Third post of monochrome compositions from the Portland Japanese Garden.
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Cheers,
C. S.
One of my favorite entertainers at the 2019 Carolina Renaissance Festival was the Celtic band The CRAIC Show. The rhythmic traditional drumming, violin, bagpipes and powerful vocals created a high energy musical experience which definitely inspired the crowd. The band describes their blending styles as World Medieval Music.
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Happy New Year Cheers!
C. S.
Around 2001, I decided to build a Japanese water garden in my backyard. I studied and planned for almost a year. I learned as much as I could about the traditional Japanese garden, how to use plants, water and rock to reflect the natural world. Over the years my knowledge and appreciation of Japanese culture has grown. As such, a top destination during the family vacation to Oregon last summer was the Portland Japanese Garden.
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Cheers,
C. S.
Indian Beach is the northern of two day-use access areas with nearby parking. From the parking area, the access trail begins with a wooden staircase leading down to a path covered by a dense Salal shrub ‘tunnel’. The tunnel ends with access to a transitional area of smooth lava rock and Sitka spruce driftwood, adjacent to the sandy beach.
The broad beach landscape offers a photographer so many wonderful subjects and composition opportunities. Facing the Pacific is Indian Point to the right, and Bald Point to the left. Indian Beach is also a popular spot for surfers and paddle-boarders. My Tamron 15mm – 30mm lens was used for the majority of these compositions.
The Sitka spruce driftwood and stream composition below, was one of my favorites from my visit to Indian Beach.
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Cheers!
C. S.
The fresh water stream, meandering past the remains of a large Sitka spruce, on it’s way to the Pacific Ocean (and heavy overcast sky), presented an excellent opportunity for a landscape composition. I completed my workflow with an Kodak Ektachrome 100 slide film emulation with Alien Skin’s Exposure software.
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Cheers,
C. S.
Just north of Cannon Beach, Ecola State Park was the last stop on our family exploration last August of the Oregon Coast. We visited the northern Indian Beach section of the park, easily accessible from the parking lot. The lush Sitka spruce forest and sandstone bluffs ascend to a vast beach area with driftwood, smooth volcanic rocks, small sea stacks and quite spectacular view of the ocean. It was photographer paradise!
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Cheers!
C. S.
More informal portraits of cast and visitors from the 2019 Carolina Renaissance Festival in Huntersville, North Carolina.
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C. S.
Additional landscape compositions from Lava Lands in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument near Bend, Oregon
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Cheers,
C. S.
