.Only suggestion I would have tried to place the lonely tree a little bit more to the left to get a more balanced shot.TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

Jean-Claude

Fis2 (46449) 2009-08-18 14:05

Witaj Christian!
A very curious tree.
Interesting composition and frame.
Photo has climate.
Well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

Budapestman (42876) 2009-08-19 1:25

Hi Christian,
dramatic landscape with impressive composition and suggestive details, the depth of the photo is superb, the soft lights adds a lot to the mood. Beautiful shot. Tfs! Have a nice day!
George

belido (16899) 2009-08-19 7:27

Hi Chris,

there is a sad mood in this shot that pleases me a lot. In this case it was not necessary to go b&w for that sense. I like the graphical apealing of the branches. Well done!
Regards,
Carlos

Cricri (43790) 2009-08-22 11:32

Hello Cowboy
Le peu de lumière et de couleurs avec cet arbre nu qui prend joliment la pôse a un côté un peu dramatique!! très belle réalisation
Have a nice week end
cricri

rigoletto (26846) 2009-09-01 13:15

Hi Christian,
In Turkish, we call such lonely and dry trees as "witch trees", probably with a feeling of compassion rather than wickedness :)
A postapocalyptic vision you have created. Almost a depressive decor for a movie.
Best regards,
Deniz

Charo (31851) 2009-09-22 15:40

Hola Christian,
Me gusta esta captura de ese árbol sin hojas mirando al mar, una composición muy dramática, aunque me hubiera gustado el árbol menos centrado.
Un abrazo,
Charo