The plan was to shoot under the full moon at Swami's but everyone who I made plans with bailed on me. It would have been easy to just stay home, but I was determined to salvage the night. I made it to Swami's and was pleased to see stairway access to the beach, but dismayed to see that the stairway had all these bright sodium lights that illuminated the beach, cliffs, everything. That would drown out any moonlight. I made one more stop at my favorite beach in San Diego, the very appropriately named Moonlight Beach.



This is my favorite beach for regular beach activities like sunning and swimming, but it doesn't have a whole bunch of interesting rocks. There are some cliffs to the north and south, but the tide was pretty high and I didn't feel like getting drenched by a rogue wave. I just spent most of the time pointing the lens out at the water and going for some moody shots.



Yes, I realize my watermark is more distracting than usual in these shots. If you want to see it removed, you can buy a print.





Hopefully next month I can get some people to come out with me and I can be a bit more motivated to hunt down the good compositions.