
Collecting Tomorrow's Calamari -- Morro Bay Harbor and Squid Fishing Lights in Morro Bay, California

by Darin Volpe
Title
Collecting Tomorrow's Calamari -- Morro Bay Harbor and Squid Fishing Lights in Morro Bay, California
Artist
Darin Volpe
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Photograph - Photography
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The lights from the squid fishing boats shine into the sea and light up the fog off the coast of Morro Bay.
This is one of my favorites of all time, taken in Morro Bay in 1993. I set the tripod up on top of a picnic table, pointed my old Nikon EL-2 towards the rock, and left the shutter open for a few minutes. The best part is that this has virtually no post processing other than what it took to make the scan look like the original slide.
The White and green glow on the left was caused by squid boats in the sea beyond the rock, which shine high-intensity lights at the ocean surface to bring the squid up. The orange glow on the right is caused by the incandescent lights of Morro Bay. All this light made the Morro Bay fog glow in the night while the boats rocked gently back and forth through the exposure.
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November 13th, 2016
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