Lava Lands Landscapes, pt 2

Additional landscape compositions from Lava Lands in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument near Bend, Oregon

Lava Butte Landscape 4

Lava Land Pathway 1

Lava Butte Landscape 3

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Cheers,

C. S.

Monochrome Monday: Arcadia Beach, Oregon, pt 2

Additional compositions of the Oregon coast from my visit last August.

Arcadia Beach Seascape 3

Arcadia Beach Seascape 4

I appreciate you taking time to visit my photo blog. For the best viewing experience, click an image to see a high resolution version. Or click here to see my Arcadia Beach gallery.

Cheers,

C. S.

Monochrome Monday: Arcadia Beach, Oregon

On the last leg of our Oregon Coast visit, our last stop before heading east to Portland was the Arcadia Beach State Recreational Area. This area is just south of the Cannon Beach and features sandstone bluffs and rock formations, and accessible tide pools.

Arcadia Beach Seascape 2

Arcadia Beach Seascape 1

Thank you for stopping by, and have a great week! For the best viewing experience, click on an image to view a high resolution version. Or, for more compositions of the magnificent Oregon Coast, visit my Cape Kiwanda, Oceanside and Cape Meares, and Yaquina Head Marine Garden galleries.

Cheers,

C. S.

Monochrome Monday: Monkey Puzzle Tree

Araucaria araucana, or monkey puzzle tree, is native to the south-central Andes of Chile and Argentina.  The leaves of this confer are thick and appear as triangular scales encircling the tentacle like branch, the pattern similar in structure to a pine cone.  While the leaves last on average 24 years, the tree can live as long as 1000 years. 

Monkey Puzzle Tree 1

Its English name was derived during its early cultivation in Britain in the mid-1800s.  While visiting an estate in Cornwall, a lawyer noted his friend’s specimen tree “would puzzle a monkey to climb that”.

Monkey Puzzle Tree 2

The round globes are the female cones.  Indigenous people in Chile and Argentina continue to harvest the edible seeds.  Our Airbnb in Portland was named after this specimen. I am impressed on how striking this tree works as a monochrome composition.

Monkey Puzzle Tree 3

Thanks for stopping by today. To appreciate the character of this tree, click on an image to view a high resolution version.

Cheers!

C. S.

Monochrome Monday: Cape Mears

The Cape Mears National Wildlife Refuge forms a steep bluff over 200 ft high at the southern end of Tillamook Bay on the Oregon coast.  The refuge protects a remnant of coastal old-growth forest and the surrounding habitat used by breeding seabirds, including the Common Murre, Tufted Puffin, Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot and Black Oystercatcher.

Cape Mears Lighthouse

Cape Mears Common Murres Colony

Cape Mears Cliffs

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Cheers!

C. S.

Wordless Wednesday

Contemplating at Lava Land

Contemplating at Lava Land_Monochrome

Monochrome Monday: Smith Rock State Park, Pt 2

Here are additional compositions I promised from my previous Smith Rock State Park post last month. I saved these for a Monochrome Monday.

Picnic Lunch Wall and Crooked River Composition

Climbing The Dihedrals 2

Monument Wall Composition

Northern Wall Landscape Composition 3

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Cheers,

C. S.

Oh Oregon! Cape Lookout and Oceanside

North of Nestucca Bay on the Oregon coast, Hwy 101 heads north northeast inland through Cloverdale and Hemlock, away from the coastline, to Tillamook (say cheese!).  One the coastline, west of Hwy 101, along Netarts Bay Rd, are Cape Lookout State Park, Netarts Bay, the sea stacks at Oceanside and the lighthouse at Cape Mears.  This post features compositions from the north side of Cape Lookout and the sea stacks at Oceanside.

Cape Lookout Landscape

Cape Lookout Landscape Detail

View of Oceanside From Cape Lookout

Oceanside Seascape Composition 1

Oceanside Seascape Composition 2

Oceanside Seascape Composition 3

Oceanside From Cape Meares

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Cheers,

C. S.

Oregon Badlands Wilderness, Pt 2

This post features additional monochrome western juniper tree and lava rock compositions from my visit to the Oregon Badlands Wilderness earlier last month. My previous post included details about this amazing landscape. This was supposed to be a Monochrome Monday post, but I just had too many items on my Labor Day to-do-list. So, its my Monochrome Tuesday, Day After Labor Day post instead.

Splintered Juniper Tree Composition 2

Fallen Juniper and Volcanic Rock Composition 1

Fallen Juniper Landscape Composition

Lava Rock Wall Composition 1

Dying Juniper and Lava Rock Composition 1

My wife was appalled by my consistent grammatical errors and typos in recent posts. She told me “You don’t want readers to think you’re illiterate!” I told her not to worry, its just my ADD, and me getting a little older. She replied “Just read it out loud before you post!” That sounds like some good advice, I’ll give it a shoot.

Thanks for taking time to visit my photo blog! For the best viewing experience , click on an image to see a high resolution version, as well as other images from my Oregon Badlands Wilderness Gallery. Ha, ha “I’ll give it a shoot”! I’m so silly!

Cheers,

C. S.