One of the many sweeping vistas along California's Big Sur Coast. This north-looking view near Ragged Point was revealed as the morning sun burned through fog that often shrouds much of the coastline. - Dan Violette photography - Fine Art Nature Photography of California and the American West

Dan Violette photography - Fine Art Nature Photography

From Malibu to Big Sur

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Spring along the southern edge of the Big Sur Coast yields acres of wildflower-drenched seaside meadows, here buffeted by 50 mile per hour winds.

McWay Falls spills 80 feet onto the beach at dusk. Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, named after a pioneering rancher of the early 1900s, encompasses 3000 acres along California's Big Sur coast. The Park's Overlook Trail is an excellent location for whale watching. The Park also features the Julia Pfeiffer Burns Underwater Area where experienced scuba divers can explore the marine reserve that was established in 1970.

Spring wildflowers adorn this pasture outside Arvin in Kern County. Lending their color to this west end of the Tehachapi Mountains are blue dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum), goldfields (Lasthenia californica), lupine, purple owl's clover (Castilleja exserta), fiddlenecks (Amsinckia tessellata), tickseed (Coreopsis bigelovii) and the occasional California poppy (Eschscholzia californica).

Old Veteran Cypress, Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, California. This 200 year-old windswept Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) clings precariously to its oceanside perch in Point Lobos State Reserve located at the northern edge of California's Big Sur coast.

One of the many sweeping vistas along California's Big Sur Coast. This north-looking view near Ragged Point was revealed as the morning sun burned through fog that often shrouds much of the coastline.

Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Maine. The stylized brush effect added to this photograph will yield prints resembling an artist's painting of this iconic view.

Bellyache Falls, Los Padres National Forest, Ventura County, California. A stylized effect to this photograph will give prints the softer focus of an artist's painting.

Along Pacific Coast Highway, southern Ventura County, California.

Wave Twist. Along Pacific Coast Highway, southern Ventura County, California.

One of the many sweeping vistas along California's Big Sur Coast. This north-looking view near Ragged Point was revealed as the morning sun burned through fog that often shrouds much of the coastline.

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