{"id":7251,"date":"2023-01-18T16:40:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T00:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/?p=7251"},"modified":"2023-01-18T16:40:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T00:40:40","slug":"the-sea-otters-realm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/the-sea-otters-realm\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sea Otters Realm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7252\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/the-sea-otters-realm\/neffjanmbpapa05w\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/neffJanMbpapa05w.jpg?fit=864%2C648\" data-orig-size=\"864,648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"neffJanMbpapa05w\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/neffJanMbpapa05w.jpg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/neffJanMbpapa05w.jpg?fit=864%2C648\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/neffJanMbpapa05w.jpg?resize=562%2C421\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7252\" width=\"562\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/neffJanMbpapa05w.jpg?w=864 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/neffJanMbpapa05w.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/neffJanMbpapa05w.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been raining seemingly nonstop since Christmas and with my son in town for the holidays, there has been no time to paint.  Today was the first day out painting since the new year.  I joined the<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mbpapa.org\" target=\"_blank\"> Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters<\/a> at Lover&#8217;s Point in Pacific Grove, CA.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The surf was still high from the recent storms, so we had quite a bit of wave action on the rocks.  Here&#8217;s a few photos of the day&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"648\" data-attachment-id=\"7255\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/the-sea-otters-realm\/neffjanmbpapa03w\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/neffJanMbpapa03w.jpg?fit=864%2C648\" data-orig-size=\"864,648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"neffJanMbpapa04w\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/neffJanMbpapa04w.jpg?fit=225%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/neffJanMbpapa04w.jpg?fit=768%2C1024\" data-id=\"7256\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/neffJanMbpapa04w.jpg?resize=768%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/neffJanMbpapa04w.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/neffJanMbpapa04w.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/neffJanMbpapa04w.jpg?w=864 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I painted a little over an hour of the rocks at Lover&#8217;s point, it turned out OK.  With a little touchup, it&#8217;s probably a keeper!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a sunny and glorious day.  As we painted, I could see a few sea otters just offshore enjoying the sunshine and their fresh caught seafood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_6101.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been raining seemingly nonstop since Christmas and with my son in town for the holidays, there has been no time to paint. Today was the first day out painting since the new year. I joined the Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters at Lover&#8217;s Point in Pacific Grove, CA. 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