Bandon Beach

Doug SolisDoug Solis Registered Users Posts: 1,190 Major grins
edited September 28, 2011 in Landscapes
#1 This was my first trip to Bandon Beach, I have seen many wonderful images from this area and was very anxious to see the abundance of seastacks for myself. Plus I also wanted to make a side trip to Golden & Silver Falls Park.

This first image is an evening shot which started out as a golden hue then turned a beautiful Red once the sun was below the horizon. What attracted me to this composition was the fish scale-like texture in the surf, but it only lasted about 10 minutes then the waves shifted position, so even though the sky was much more dramatic later I actually preferred this shot best.

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#2 This was a morning shot with a big negative tide. When I got to the beach it looked like it went out for hundreds of yards before I say the surf, so much so almost all the seastacks were high and mostly dry. I wasn't ready for this as I had hoped to get some water surge movement in my foreground, but finally after running up and down the beach I slowed down and started looking for smaller vignettes to shoot.

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#3 My side trip to Golden/Silver Falls Park only yielded me a shot of Golden falls, my Silver Falls shot was a complete wash out as I was trying to get too close to the falls and got soaked and my singh-ray vari n duo got moisture in it and the day was done at that point.

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#4 This last shot is of the old Coquille light house in Bandon. It has been decommissioned for some time but they heard I was in town and fired on the light just for me....ok its photoshoped:rolleyes

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  • hawkeye978hawkeye978 Registered Users Posts: 1,218 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2011
    First two are just stunning Doug. Great color and love the wave action in #1.
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  • CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2011
    The first three are all beautifully done. They're memorable. There's nothing wrong with the fourth but the composition is a little static for my taste.

    Excellent work!
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  • senorjaxsenorjax Registered Users Posts: 298 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2011
    The texture of the sand in the first one is just incredible. Very nicely done.
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  • kd5fexkd5fex Registered Users Posts: 72 Big grins
    edited September 23, 2011
    Wonderful shots. They are all great....but I like first two the best.
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2011
    Doug, I love the first two. Bandon is a great spot, and you captured it exceptionally well.clap.gifclapclap.gif

    (check your horizons)
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  • rontront Registered Users Posts: 1,473 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2011
    Very nice work Doug!!

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  • bryanj87bryanj87 Registered Users Posts: 859 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2011
    Wow, the first 3 shots are the winners here. That first one is truly remarkable!
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  • NorthernFocusNorthernFocus Registered Users Posts: 1,347 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2011
    Wonderful set. The first one is excellent but I love the one with the starfish. Nicely done.thumb.gif
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  • chrismoorechrismoore Registered Users Posts: 1,083 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2011
    You nailed these, Doug, great job!
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited September 23, 2011
    Just awesome, Doug. The first two are off the charts!! bowdown.gif
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  • TreyHoffTreyHoff Registered Users Posts: 388 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2011
    Wow! The first shot is so powerful..the rocks, clouds, water...all captured perfectly. And the second is just amazing.....well composed with even a bit of reflection of one of the stacks framed with intent in the upper portion of the pool. Very well done.
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  • zoomerzoomer Registered Users Posts: 3,688 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2011
    Beautiful shots, that first one is special.
    Love the color in the second shot...is it tilted left a bit..
    Really nice composition on the water fall shot.
    Great job!
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  • Roaddog 52Roaddog 52 Registered Users Posts: 309 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2011
    Fantastic images Doug. I always enjoy viewing your work and it seems they get better every time. bowdown.gifbow

    All of these are great images, if I had one suggestion it would be to try a crop on the last image that eliminates the bottom reflection. I think this would make the image less busy and focus more on the main subject. Just one mans opinion
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  • Doug SolisDoug Solis Registered Users Posts: 1,190 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2011
    kd5fex wrote: »
    Wonderful shots. They are all great....but I like first two the best.
    Thanks much KD.
    dlplumer wrote: »
    Doug, I love the first two. Bandon is a great spot, and you captured it exceptionally well.clap.gifclapclap.gif (check your horizons)
    Yea, I loved Bandon, got to do it again, thanks.

    ront wrote: »
    Very nice work Doug!!

    Ron
    thank you Ron
    bryanj87 wrote: »
    Wow, the first 3 shots are the winners here. That first one is truly remarkable!
    Thanks Bryan, I had really nice conditions to work with that day.
    NorthernFocus wrote: »
    Wonderful set. The first one is excellent but I love the one with the starfish. Nicely done.thumb.gif
    Thanks Dan.
    chrismoore wrote: »
    You nailed these, Doug, great job!
    Thanks Chris
    kdog wrote: »
    Just awesome, Doug. The first two are off the charts!! bowdown.gif
    Thank you Joel.
    TreyHoff wrote: »
    Wow! The first shot is so powerful..the rocks, clouds, water...all captured perfectly. And the second is just amazing.....well composed with even a bit of reflection of one of the stacks framed with intent in the upper portion of the pool. Very well done.
    Thanks Trey, I did spend some time trying to get the rock reflection and the entire water circle.
    zoomer wrote: »
    Beautiful shots, that first one is special.
    Love the color in the second shot...is it tilted left a bit..
    Really nice composition on the water fall shot.
    Great job!
    Thanks much Mike, not that I never get my horizons off but, this scene was actually was going downhill from right to left, from beach to surf.
    Roaddog 52 wrote: »
    Fantastic images Doug. I always enjoy viewing your work and it seems they get better every time. bowdown.gifbow .

    All of these are great images, if I had one suggestion it would be to try a crop on the last image that eliminates the bottom reflection. I think this would make the image less busy and focus more on the main subject. Just one mans opinion
    Thank you much Roaddog, I just looked at the crop probably the same way you did by scroling up and you are probably right, it does not have as much tension with the reflection gone.thumb.gif
  • Doug SolisDoug Solis Registered Users Posts: 1,190 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2011
    hawkeye978 wrote: »
    First two are just stunning Doug. Great color and love the wave action in #1.
    Thanks much Tom.
    Cornflake wrote: »
    The first three are all beautifully done. They're memorable. There's nothing wrong with the fourth but the composition is a little static for my taste.

    Excellent work!
    Thanks for your comments Don.
    senorjax wrote: »
    The texture of the sand in the first one is just incredible. Very nicely done.
    Thank you Jay, the sand texture really drew me to this shot.
  • Mathieu05Mathieu05 Registered Users Posts: 203 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2011
    Wow! Amazing capture Doug! Great job.
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  • lifeinfocuslifeinfocus Registered Users Posts: 1,461 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2011
    Love em. The first one is out a knock out. Just gorgeous. I hope you are putting that one up for sale and asking big bucks.
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  • Marc MuenchMarc Muench Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2011
    Fabulous!
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  • Doug SolisDoug Solis Registered Users Posts: 1,190 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2011
    Mathieu05 wrote: »
    Wow! Amazing capture Doug! Great job.
    Thanks much Chris
    lifeinfocus wrote: »
    Love em. The first one is out a knock out. Just gorgeous. I hope you are putting that one up for sale and asking big bucks.
    Oh I wish! Thanks Lifeinfocus
    Marc Muench wrote: »
    Fabulous!
    Thank you Marc.
  • SycridSycrid Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
    edited September 27, 2011
    Hey Doug, just curious here. Did you use a filter of any type on image 1... it's got me thinking you may have a star filter on it or something, as your sun once it hit's the spikey tall rock seems to disperse like a star filter would create.

    Just curious... it looks amazing never the less.
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  • wfellerwfeller Registered Users Posts: 2,625 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2011
    Excellent work on those first two.
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  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2011
    nice work, Doug! i love Bandon, but haven't been there in several years. i do recall one evening while i was there, the sunset did just what you describe... started out mostly golden, then turned pink and red, turned the wet sand almost the color of wine!
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  • Doug SolisDoug Solis Registered Users Posts: 1,190 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2011
    Sycrid wrote: »
    Hey Doug, just curious here. Did you use a filter of any type on image 1... it's got me thinking you may have a star filter on it or something, as your sun once it hit's the spikey tall rock seems to disperse like a star filter would create.

    Just curious... it looks amazing never the less.
    Thanks Sycrid, I only had a polarizer on when this was shot but did take two exposures and hand blend them in PS. I believe one of my exposures was f22 or f16 to get the sunrays nice a crisp.
    wfeller wrote: »
    Excellent work on those first two.
    Thank you Wfeller.
    squirl033 wrote: »
    nice work, Doug! i love Bandon, but haven't been there in several years. i do recall one evening while i was there, the sunset did just what you describe... started out mostly golden, then turned pink and red, turned the wet sand almost the color of wine!
    I'ts a fantastic area, photographers or just beach goers love it. Thanks for your comments Rocky.
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