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Category: Coast

Tidepools + low tide + sunset = magic

December 16, 2023 by Bill Ward

Took Rosa to the beach near Bolinas and explored the amazing marine life on Duxbury Reef. Go at low tide!

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #beach #bolinas #duxbury reef #sunset #tidepools
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We’ve had some really stunning sunsets lately

January 26, 2022 by Bill Ward

Looking out over the San Francisco bay from the El Cerrito hills the other day.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #sunset
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America’s Cup winner from 2010 at Oracle HQ

March 23, 2019 by Bill Ward

America’s Cup winner from 2010 is on display at my workplace, Oracle headquarters in Redwood City, CA

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #america's cup #oracle #sailboat #sailing #trimaran
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Stormy sunset

February 16, 2019 by Bill Ward

Sunset through storm clouds, Pescadero, CA yesterday with Rosa

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #beach #california #ocean #pescadero #sunset #weather
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Gorgeous sunset at Waddell Creek Beach

January 21, 2019 by Bill Ward

Sunset on the California coast at Waddell Creek Beach, the northernmost bit of Santa Cruz County. With Rosa

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #beach #ocean #pacific #sunset
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Cement ship SS Palo Alto in Aptos, CA

October 12, 2018 by Bill Ward

The SS Palo Alto, aka “the cement ship” was permanently docked in 1930 at the end of a pier in Aptos, CA (where I grew up), and served as a resort gambling and dance destination for a year before storm damage made it usable for nothing more than a fishing spot.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #aptos #artificial reef #beach #cement ship #seacliff #ss palo alto #sunset
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Golden Gate Bridge, August 2007

April 25, 2026July 10, 2018 by Bill Ward

San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge at dusk, August 2007.

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Categories Photography | Coast Infrastructure Tags #bridge #california #dusk #golden gate bridge #san francisco #sfbay #sunset #twilight
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I love California!

June 6, 2018 by Bill Ward

What a lovely view along highway 1 at Pomponio State Beach. With Rosa

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #beach #california
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Take the long way home

April 25, 2026May 29, 2018 by Bill Ward

To avoid rush hour traffic leaving San Francisco I decided to go home the long way via Marin County. So glad to live in a place with world famous sites like the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Categories Photography | Coast Infrastructure Tags #california #golden gate bridge #marin #san francisco #sfbay
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Aptos beach view

May 11, 2018 by Bill Ward

Beach view looking south from Rio del Mar, Aptos, CA this morning.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #aptos #beach #california #rio del mar #santa cruz
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Santa Cruz wharf evening

April 29, 2018 by Bill Ward

Had a lovely sunset dinner at Gilda’s and shopping on the Santa Cruz wharf last night with Rosa

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Categories Photography | Coast Food | Restaurant Tags #santa cruz #sunset #wharf
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San Francisco Bay at dusk, November 2008

April 2, 2018 by Bill Ward

An airplane flying overhead and a pelican skimming the water below.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #bay #dusk #pelican #sfbay #sunset
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Sunset from the wharf in Santa Cruz

March 31, 2018 by Bill Ward

Sunset from the wharf in Santa Cruz, CA with Rosa in October 2017.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #santa cruz #sunset #wharf
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Sunset from Alameda

March 12, 2018 by Bill Ward

Sunset last night over San Francisco, seen from Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach on Alameda, with Rosa.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #alameda #california #san francisco #sunset
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Swedish meatballs at Sunset

April 25, 2026March 5, 2018 by Bill Ward

Sharing a romantic sunset dinner of Swedish meatballs with Rosa at IKEA in Emeryville, CA. Can you spot the Golden Gate Bridge?

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Categories Photography | Coast Infrastructure Tags #emeryville #golden gate bridge #san francisco #sunset
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Visiting the tide pools at Pescadero

January 27, 2018 by Bill Ward

A lovely sunny day in January with Rosa on the California coast

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #beach #california #pescadero #sunny day #tidepools
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2017-12-29 Point Reyes

April 25, 2026December 29, 2017 by Bill Ward

A visit to Point Reyes National Seashore with Rosa, including a tour of the lighthouse, on December 29, 2017

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #fresnel lens #lighthouse #national park #point reyes
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Sunset over the Atlantic from Spain, 2017

November 25, 2017 by Bill Ward

Sunset over the Atlantic from Praia de Samil, Vigo, Spain, June 2017.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #spain #sunset #vigo
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Crescent moon sunset over the Bay

October 23, 2017 by Bill Ward

Sunset from Emeryville, CA looking across the Bay toward San Francisco and the Golden Gate.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #berkeley #california #emeryville #moon #sunset
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Santa Cruz Wharf sunset

October 17, 2017 by Bill Ward

Sunset from the Municipal Wharf in Santa Cruz, California, last Saturday night.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #lighthouse #sailboat #santa cruz #sunset
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Golden Gate Bridge, last night

April 25, 2026October 15, 2017 by Bill Ward

Golden Gate Bridge, last night.

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Categories Photography | Coast Infrastructure Tags #golden gate bridge #night #san francisco
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Cement ship, Aptos, California

October 14, 2017 by Bill Ward

Cement ship USS Palo Alto, in its final testing place off the beach in Aptos, California.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #aptos #artificial reef #cement ship #hometown #rio del mar
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Seal Rocks

October 1, 2017 by Bill Ward

Point Lobos (between Ocean Beach and the Sutro Baths), San Francisco.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #california #cliff house #ocean #ocean beach #pacific ocean #point lobos #san francisco #sea #seal rocks
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Ward Photo Archive

August 12, 2002 by Bill Ward

A collection of my photography from the early 2000s, organized by theme: animals, landscapes, water, and scenes of civilization.

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Categories Photography | City Photography | Coast Photography | Landscape Photography | Nature Tags #animals #civilization #film photography #water
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