Incredible January Day on Oregon Beach

When I was first considering moving to Oregon back in 1984. I got the tourist brochures from the state of Oregon.......... pre Google and search engines. I looked at the pictures of the Oregon coast and thought what a HUGE marketing mistake! The people in the pictures all had long pants on and jackets. Doh! That is the Oregon coast in summer. It is chilly and often there is a wind of 10 to 20 miles an hour blowing off the cold ocean water............ brrrrrrrr.

So I watch the weather on the Oregon coast and on rare days there is a reverse flow of air - from the land blowing out over the ocean. The best is a BLUE WHOLE. You might get a little freaked as you drive over to the coast and see that it is really, windy but when you hit the beach it is calm and sunny and WARM. On Jan. 19, 2009 it was 75 to 80 F with no wind. Aahhhhhh so lovely.

I got a new Canon camera package Costco that Darion encourage me to get. My new hobby is to go on Photo Safari. It could be nature or a town or a section of a city. The whole goal is to go as an observer and capture images. Kind of Zen Photography state of mind - there is no goal, no time limit, just be relaxed in the moment and see what presents itself. It is so much fun and amazing what you capture.

This is a shot of the rising sun through the forest south of our house. It had a really cool rainbow glow.

We had been having days of freezing fog. The fog froze on the flowers of this bush next to the sidewalk - lovely frosty accent.

This is Canon EOS package from Costco. Insane deal with image stablized lenses. Such brilliant true to life color. This is a fishing veshile in Winchester Bay harbor.

Haaaaaaaaa This is my omag to Edgar Allen Poe. The crow sat there posed for me. Stark and forbidding!

Mr and Mrs Canadian goose hoofing it over to the bay. Kind of cute with the sign behind them.


Such beautiful waves that day. It is like the wind skips over the beach but hits the tops of the waves giving them these great rooster tails.

I shot a whole series of these. They are my Prize photos of the day. Globes of Jelly Fish that caught the sun in the most amazing way. Love the way they glow.

Like some alien space ship that crash landed on the beach. This one


And who can resist a shot of the light house. The color in these lenses are really cool.

It is hard being on safari because your left hemisphere wants to get all task oriented. And doubts creep in ....... did I get that shot??? Should I shoot more angles. Well I try to flush that kind of thinking as it robs the fun, creative side out of photography.

So I recommend a Photo Safari - cheap and keep it low stress. Take a picnic lunch and drinks or treat yourself to some fun place along the way. Enjoy LIFE.