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It's not easy to have an original Cannon Beach photo that no one else has taken, but I think I've succeeded here. Because Beanie, the wonder dog, will not pose for anyone else. Well maybe she would, given a really good treat ---- but she wouldn't lift that half paw just so. . .
Poetography - The word/theme this week is Destination...
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I typically enjoy a beautiful beach DESTINATION, as I find the water and sand to be the most replenishing. By Elizabeth Berkley
Rocks just south of Haystack Rock, low tide. The largest rock had a lot of Common Murres and Western Gulls on top. I don't know if the Murres were nesting there or just gathering - I couldn't identify something as a "baby murre" - but the Western Gulls were breeding. The grey fuzzy chicks were visible (just barely) with binoculars, when I got the photos home I saw they were also spotted. Good camouflage. There were also Pigeon Guillemot swimming at the base of the rock fishing and occasionally flying by.
It was such a stormy day while I was there and decided to change gears from doing astro to long exposure landscapes.
The iconic Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast.
I updated this photo January 22, 2015 using Lightroom to try to bring out more detail.
I loved the sun flaring out from behind a silhouetted Haystack Rock. I appreciate this one more because it's not quite a sunset and the blues from the sky wash through the whole scene.
William Clark, of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, visited this area in 1806 from Fort Clatsop, the expedition's winter camp near the mouth of the Columbia River. In his journal he wrote "...the grandest and most pleasing prospects which my eyes ever surveyed, in front of a boundless Ocean..."
Poetography - This weeks word/theme is Fun..
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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having FUN. By Brian Wilson
This was taken the last time I visited the Beach.. I had posted it as part of a little slide show so felt it was alright to repost for this week's word...
Despite being a cloudless sky, the sun sat on the horizon and cast a beautiful orange glow low in the sky that illuminated the rocks on shore and created a silhouette on my main rock subject. One lonely figure is just right of center enjoying the scene and providing some scale to the landscape.
Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, OR.
It was a beautiful summer sunset when we visited Cannon beach this summer. There were no clouds in the sky which is rather typical of the Oregon coast in August. It was low tide, still there was enough water in front of the Haystack that I was able to get a good reflection. I set my shot up and waited for the sun to set to get the beautiful golden rays to hit the Haystack on the side. No doubt, I got what I wanted out of this evening; but I completely missed the other direction of light. When I looked behind me after the sunset, the light was glorious and colors were vivid! I did make a few hasty shots, but decided to come back again before the summer is over!!!
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Ricoh Digital GR II @ Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach , OR
Just came home from the coast and a birthday party, and found this little diddy of my wife riding on the beach on the memory card. My last Haystack Rock post for awhile — I promise. :)
Timing at the beach is always somewhat humorous to me. Sunsets are fickle creatures, sometimes holding out the best colors until you least expect it. In this case, I dashed out of the car in the Cape Kiwanda parking lot, running full-tilt down the beach with my camera backpack bobbing up and down insanely as I pelted along. I stopped at the end right before the dune and took a bunch of pictures, most of which are severely blown out thanks to the bright light behind the haystack and the dark foreground.
Then I climbed the dune and took my time. The sunset hung on for a lot longer than I thought I would. After almost half an hour, I slithered down and went back to the spot where I first stopped. I took one picture. This one.
Funny how the last shot can be your favorite. :-)
10mm - 30-second exposure at f/5
Made it to the Oregon coast for sunset and it was a great time. Haystack rock is an icon along the seaside highway and multitudes of people come out here to see the giant sea stack.
This time I decided to take the shot from the opposite side of the beach, given I have a great picture from the left side already. Clouds all streaming in different directions combined with a fiery sunset made for a great composition. Ideally, I would have gotten 5 more minutes for peak color, but my kids were going crazy so had to cut it short, but still happy with the result nonetheless.
From a few weeks past. There was a line of photographers I was in on this Saturday evening waiting for these clouds to ignite as the sun set. They did light up quite nicely, but I'm still futzing with those files in post work and have yet to come up anything I like. Even though I "bulls-eyed" another composition, I kind of like this one. Please let me know if you don't! Thanks for looking.
Incoming fog overtaking Haystack Rock and the town of Cannon Beach Oregon. Haystack Rock, the rock in the middle of the fog is 235 feet high. Taken from Ecola State park.
Chief Kiwanda Rock (also known as one of three "Haystack Rock" sea stacks on the Oregon Coast) sits under the Milky Way off the shore of Pacific City. The bright light on the horizon is a fishing boat in the marine layer.
Cannon Beach had way more to offer than what I thought when I first arrived. I completely underestimated how much cool stuff there was on this beach. Especially in the morning, when there are no people, and a glorious sunrise behind your back! The birds were so insistent that they swim and muck around in the puddle that I was shooting, and while I did my best to scare them away, I could not get close enough to intimidate them without putting footprints in my shot.. SO, I had to composite a few shots to eliminate the birds, ripples etc.
I feel like there is a lot more to shoot in this location and I am excited to get back there soon! This image is a blend of 5 shots. 1 for the sky, 1 for the rocks and 3 for a focus stack of the foreground (and bird removal)
Fair warning: this weekend at the coast was fabulous and I got a lot of shots that I like, so you'll be seeing a lot of Pacific City beach photos fly across my photostream in the next couple of weeks.
Chief Kiwanda Rock (also known as one of three "Haystack Rock" sea stacks on the Oregon Coast) stands firm in the setting sun during a low tide. The short white streak is Venus tracking across the sky for 30 seconds.