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Lately I've been feeling rather poignant in regards to my children growing up. It's their job, and my job is to help them do it well, but... oh, the fleeting nature of that time. It makes me ache.
Image made with my Hasselblad 500 C/M.
Early morning drone aerial over Oregon coast, showing Crescent Beach in Ecola State Park on left. Chapman Point, Cannon Beach and Haystack Rock further on the horizon.
Here are my 3 favorite on-the-ground views of Crescent Beach from Ecola State Park:
Which of these four are your favorite?
Left Tillamook under dry skies. But...
2nd day was worst than the first.
Began to rain.
Google Maps got GPS position wrong and I ended up climbing northward.
Then it rained in buckets.
Found myself at Cape Lookout, and turned back only to reclimb.
Continued south into the wind and rain.
Came to Cape Kiwanda and the Sun was shining. Called it a day at Pacific City when I found the quaintest motel welcoming cyclists.
Rolled my bike to motel room, and my front tire blew a flat!
Uncanny repeat of yesterday.
From Ecola State Park, the Ecola Point view deck. Just North of Cannon Beach.
"One foot in sea, and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.
Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blith and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey nonny, nonny."
-Shakespeare
#1 on explore, feb 26 2005.
cannon beach, OR. haystack rock.
added to cream of the crop as my most favorited.
Tide pools in front of Haystack Rock, about an hour after low tide. Giant Green Anemone & Aggregating Anemones
A new comp for me at this location. As I have said before, you can go here everyday and never get the same shot twice....... This scene caught my eye as soon as I walked up on it.....
Those of you who are attending the Holiday print Exchange this weekend I have sent reminder emails out to everyone, in case I missed you here is the address and time below......thanks...
Sat Dec 5th 12:30pm at kells Irish pub in downtown portland.....
Kells Irish Pub
112 Southwest 2nd Avenue
Portland, OR 97204-3507
Looking forward to seeing you there!!!
Thanks
Darren!
For those interested, I have 2 batteries for the Nikon D300, the MC-36 remote cord, and a 18-70 nikon lens that I do not need anymore....if you are interested in any of these items let me know!!!
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure: 0.4
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO Speed: 50
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
I wish Masako wasn't so centered, but hey, I can't complain..we were really lucky with the weather that morning. I shot 2 rolls of film as well..can't wait to get those back :)
I wanted a mystical, soft feel for this photograph and hopefully that's what I've achieved.
This place is magic.
I liked this shot because to me the wave pattern in front resembles a starfish.
For the second time ever I led a photo workshop to the Oregon coast during the winter in hopes of winter weather. For the second time it rained, it blew, the rain came sideways at one point. But we were also graced with an ocean of foam and humongous, towering thunderclouds casting giant shadows across the sea as they blew past and sheets of rain darkened our horizons. For the second time ever on such trips, the weather was dynamic and exciting. We were cold. We got wet. We made tons of photos. Well, they made tons of photos. I grabbed a couple before the class started and a couple towards its end, when dusk was drawing the curtain down on our day.
Winter is slowly becoming toothless this season. Oh there are still days when it pours and howls as only winter can at the Oregon coast. But whether that is a good thing or a bad thing is all dependent upon where you are standing.
Reality So Subtle 141 pinhole / Kodak Ektar 100
Here's a brand new image from Ecola State Park looking toward Cannon Beach and the famous Haystack. This was a particularly stormy day with lots of fog and rain. It made for some miserable shooting conditions, but very cool moody images.
Ecola State Park, OR
This is another from the night out to the Coast with Valorie last week.
I was really determined to get a unique, original angle on Haystack Rock at night, but damnit- this one is tough.This is currently my try for something different and interesting than the normal star shot of Haystack. I really like the star reflection in the receding wave water and sand.
This is just south of the main glow of Cannon Beach, so to the right is a terrible light dome. But then, sadly, directly opposite of it on the beach, the homeowner that built a house directly in front of it has taken it upon themselves to install a flag pole light that does shine up, but also shines OUT to the rock. I know, you're thinking, perfect! It's lit for you! But no, it doesn't work out. It's gross, "dirty" light that just screws with the color balance of the sky and rest of the scene.
And to really piss me off- the owner keeps the light on even when they're not home- AND even when there is no flag on the pole... *grumble grumble*
So yeah, it's a tough location. The beach is lined with gorgeous shore homes, with every fourth property scared of invaders, so each one has a different security light that shines out onto the beach, and each one has a different type of bulb, aka color temperature. So, the place is a lighting mess.
I still think there's a gem in here to take home. I'll be back to mine more another night.
Your thoughts and reaction?
It seems there are millions of Haystack Rock images floating around this world, but you just can't go to Cannon Beach, Oregon without grabbing one yourself. In fact, you may see a few more of these from me. This particular sea stack is 235 feet (72 meters) in height and is accessible by foot at low tide which you see here.
This....... the quintessential Cannon Beach, OR image. . There was still quite a bit of cloud cover in the sky when I got this shot, but it was breaking up, and every once in a while the sun would find a hole to shine through. How nice it was that, at this moment, the light landed on the big stack. There were also patches of fog drifting around on the beach that also added some changing atmosphere, which you can see at the bottom of the stack.
Another five shot HDR processed in Photomatix Pro 4.0.
I took this photo earlier this month during an overnight run to the northern Oregon coast. Although I had some clear skies earlier in the night, some clouds had gathered over Cannon Beach by the time I arrived.
Having shot at Cannon Beach at night a number of times over the past few years, I have to say that Cannon Beach's dark sky ordinance, by which homeowners and businesses are required to have smarter outdoor lighting, has helped tremendously with night photography. Just a couple of years ago, garish sodium vapor lights spilled all over the beach, lighting up Haystack Rock and disturbing the birds that nest there--I mean, how would you like it if your neighbors shined a spotlight in your bedroom every night? Anyway, here's a big thank you to the Cannon Beach city council and the people of Cannon Beach for addressing this problematic lighting--it's better for animals, it's better for energy conservation, and it's much, much better for night photography.
Thanks for checking out the photo!
I'm doing a couple of night-sky photography workshops at Crater Lake this summer. If you're interested, be sure to check out my website.
This is a repost of the sunset at Pacific City the last time I visited... I got my Luminar 4 program this week and this is a shot that I added the new sky to the sunset.. I'm very pleased so far with how it works...
Yes, amazingly enough, I have taken photos of Haystack Rocks other then the famous Haystack at Cannon Beach, Oregon. :)
In all seriousness, the southern Oregon Coast has some amazing scenery. The only reason we don't go there more often is because it's a 4 hour drive to Bandon instead of a quick 75 minutes to the northern Oregon Coast.
A foggy morning at Cannon Beach in Oregon. The waves were fierce smashing against the jagged rocks. Taking this photo with a telephoto lens, low to the ground shows the reflections on the sandy beach.
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This is an old one, but it is still one of my most popular selling prints. I'm often surprised by what sells, but even though this is not one of my most dramatic images, I always enjoy the view.
Edit: A couple of issues brought up in the comments I wanted to address. There was no movement due to wind, the ferns are tack sharp in the original. Also, this isn't an HDR image.
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Back from a short trip to Cannon Beach in observance of 6th year of my sister's passing. This year was unusually cold and moody the whole time we were there, making it an extra sad occasion, but it was still comforting and healing to be there and feel her spirit all around.
My first trip to Cannon Beach along the idyllic coastline of Oregon. Haystack rock is surprisingly impressive when viewed for the first time, especially how it juts straight out of the beach - iceberg like. For three hours, I stood barefoot and alone in the inky darkness, photograhing until I could feel my feet no more. I love the flat beach and the serene setting - just wonderful.
Another image from my primitive tilt/shift apparatus. It isn't quite as tilty or shifty as I would prefer, but this was my first expedition out with this particular lens. I'll have the opportunity to practice a bit more with it in a couple of days. We'll see what stories I can stumble upon then.
After a day to restore body and bike, 63-mile ride from Bandon to Gold Beach. A beautiful day along the coast. Caught up with fellow cyclists that I met in Pacific City.
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Well... Sorta calm!
I traveled all the way to Canon Beach, hoping for some nice sunset shots, instead I ended up staring at the gray, gloomy clouds the whole time I was there! This was probably the only moment the clouds opened up only a little. The next morning my sorry attempt at photographing the stormy beach, cost me my $150 CPL filter, which got sand blasted by all the flying sand and debris on the shore!
On the last day of my 4-day Oregon Coast trip, I arrived at the Cannon Beach. The weather was not ideal, at least not as we expected. Sky was overcast and cloud had no texture. We kept checking the weather forecast, but we didn't see a sign that the weather would turn good at sunset. After a quick dinner, we went to the Cannon Beach and saw this giant rock for the first time. Although I enjoyed seeing it, I struggled a lot to come up with a good photo because I couldn't find an interesting foreground element, and the light wasn't good either. However, I could feel the wind blowing, and thus I decided to do a long exposure to capture the movement of the cloud, and thought that might be interesting.
After I came home, the final image was much to my surprise, because I didn't even notice there was a photographer in my frame during that entire 6.5 minute exposure, and he barely moved at all. What a persistent and focused photographer. Kudos to him to add such an unique and interesting element to this photograph.