JUNE 11TH – BANDON AND ONTO PISTOL
RIVER
This
morning we went of to the Face Rock area of Bandon Beach. We had a little
color, and worked at creating interesting compositions with rock foregrounds.
As the sun emerged and I walked along the beach I discovered sea stars and
anemones clinging to some of the formations. They were some distance away but
with a 300mm lens I was able to bring them into better view. It was good to
have some light and broken clouds to work with.
After returning to our abode we packed our gear and loaded the cars for our drive South to the Gold Beach/Brookings area. Before leaving Bandon we stopped to photograph Coquille River Lighthouse. It is at the mouth of the Coquille River and is surrounded by lovely yellow lupine.
We
proceeded South with a stop at Cape Blanco Lighthouse, North of Port Orford.
We took in the tour here and were able to actually visit the top of the structure where the light is situated. This is the oldest standing lighthouse on the Oregon coast and is located on the western most point in Oregon.
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| DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT |
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| EARLY MORNING ON THE BEACH |
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| MORNING SKY (B&W) |
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| SEA LIFE |
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| MUSSELS, SEA STARS, & ANEMONE |
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| BEACH, SEA STACK AND SEA LIFE |
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| SEA STARS |
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| BEACH SCENE |
After returning to our abode we packed our gear and loaded the cars for our drive South to the Gold Beach/Brookings area. Before leaving Bandon we stopped to photograph Coquille River Lighthouse. It is at the mouth of the Coquille River and is surrounded by lovely yellow lupine.
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| COQUILLE RIVER LIGHTHOUSE |
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| CAPE BLANCO LIGHTHOUSE |
We took in the tour here and were able to actually visit the top of the structure where the light is situated. This is the oldest standing lighthouse on the Oregon coast and is located on the western most point in Oregon.
We
all enjoyed a stop at Gold Beach, the mouth of the Rogue River. We photographed
the wreck of the Mary D Hume which
has been slowly decaying since 1985. Mother nature is slowly reclaiming it. I
first saw and photographed it on my Oregon Coast Bike Ride in 1993.
After
settling in at our house in the Pistol River area, we went to dinner at the
Golden Dragon for Chinese food.
Then we went to Harris Beach for sunset time.
We had some late afternoon sunlight shining through a break in the clouds which
was very nice to see and photograph. Again I played with slow shutter speeds
which gave mixed results regarding the movement of the surf. Still I was happy
with some of the results.
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| PATTERSON BRIDGE, ROGUE RIVER |
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| WRECK OF MARY D HUME |
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| A HOME WITH A VIEW |
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| RHODODENDRON BLOSSOMS |
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| HARRIS BEACH |
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| HARRIS BEACH SUNSET |
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