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Ever since I first saw a long exposure of the Oregon coast, I knew I wanted to shoot something like that...someday. The sunsets there are spectacular, but when you can't get those, the rocks, the water, the waves...they make for some of the most beautiful coastal shots anywhere.
Last week I got sent to Corvallis, Oregon for my day job, and from the second I knew I was going, I got excited. I borrowed a B+W 10-stop filter from my good friend Rick Young to use not just on my recent New York trip, but also for this coastal visit.
On Wednesday night, I bailed out of the office a bit after 4pm and made for Thor's Well, which was 90 minutes away according to Google Maps. The road from Corvallis to Waldport via State Route 34 was astoundingly beautiful. I had so little time to make it to the ocean before sunset, I was groaning audibly in my car at the literally thousands of photo ops I missed along the way. Normally I seem to end up with my best shots on the journey instead of the destination, but this was something different.
I had to ignore the rest of it. I wanted those black rocks.
When I finally arrived, it was only 30 minutes to sunset. And the climb down to the rocky terrain was about 60 feet below the road. The tide was out, which was fine, but to get good shots of Thor's Well, you kind of need the tide to be in a bit more. So I ignored that location and setup right away at the spot above in the photo.
I have to say...it was pretty freaky for this desert boy to stand at the edge of this 20 foot or so drop watching waves come smashing in, splashing upwards at random spots with deep, thundering sounds echoing everywhere. I have zero knowledge of tides, how they work, when it might come back in...so I was doing my best to stay alert.
This exposure was just over 300 seconds. I blended it a bit with another one that had a smidge more detail on the left shore. I definitely am a newbie when it comes to the 10-stop filter, so a calculator would have been a smart thing. You don't realize how quickly you lose light.
I have a handful of other shots I'll show at some point...especially from the next morning. But I have to show this one today...it's my first oceanic long exposure and I was pretty stoked when I saw it in Lightroom.
J'ai été promené le bébé d'une amie hier. Je devais constamment lui dire de se cacher, car il faisait peur aux gens qu'on rencontraient. Les gens ne sont pas habitué de voir un bébé démon, avec des cornes et une très longue langues. N'empêche que c'était drôle de voir la réaction des gens choqués.
I helped a friend of mine yesterday. She has a baby and she needed some time for herself. So i went for a walk, with her baby. I was always saying to the baby, hide yourself, because people that we met on the sidewalk, were shocked to see the baby. They don't see often a devil baby with corns and a long tongue. I was saying to him, to hide but i must admit it was funny to see the reaction of the people we met, aha.
Taken from the rock formation known as the Devils Marbles, on the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory.
Basically massive red, round boulders all stacked precariously on top of one another - God knows how some of them stay balanced!
Livingstone Island, Zambia
Devil's Pool is adjacent to the famous Livingstone Island situated on the edge of the Victoria Falls.
During the drier months of the year, May to October, it is possible to walk along the lip of the falls. This can only be done from the Zambian side. After thousands of years of erosion, many rock pools have formed and one of them has formed right on the very edge of the sheer drop.
Over 500 million litres of water a minute cascade over the almost 2km wide falls, causing a deafening and spectacular explosion of spray which can be seen 30 miles away. This is why it is known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya, or The Smoke that Thunders.
You can find guides who will take you on the Zambian side, at the entrance to the Falls.
If Superman asked an architect to design him a home here in the U.S., it might look something like Devils Postpile. Devils Postpile is a rare sight in the geologic world and ranks as one of the world's finest examples of columnar basalt. The Postpile was formed less than 100,000 years ago when a cooling lava flow cracked into multi-sided columns.
"This means something, this is important!"
Nice vintage postcard of the strange mountain that's featured in one of my favorite films, Steven Spielberg's classic CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977), which has just been released on Blu-Ray and DVD.
The back of the card reads: No. 3943—The Devils Tower, Devils Tower National Monument in Northeastern Wyoming.
This landmark is an immense uplift of phonolite porphyry, unlike anything else in the world. The first National Monument in the U. S. A. (created in 1906), the tower rises 800 feet from it's base and 1280 above the Belle Fourche River.
©Sunborn Souvenir Co., Inc., Denver, Colo. 48402
Dextone, Made Direct from Kodachrome and Ansco Color By Dexter Press. Pearl River NY.
custom-made loaves at Kaz today, with a stencil made from an old wine label of his (notice the devil is uncorking a bottle of Kaz wine) -- and SO tasty on a cold & rainy day!
I wish I had a picture of this entire costume. It included a full-face foam latex appliance from screamteam.com, ears, teeth, a foam-latex tail I sculpted and molded myself, a very short red toga, and red liquid latex on all my exposed skin. It was friggin' cold and getting the latex off was a pain, but dozens of people had to have their picture taken with me.
And yes, that was my real hair.
Local folklore explains the valley as the work of the devil. The legend holds that the devil was digging a trench to allow the sea to flood the many churches in the Weald of Sussex. The digging disturbed an old woman who lit a candle, or angered a rooster causing it to crow, making the devil believe that the morning was fast approaching. The devil then fled, leaving his trench unfinished. The last shovel of earth he threw over his shoulder fell into the sea, forming the Isle of Wight.
Every Thanksgiving, Coco's in charge of making the deviled eggs. Every Thanksgiving, Coco attempts to delegate the deviled eggs to either her Gigi, or our other grand daughter Laysi.
I put a new photo for my Devil tail as i decided to change the style, hoping it's better than before ^^