Nature

Sedona Mood

Posted on August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 by Carol

Sedona, Arizona is such a beautiful place. Its beauty is in stark contrast to that of our Oregon home, which is influenced by the maritime climate of the Pacific Coast. I’m basking in the heat and sunshine, shoring up my reserves for our long, dark PNW winter.

It’s been a wonderful and relaxing few days, spent hanging out with family and taking in the scenery. The red rocks are stunning and awe-inspiring. I’d love to share some of my favorite images with you.

After sunset – I love the retro look these colors created

Art abounds in Sedona:

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On the knitting front, I have been working away at the next pumpkin pattern. I completely redesigned the shaping last night and hope to have a completed pumpkin this week. Pattern soon!

Enjoy the rest of your week and I’ll catch you again soon!!!

xoxo

Carol

Nature, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, photography

Astoria Mood

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Carol

Last week I was fortunate to spend some time in Astoria, Oregon. It’s a small port town on the Columbia River, near the Pacific Ocean. It’s a great place for great views, and here are a few that caught my eye:

Geese and goslings
Blue Heron
Blue Heron
Bridge Reflection
Coast Guard
Delapidated Pier
Astoria Sunset
Astoria Sunset 2

May you enjoy the sights around you this week!

Carol

Nature, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, sunset, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Sunrise/Sunset

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Carol

It’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to participate in a weekly photo challenge, so I’m happy to have had a few moments today to find these sunset captures to share with you.

In February, I took a few days of quiet retreat in Astoria, Oregon. Astoria is a fishing port sitting on the mouth of the Columbia River near the Pacific Ocean. It has a great downtown for shopping as well as a boardwalk right on the river. These pictures were taken at the end of a peaceful and reflective evening walk – with peace and reflection being the essence of “sunset” to me.

See other entries in this week’s photo challenge here: Weekly Photo Challenge: Rise/Set.

Nature, Oregon Coast, Seaside, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Serene

Posted on November 29, 2017November 29, 2017 by Carol

…a visual moment of blissful quiet. Ben Huberman, The Daily Post

Droplet. Seaside, Oregon. I hope you will enjoy this moment of visual serenity.

See this week’s entries here: Weekly Photo Challenge: Serene.

Hawaii, Maui, Nature, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Corner

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Carol

My entry for this week’s photo challenge – taken at Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge. Throughout the entire hike, I dawdled with my camera, and the others were always turning corners before me. It’s a beautiful, breathtaking place, so I was really quite okay with taking it in at my own pace.

Merriam-Webster defines “corner” as, among other things, “the point where converging lines, edges, or sides meet.” I also like looking at it from the opposite direction: corners are where lines, objects, and people go their separate ways. A corner is literally a turning point, full of tension and potential. ~Ben Huberman, The Daily Post.

See more of this week’s entries here: Weekly Photo Challenge: Corner.

Nature, Oregon, photography, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Carol

For this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge, please post a photo that is unusual in some way for you, whether it be through technique, by subject, or in some other unique way. This theme is wide open to interpretation because only you know what is unusual to you.

Fungus. Fungus is definitely an unusual topic for me. But this fungus was so unusual and so compositionally interesting to me that I had to take a series of pictures.

Thanks for stopping by this week to check out what struck me as unusual. The other entries for this week’s photo challenge can be found here.

beach, Hawaii, Maui, Nature, photography, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Collage II

Posted on July 15, 2017July 15, 2017 by Carol

Collage: An assortment, a collection, a hodgepodge. This week, share one — whether found in the wild or assembled yourself. The Daily Post ~Michelle Weber

Yesterday I came across this collection of beachy material and snapped a few shots. No changes were made to the composition; this is exactly as the objects appeared in the wild. In the sense that hodgepodge is collage, I believe this fits this week’s challenge.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Collage

Hawaii, Maui, Nature, Summer, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Collage

Posted on July 14, 2017July 15, 2017 by Carol

A bird

Tree and sky

mmm…pineapple

The golden hour

Palm tree

Inland view

Just before dawn

Local color

A complete rainbow

Pineapple

The golden hour…palm trees

Here’s my contribution to this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Collage. For this challenge, I learned how to create a photo gallery, above. If you click on one photo, you will be able to view each one at full size.

Lighthouses, Nature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, The Coast, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Carol

Playing around with depth of focus is always a lot of fun. While I would love to take a fabulous landscape photo with everything clear and in sharp focus, more often I enjoy switching to a more shallow depth of focus, with the foreground being the subject and the expected subject being blurred.

Newport, Sweet peas by the Jetty, 1/320 sec; f/9.0; 55 mm

Yaquina Bay Bridge, from South Jetty, 1/320 sec; f/9.0; 55 mm

And a couple with greater depth of field:

Newport, North Side of Jetty, 1/200 sec; f/11.0; 55 mm

Yaquina Head Lighthouse, 1/640 sec; f/6.3, 200 mm

Check out the other responses to this week’s photo challenge here: Weekly Photo Challenge: Out of Focus.

Nature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Pacific Northwest, Uncategorized, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Evanescent II

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Carol

This challenge really struck a chord with me. The evanescence – fleeting existence – of the tableaus I find on the beach is part of their charm and attraction for me. Here are a few more Oregon Coast still lifes: