JUNE 13TH – To Pacific City, OR
The
early morning shoot was at Pistol River Beach. We wandered around in the surf a
bit in order to create interesting compositions. Once again I got caught in
sinking sand around a rock. I ended
up with a boot very full of water and sand!! (You would think I would have
learned already!!)
Afterwards
we returned to our abodes to rinse off salt water and sand, and then pack up
for our trip North.
We stopped in Gold Beach at the Double D Restaurant for breakfast.
It was unpretentious, but excellent in service and food. We stopped again at
the wreck of the Mary D Hume at the North end of town. This time it was low
tide so we got to have a different view and perspective of the wreck.
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| MORNING LIGHT, PISTOL RIVER BEACH |
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| AMONG THE STACKS |
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| BEACH PUDDLES |
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| VIEW FROM BEACH HOUSE |
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| WRECK OF MARY D. HUME AT LOW TIDE |
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| HECETA HEAD LIGHT |
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| INQUISITIVE SEA LION |
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| DEFENDING MY TERRITORY |
It also gave us a chance to stretch our legs. Once in Pacific City we checked into the Anchorage Motel, and prepared for an early dinner and then a visit to Cape Kiwanda. We had a very nice dinner at the Pelican Pub and Brewery which is located very close to the entrance to the beach.
I
was looking forward to the Cape Kiwanda adventure. I had seen pictures of the
surf there back in the 1990’s taken by a lady shooting film. Due to the rocks,
etc. there can be some tremendous wave
crests. To really capture the action you need to climb down the dune side to get
close to sea level. I was not up for it so shot from about 100
yards above.(I later read in the last two years there have been 6 deaths at the Cape.) Still it was fascinating. You also want to be there when the sun is
low which creates some great light on the orange sandstone. As you can see four of our party
went down close to the water’s edge. It was an exhilarating time.I thoroughly enjoyed trying to capture the wild wave action. The trick was to shoot many shots, and be sure the sun was shining on the waves.
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| WAVE ACTION 1 |
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| WAVE ACTION 2 |
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| PHOTOGRAPHERS AND WAVE |
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| WAVE ACTION 3 |
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| WAVE ACTION 4 |
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| WAVE ACTION 5 |
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| A LAST SPLASH |
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