Wandering Images
This Place Is For The Birds!
After our 650 mile roundtrip to Ashland Oregon a few days ago we decided we hadn't had enough, so we took a 250 mile roundtrip to the Oregon Coast yesterday. We intentionally got a late start to miss the Portland traffic, and took highway 26 to enjoy the fall color display at 60 miles per hour. There aren't as many trees as there used to be, but when we drove through the yellow Maple tree leaf fall outside of Elsie it looked like we were in a leafy blizzard.
When we got to the Coast I had intended to go North, but my wife Linda wanted to go to Cannon Beach. We found a section not swarming with people and we let the dogs run wild. I noticed some co-motion toward Haystack Rock , so I took the Fuji and headed in that direction. This was my first encounter with Brown Pelicans. I could never get in amongst them, but I was able to hang on the edge and get a few good shots.
My tripod broke again, so I was using my Gorrilla Pod, or handholding all of my shots. The Gorrilla Pod stands about 12 inches high, so I was on my stomach a lot. The Sand at the beach can be very wet!
We should have stayed for the Sunset at Cannon Beach, but we were getting restless, so we drove on and ended the day further South at Twin Rocks. It never occured to me that gliding Pelicans and an awesome orange Sunset might have made an impressive image. Sometimes we get into a go-go-go frame of mind. It all worked out for the best however, when the nice Oregon State Trooper pulled us over for no license plate lights. He was very nice and only gave us a warning. :)
This Place Is For The Birds!
After our 650 mile roundtrip to Ashland Oregon a few days ago we decided we hadn't had enough, so we took a 250 mile roundtrip to the Oregon Coast yesterday. We intentionally got a late start to miss the Portland traffic, and took highway 26 to enjoy the fall color display at 60 miles per hour. There aren't as many trees as there used to be, but when we drove through the yellow Maple tree leaf fall outside of Elsie it looked like we were in a leafy blizzard.
When we got to the Coast I had intended to go North, but my wife Linda wanted to go to Cannon Beach. We found a section not swarming with people and we let the dogs run wild. I noticed some co-motion toward Haystack Rock , so I took the Fuji and headed in that direction. This was my first encounter with Brown Pelicans. I could never get in amongst them, but I was able to hang on the edge and get a few good shots.
My tripod broke again, so I was using my Gorrilla Pod, or handholding all of my shots. The Gorrilla Pod stands about 12 inches high, so I was on my stomach a lot. The Sand at the beach can be very wet!
We should have stayed for the Sunset at Cannon Beach, but we were getting restless, so we drove on and ended the day further South at Twin Rocks. It never occured to me that gliding Pelicans and an awesome orange Sunset might have made an impressive image. Sometimes we get into a go-go-go frame of mind. It all worked out for the best however, when the nice Oregon State Trooper pulled us over for no license plate lights. He was very nice and only gave us a warning. :)