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Well it happens all the time, especially when capturing such an iconic figure photographed a billion times before. Another photographer decides to plop his tripod and set up in your shot. I could have cropped him out or recomposed but I decided to keep him there to help balance the image. This was taken on our last morning at the coast. The clouds moved so fast, I was able to get some variety of different light and compositions. On this shot, the sun poked its way through the heavy marine clouds behind me creating this sliver of light on Haystack Rock. Pretty cool! The left seastack is one of the Needles.
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Golden Hour
Haystack Rock
Cannon Beach
Oregon
April 2025
As the first light of morning spills across the Oregon coast, Haystack Rock on Cannon Beach emerges from the mist like a sleeping giant bathed in gold. The morning sun casts a warm, honeyed glow on its rugged surface, turning the monolith into a beacon of quiet majesty. Reflections shimmer in the morning tides, and seabirds wheel overhead, their wings catching the morning light. In the golden hour, Haystack Rock becomes not just a landmark, but a living canvas painted by the sky.
I seem to almost be inadvertently working on a Richard Misrach-esque collection of Haystack Rock images all shot from the same spot. My library has a variety of shots of this rock from this spot in ever-changing light and weather. If my reference escapes you, do a Google search for Richard Misrach's Golden Gate images and you will get an idea of at least what I am comparing to, even if I am not fully sharing what I am comparing it with. You will have to take my word on that part. At least until I put them all together at some point.
Mamiya C220
Rollei Retro 400S
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A beautiful sunset on Cannon Beach, OR, enjoyed from the balcony of the Stephanie Inn.
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There was a beautiful shade of pink on Haystack Rock this morning which quickly faded away to grey. Unedited JPEG shot with Canon’s Faithful profile.
Drone shot of Arch Cape all the way to Haystack Rock and Cannon Beach.
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long exposure with Haystack rock at twilight on Cannon Beach, Oregon.
Taken with Canon 5dsr
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"Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones."
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I love the darkness that the storm brings out of the ocean.
Sunset at Haystack Rock ~ Cannon Beach, Oregon
Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 200, f/8.0, 78mm, 1/250s
We were recently at the coast and it was shocking to realize that it was Leo's first trip there. In other words, our first trip to the beach in over eight months. I didn't realize HOW VERY MUCH (sorry for shouting, but that's what it felt like) I needed to get out of town for a few days and into a beautiful landscape. We had a lot of beach time as a family of five, but I also managed to make it out with just Leo (sleeping on me) during sunset one evening, and that hour of being quiet and taking it all in did wonders for my soul.
Image made with my Hasselblad 500 C/M.
Triple vision...
Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, Oregon.
Oriental Seagull RP-M grade 2 photographic paper - used as paper negative. Single multi-pinhole (3) exposure: 42 seconds
Here's a really old one that I never got around to posting. From an amazing sunset in Cannon Beach that I still remember well.
Cannon Beach from Ecola State Park.
A short drive beyond where I took the last shot, there is a lookout southward toward Cannon Beach and beyond. On a plain and calm evening, the long exposures seemed to suit better than shorter exposures.
It has been heavy weather for days, but today has blue skies and wispy clouds. I walked to different view point where the two Needles show separately.
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Sunrise a little further north than Kiwanda yet still showing the famous Haystack Rcok
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure 10 sec
Aperture f/18.0
Focal Length 17 mm
ISO Speed 50
Today—warm, a bit hazy, cloudless—makes me long for the beach. I prefer the beach, honestly, with a few to many clouds... but really, isn't it good in any weather?
Image made with a Zero Image 2000.
Last one from Cannon Beach.
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While in Seattle with Ryan, visiting my dear friend Matt, we rented a Ford Fusion and went to Portland & Cannon Beach in Oregon. A ways outside of Portland, we picked up a massive amount of dark-room equipment from atop a mountain home, which remained in the trunk & full of chemicals (we later found out). I drove twelve~ hours in two days up and down mountains and in between giant trees.
With Matt sleeping in the back, Ryan and I managed to find our way to Cannon Beach, and wonderfully enough, the exact spot we wanted to photograph. We walked along the beach & taking long exposures (I held my shutter down with my index finger for sixteen minutes, in addition to having done several five to ten minute exposures). After becoming sufficiently cold/exhausted, the three of us climbed into our beloved Fusion to sleep. When I say sleep, I mean rest for fifteen minute intervals, whilst being unable to feel my toes because our dumb asses did not bring blankets. At some point Matt attempted to exit the vehicle, and the alarm went off, potentially blowing our we-are-parked-in-a-condo/hotel-parking-lot-please-do-not-notice-us facade. The Fusion has a pleasant feature un-allowing its inhabitants to exit.
After maybe a couple of hours of choppy sleep, Ryan and I stood on the beach and waited for the sunrise, thusly producing this photograph. One of the most wonderful sights I had ever witnessed. You can see his image here. The tiny person in his photograph is me taking this one :))
Low tide, blue sky and a nice reflection. What a way to start the day on Oregons iconic Cannon Beach with the 2 Needles and Haystack Rock.
This is another sunset from this evening. I was lucky enough to be borrowing a Zero Image 6x12 pinhole camera that day and I used it to take this image. The panoramic format has always spoken to me. I think it mimics eyesight more closely than the standard rectangular format, that is, if you account for peripheral vision. My dream camera to own one day is the Fuji 6x17, but until then an occasionally borrowed 6x12 camera suffices pretty nicely.
This cape is pretty easily one of my favorite spots along the entire Oregon coast, a coast that is unbelievably full of amazing locations.
The white heads of nesting gulls dot the surface of Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, in this blue hour image.
I've been photographing Haystack Rock for years now... I can almost say decades (but not quite). One thing I like about photographing the same subject like this over a span of time is you get to see change. And I don't mean you get to watch how that subject changes, but rather you get to slowly see how your own ability to see changes and evolves. The way I saw Haystack Rock years ago is different than how I see it today. I think back then I saw it as a photogenic element in a photogenic landscape and it was really that simple. But time and practice and repetition (as well as age and experience) have nuanced the way that I look at something seemingly as simple as this rock. I still like making beautiful photos of it but I now do so in different ways, or at least different ways in addition to all those original ways. And that is a big advantage of having a consistent element like this in your images, it makes it easier to see that growth. Anyway, those are my thoughts for tonight. I have some other things I really need to get working on but wanted to pop over here and share this and offer that.
Hasselblad 500C
Bergger Pancro 400
Haystack Rock at Canon Beach, Oregon. Absolutely gorgeous day on the Oregon coast, albeit a little chilly. No wind, no clouds. In other words: boring!
Hope you're not sick of these yet! I think I have enough Haystack Rock sunset pictures to post one each day for about the next year! I'll take it easy on these and post a few more over time.
From the start of this sunset till after the sun dropped behind the horizon, this was one of the best sunsets I have seen in a long time. We really lucked out on picking this night to visit Cannon Beach!
Canon 50d
Sigma 10-20mm
B&W F-Pro CPL
Lee Filter Holder
Lee 0.9 Soft Grad ND
Single RAW exposure
17mm
f/14
1.6 seconds
ISO 100
Exposure Bias 0