A foggy and butterfly-filled morning in Pacific Grove

We visited Pacific Grove one morning. Lovely small town next to Monterey. First up was a sanctuary for Monarch butterflies (a brief resting spot for them as they travel south). An FYI: a 35mm lens is definitely the wrong lens to bring to a butterfly sanctuary. There were hundreds of butterflies high up in the trees, but it’s impossible to tell with a wide angle lens.

The Monarch grove sanctuary…
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And then we walked around the coast of Pacific Grove before heading home. A nicely foggy morning.

(PS: Some of you mentioned VSCO presets on my pics — yup, I got them for Christmas! I actually didn’t use them on my previous post (the coffee break one), but I have used them on this post.)
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Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:30 pm in Out and about | RSS feed | Respond | Trackback URL

Tags: beach, butterflies, butterfly sanctuary, coast, monarch butterflies, Pacific Grove, photography, pictures, VSCO presets

20 Comments to “A foggy and butterfly-filled morning in Pacific Grove”

Kay aka Babygirl
January 19, 2012 at 10:22 pm

I am captivated by the tree in the 11th photo. WOW.. that shot is amazing. And the butterfly shots are simply amazing and beautiful. I truly believe you capture moments that speak without words. Beautiful

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jeni
January 20, 2012 at 1:58 am

oh, wow, so gorgeous. okay, i’m making sure that my boy and i stop here when we head up to the bay next month. we’ve been getting some monarch butterflies in socal, but gosh, i’d love to see some more life!

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Will @ Bright.Bazaar
January 20, 2012 at 3:31 am

As always, your shots are beautiful – lovely depth, character and light.

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Karly
January 20, 2012 at 4:55 am

Those foggy beachy photos in the second half are so fantastic!

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alice
January 20, 2012 at 6:19 am

omg, the last set of beachy pictures is making my heart flutter. i just love the combination of fog, sand, rocks and water. man oh man. i’m on the wrong coast.

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Karen
January 20, 2012 at 6:49 am

Gorgeous views and those butterfliy captures are quite something!

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janis
January 20, 2012 at 7:49 am

these are all so beautiful. love the butterfly & beach shots. my heart is yearning for the ocean…

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Hogger & Co.
January 20, 2012 at 7:55 am

So pretty – loverly butterflies.

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Jia
January 20, 2012 at 9:27 am

I love the Cali. coast line, rugged, foggy, and romantic… your shots captured them all.

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Julie
January 20, 2012 at 11:40 am

Gorgeous..butterflies are really amazing.

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Janice
January 20, 2012 at 9:44 pm

These are really amazing. Love the mans’ hands with the butterfly.

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sally
January 21, 2012 at 1:36 pm

Ah, I want to go to there! And those beach shots are stunning

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Lucent Imagery
January 21, 2012 at 2:17 pm

Lovely morning! Love the fog, the trees leaning and the dogs! When we were there in 2010 summer, we couldn’t believe how much the weather changed from one bay to the next in that area. One bay would be grey and foggy and the next blue sky with sunshine!

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Jonathan
January 22, 2012 at 1:19 pm

Vsco! Love the picture of the doggies ;)

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M.
January 23, 2012 at 1:47 pm

these are gorgeous, so calm and serene…

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Mariana
January 24, 2012 at 3:54 am

LoOove these photos! Ah… Beautiful.

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Trude
January 24, 2012 at 1:07 pm

Yay for VSCO! Well you may have brought the wrong lens, but you sure as hell made the best of it. That older gentleman looks like a real character. :) I loved Pacific Grove, last time I was up there that’s where we stayed, in a Victorian home B&B. Made me so happy!

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Nick Lance
January 28, 2012 at 7:59 am

All the hard work paid off. Great photos!

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Jacqueline
January 29, 2012 at 9:32 pm

Thank you all so much! :)

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Paula
January 30, 2012 at 3:53 pm

These photos are just beautiful! I can’t wait to visit the West Coast – we have friends living in San Jose and San Fran so we will be over there are some stage and Pacific Grove is on my to do list!

P xo

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