Sad & Lost

I found these poor lost shoes on the beach, lost by their owner. I thought they simply looked lost, lost their way and now they are sad they cannot find their child.

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Seal Rock, Oregon in HDR

Here is one version of Seal Rock in HDR from my recent stay at the coast. I'm not sure that I love it but I do like it for the interesting colors. I do remember that it was an incredible sunset, very atypical for the Oregon coast, and there were many photographers there this evening with cameras on tripods. It was a little odd though, being the only Pentax user in a sea of Nikon.

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Weeds are flowers too

This is one of the ugly weed flowers at the Oregon coast. I don't know what it is called, but it looks much better back-lit than in real life.

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Haceta Head, again

I know that I have posted many images of the Haceta Head lighthouse, but it's cool! How can you just skip getting this shot. Its kinda like a flower. You get new ones every year but all the same variety as last year. Doesn't stop you does it! There ya go. I do have an idea for an image of the lighthouse but I don't know if I;ll be able to get it correctly. We will see......

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Moonset over Newport

Another view of the bridge after sunset with the moon. The moon has been tweaked slightly for clarity and, of course, this is an HDR image processed in Photoshop CS5. The original images shown below, shot with Pentax K-7 and 18-135 lens. (First shots with this lens and I love it! Great range.)

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Ya Got Summin' For Me?

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Newport Bay Bridge

Taken from a new vantage point for me, on the fishing pier near the center of the channel just to the east of the bridge. A whole bunch of people out here fishing and crabbing, then there is me with my tripod and camera. :-) I saw earlier in the week the moon following the sun down and estimated that I could get this shot the next day. Didn't see the sun for the next 3 days, but the fog gave way for this photo. The moon is not following as closely now though, so no sun & moon in the same shot. A moon shot will follow soon however. We froze for a half hour waiting for the moon..... :-)

This is an HDR image with a good amount of saturation and vibrancy. The seagull, however, is natural. :-)

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Hanging in the Sand

We are currently having a vacation at the beach near Newport Oregon. William was having a little "explore in the sand" moment on our walk the other day. :-)

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All-a-Chatter

I'm not sure if we were being scolded for being too close or not feeding him. Wither way, we had a good talking to. It is funny to listen to these guys chatter.

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Chitwood Bridge

I have passed this bridge on Highway 20 heading into Newport for years. This past weekend I actually had time to stop and take a few photos. Not bad, would have been nice if the sun was out. There is rain instead. :-)

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Seal Rock, Oregon

And here are the seals to prove it! I have never been down to this beach before, it is quite a little climb down some jagged rocks. But William and I did it and it was well worth it. These 3 guys were sunning themselves fairly close for all to see. (And there were 30 or so of us watching. Silly humans!) The gull is sharpened, levels adjusted and therefore not SOOC but I love this shot!

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Oregon Coast

We are having the remainder of our Spring Break on the coast. This is a 5 image pano taken from the beach at Seal Rock. More to follow.

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Strolling on the Beach

The marching birds from a few days ago set the stage for me to photograph this couple walking on the beach a little way off. I took a few images of them standing and liked this best. I may post a similar but monochrome version some time in the future.

Edited in Photoshop CS5, cropped, levels adjusted, saturation boosted and added a warming color layer with the lower center that is masked out to prevent color change on the beach where they stand. I did this intentionally to give the appearance of a glow reflection behind them. Shot with Pentax K-7 using a Sigma 70-200/2.8, shot at f4 & 1/1000.

Mouse over for before image. (Tutorial link at right.)



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Sunset, Lincoln City

There was a rare (for me) sunset while visiting the beach Saturday that I got to go chasing. I found a very cool overlook on a hidden corner of the back streets in Lincoln City, Oregon. I took a TON of shots with different trees as framing and using my fisheye lens. These both are mostly straight out of the camera.....I had to straighten them......but no other adjustments. I love them! (And I was surprised how well a fisyehe worked for this. First landscape with it. A couple other people there were missing out using a long zoom.)

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Sandpipers Marching

I followed these guys for a while this New Year morning. Very interesting to see their feeding patterns, back and forth, following each wave for what the ocean brings.

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North Lodge Pond

This interesting little pond is at the campground we frequent near Newport, Oregon. I took this shot in hopes of getting something that would not only do the pond justice but show the capabilities of my new 10-17mm fisheye lens. Well, the lens is great but the pond still needs some help that I may n ot be able to provide. Just seems to be missing something.

Happy New Year everyone!

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Heading to Surf

A shot I never used from last months beach trip. I love this shot of William and Roc. They had a great time running on the beach together.

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Exit Beach

Another shot of William walking off the beach last month. I wanted to use this but never got around to it. Quickly processed for the look, could be better, could be worse. I like the drama but it is way not real. :-) Please mouse over to see the straight out of the camera before image. (Mouse-over tutorial to the right.)

Shot with Pentax K-7, 18mm, f7.1, 1/100sec. Processed in PS3 using an HDR script, masked a little in the sand to tone it down, way saturated, tweaked levels, added vignette.

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What is it?

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Sunset

I would not have thought of this shot but I saw another on another blog and thought I have one similar so why not! Sunset on a beach near Newport, OR.

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