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Tide Pool
In celebration of my mother's birthday,
my wife, daughter, sister, and her boyfriend
and I took my Mother to the town of Bandon,
Oregon. My mother has always been a beach lover
and up until this point, she'd never seen Bandon
beach and its amazing sea stacks. I've always
been intrigued with the density and diversity
of life found in the Oregon coast's tidal zones.
With the help of Brad, my sister's boyfriend,
I found and captured this image as the last
rays of sun were lighting this wall of starfish
and anemones. The tide was rising at the time
and waves were rhythmically lapping over this
scene every 8 seconds. This made for several
rushed attempts at composition and one harried
exposure after which I quickly lifted my camera
and tripod into the air to prevent it from being
swamped by the next wave. Luckily, one exposure
was all it took to capture this beautiful scene.
While hiking with my wife, Debbie and daughter,
Emma in the fall of 2005, I spotted this wonderfully
colored Vine Maple specimen near Mckenzie Pass,
west of the Cascade crest. I returned three
times during the next week and finally found
ideal lighting on an overcast day after a gentle
rain. These conditions allowed for the wonderfully
saturated colors you see in this hard earned
image of an Oregon Vine Maple in its autumnal
glory. |
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