Gorgeous day here yesterday -- temps in the 50s and no wind -- so Chris and I took a drive up the coast to Pacific City, then headed back home. It was late in the day and the light was becoming quite directional. Near Neskowin, we could see sunlight shining through mist and so frantically tried to find a good vantage point to photograph it before it disappeared.
I took the top shot as soon as the car stopped and then made my way down to the beach where I saw the scene below. The forms in the distance are "ghost trees," a petrified forest of trees that are usually submerged. During the late afternoon low tide, however, there they were. The light changed quickly, and the scene gradually became somewhat ordinary.
Don't you just love these bits of photographic wonderment? And isn't it for exquisite moments like this that we continue our photographic explorations?
©Carol Leigh, who is not usually a landscape photographer except for yesterday afternoon
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Lovely. The angles and the diagonal lines in the bottom one are delicious.The way you captured the light is amazing, and in black and white makes it more spectacular.
We capture the light. And isn't it wonderful that there are moments such as these when the light is so special. Love black and white. Can't forgive Ted Turner for colorizing "Casa Blanca." What a dumb thing to do.
Carol, you could shoot dirt and it would be wonderful --great photos Dave O
Wow! Absolutely stunning! The b&w makes it dramatic, but believe that it was just as amazing in color as it was seen as well. A magical moment indeed!
Don't you just love this spot at Neskowin State Park!?! When the light is slanting in from the sea and the trees look like statues in the mist and then a lone gull sweeps into exactly the right place. Marvelous photos, well captured.
What they said, especially the one about dirt! Absolutely stunning! Great light is so fleeting.
Jan, I knew when I posted this one that it would appeal to you! So glad you liked it. Sam, yes, we capture the light, and savor it while doing so. David O? One word: ha! Stephan, your description of it being a magical moment is spot-on. Thanks, Linda, my fellow Oregonian, for stopping by and commenting. And Diane, thank you, too. Hope all is well with you.
Really beautiful, Carol.
Beautiful light indeed and wonderfully captured!
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