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This stable which once housed horses for rent by the Suffolk County Parks Dept. closed several years ago. An unlocked sliding door serves as an entrance into the building, but once inside there's nothing special to see. Just broken boards and a clean floor. Very surprising considering the ease of access from Rte. 24.
Terribly disappointing! I was hoping for a skull or two. Maybe a little grafetti. A spider web at least. Nope, just neat deterioration.
The North Head Lighthouse in Cape Disappointment State Park was constructed in 1853 and is 65 feet tall. It's light is still used in navigation.
I had just finished taking some other photos and was walking back to my car when I came across this group of fishermen. There was quite an animated discussion going on. I was too far away to hear what was actually being said, but my best guess was something like: “No man, we haven’t caught any fish, the beer is gone, and I’m leaving.” 😄
A spontaneous shot taken on a rocky outcrop beside the Des Moines River just downstream from the Red Rock Dam near the Howell Station Campground in Marion County, Iowa.
Lensbaby Sweet 50 optic, set at F2.5
Composer Pro II with a Canon EF mount
No bend or extension tube used
One candle for Looking Close... on Friday! It was time I lit this candle. I don't know how long he has been with us, but he has been unpacked and packed up for many years now. It must be a childhood thing, I remember the disappointment of how quickly these novelty candles disappeared once lit after the excitement of finding them in my Christmas stocking, so find it hard to let them go now!!! I need therapy!
We tried to shoot the waves at Cape Disappointment. It was a bit disappointing. After looking at the impressive waves posted by others, I realize using a longer lens would be more likely to create the effect I was looking for. But it was fun to be there and try to catch the waves at this beautiful place. The wind was calm and the sun was shining through thin clouds as the waves blasted the rock wall.
Built in 1856, this is the oldest functioning lighthouse on the US West Coast. It is 58 feet tall and is operated by the US Coast Guard. It was built to help guide mariners through the treacherous waters of the Columbia River Bar, known as the Graveyard of the Pacific. Approximately 2,000 ships have wrecked here on the shifting sandbars and treacherous currents. In fact, the first shipment of materials to construct the lighthouse was sunk two miles away.
The lighthouse was last painted in early 1990's and is not open to the public. The Coast Guard's mission is maritime safety, not catering to the interests of tourists unfortunately. The nearby Coast Guard base is the largest installation on the west coast with approximately 50 crewmembers assigned here. They also run a search and rescue training facility and conduct between 450 and 500 rescues a year! No wonder they don't have time to paint this structure.
The marine layer rushed in after sunset and colors quickly turned gray. It’s called cape disappointment for a reason
I was setting up my plate to photograph when Henry came along. He was very disappointed to find a lack of food on the plate. The matchbooks were picked up from places we visited when on holiday
For The Smile on Saturday group - "Presented on a Plate"
The name Cape Disappointment comes from British explorer John Meares, who named it in 1788 after he mistakenly thought the mouth of the Columbia River was a bay. The bar has sunk over 2,000 large ships and is often called the graveyard of the Pacific. The 53 foot tall lighthouse was constructed in 1856. It was electrified in 1927 and automated in 1937. Another house was built to enable the Coast Guard to monitor ship traffic. Life saving efforts begun in the 1870's by the light keepers led to the establishment of a Coast Guard base.
double burger at Loretta's Northwesterner, hyped by the internet, driven miles for, had a lot to live up to and failed. Didn't fail spectacularly, but there have to be better burgers available in Seattle.
After months of begging, you finally convinced your instructor to spar with you, one-on-one. You were adamant you can land at least one hit.. were being the keyword.
Thank you, my lovely Lexi for letting me use her malt for this ♥
One of these days those lightnings are going to fry my sorry ass but untill then..
View large in lightbox please!
(a short explanation for those who do not follow NHL hockey):
The last time Toronto Maple Leafs won Stanley Cup was 1967. I am not sure the man on the picture was already born then, but the dog was definitely not!
Parent is trying to teach youngster to feed itself. Demonstrations on how to catch insects are given, but whenever the parent gets near enough, this little scene follows. Yes, the parent does give junior food, but I think it's being kept hungry enough that it will try to get a bug on its own.
A long exposure of a lovely small waterfall in the Roosevelt National Forest of Northern Colorado, USA.
Raindrops and sea-spray on the lens. The wind was gusting up to 70 mph that day. I lost some sunglasses as a result. The last I saw of them a wind-blast carried them into the raging sea.
Wave forms at Cape Disappointment are a combination of tide height, swell height, and often how the backwash from a previous wave after it bounces off the cliffs interacts with the next wave/swell coming in. According to Turtles surf-forecast•com the tide was ~ +9’ with swells of 10’. Waikiki Beach, Cape Disappointment State Park, Washington OM 23969
For both me and the Silver Gull. The Gull as there was no fish in the net and I was disappointed to see the net in the Creek in the first place.
When we travel about adventuring Anita is Always prepared. She brings a cooler with water and a different assortment of food. We will never again find ourselves lost in the fog on the edge of a cliff in a national forest without food to sustain us. And in emergency situations like that there should always be plenty of chocolate and other sweet things to sustain one through tense moments of sheer terror while trundling along on the precipices of one track gravel roads, hence she includes a bag of chocolates and other kinds of sweet things. On this day she had a sweet tooth calling for something pepperminty and thought perhaps this piece would fit the bill perfectly. Not so! Turns out this beautifully twisted bit of sugar was nothing but ... well, twisted sugar with little to no flavor at all! It was banished to the trash bag and life went on without peppermint. It was the great disappointment of the day I can assure you! ;)
Cape Disappointment held true to it's name. Heavy fog mixed with smoke from the Canadian wildfires obscured the skies the entire time of our stay near the Cape. Sometimes it was difficult for me to breathe, the pollution was so intense. However we still enjoyed watching the waves on the beach as did the people on the rocks in the distance.
Cape Disappointment
Went out with a friend to photograph the king tides at Cape Disappointment. Seems like us and about 100 other fellow photographers had the same idea as we were almost shoulder to shoulder. Weather was great, full sun, warm, and no wind. Sadly, the waves weren't too high, which was a little bit of a disappointment.
I composited this shot from a few that I took, replaced the sky and re-imagined the scene in PS.
One of my favourite shoots of all time was the day F4 visited Cape Disappointment during a king tide storm.
The waves were gigantic and when the sun opened up for a brief visit, they really came to life.
As busy as it was, it reminded me of a New Year's Day fireworks display that I'd once witnessed in Australia. Cries of ''Ooohh'' and ''Aaaaah''could be heard pretty much constantly.
I may have even indulged in a few very un-English ''whooops'' myself.
With this shot I'd found my rhythm. After about two hours of shooting waves, I'd become quite good at predicting the behemoths.
I saw this titan rolling in and tracked it with my 100-400mm telephoto lens using auto-focus.
With my camera set to shoot high speed continuous burst, I was able to capture that moment of ultimate grandeur just as the wave reached it's peak before collapsing.
It was one of those mornings when you know you've witnessed something special.
I count myself very lucky to have seen this and even luckier to have documented such an adventure.
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Gavin Hardcastle