The Cannon Beach of Mind’s Eye
Okay, there really is a Cannon Beach in Oregon and it is actually, at least on the bright, sunny, t-shirty kind of day that I was there, almost but not quite devoid of humans. I feel it is incumbent...
View ArticleThe Tree of Good and Evil (Serpent Theme)
This is a photo that I have been experimenting on for at least a year. I was in the San Jose, California area for a nephew’s wedding and we took a drive to the coast because we had some time to kill....
View ArticleCannon Beach Surfer – End of the Day
I am slowly but surely working my way through my photos from my recent trip to Oregon. I’ll post them as I can. I hope you enjoy this one.Filed under: Cannon Beach, Digitally Manipulated Images,...
View ArticleHelp Me If You Can I’m Feelin …
If only I were the Beatles, but no such luck. I would like a little advice. I have two photos from Cannon Beach in Oregon. They are very similar. My question to any of you who are willing to comment...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge – Escape in the not too pacific Pacific
Not my way to escape, but these two swimmers seemed to be having a good time escaping by pushing the envelope in the rough waters off the Oregon Coast. Filed under: Cannon Beach, Oregon Coast, Pacific...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge – Escape the Escape
At the end of a long day of escape, a tired surfer is ready head home. Filed under: Digitally Manipulated Images, Nature, Pacific Coast, Photography Tagged: nature, outdoors, photography, postaday,...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: In the Backround (A House-Really)
Thousand of tourists enjoy this spectacular view each year. But the most exclusive view is the one enjoyed the owner of the house that is barely visible on the point. I believe this is how the other...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge – Fleeting (Pacific Coast)
This photo is of the Pacific Coast on a sunny mildly windy day. The shot was taken at ISO 100, f/19, 1/6 of a second with an ND 8 filter. While 1/6th of a second is a long exposure, it is just a...
View ArticleEse’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge – Open (Minds and Scientific Inquiry)
This week’s Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge – Open, brought to mind how people’s minds (sorry) are becoming more closed as opposed to more open. Here is a quote from Carl Sagan about having...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Sea (Wing and Water)
As always an excellent photo challenge, this time focusing on the sea/ocean and what it means to us. The first time I ever saw an ocean was from about 20,000 feet. (I’m just guessing; I was a kid.) My...
View ArticleEse’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge – Continuous (Shore/Ocean)
There are places like this location on the Oregon coast where it is not always clear where ocean and shore begin and end. Streams flowing down from the hills along the shore cut wide paths through the...
View ArticlePost Number 366 – The War of Fog (or My first year of photo blogging)
I have had this blog for less than one year and recently I posted my 365th post so I decided to memorialize the occasion. Point-of-View.com has been pretty difficult for me. I suffer from a chronic...
View ArticleA Word A Week Challenge – Framed (Lone Cypress)
Computer problems have made it a challenge to post anything for the past couple of weeks and continue to plague me as my machine is being repaired. Everything is backed up but a totally disrupted...
View ArticleCee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Ground: rocks, sand, dirt, paths, walks, trails...
This Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge covers a lot of [resisting the pun] territory. Despite that, I could not resist adding fog and the Pacific ocean into the mix. I hope you enjoy my ground, rocks, sand,...
View ArticleCee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Water (A Story in Many Pictures)
What a wonderful challenge idea Cee. Here is my story of water – from droplet to ocean and back again. I hope you enjoy the rather lengthy journey. The first stop is two drops of water that are held by...
View ArticleCee’s Black & White Challenge – Driftwood
Two years ago my wife and I attended a wedding in the Palo Alto, California area. During a bit of downtime we took a trip over to the “7 Mile Drive,” a road that runs along the Pacific Ocean that is...
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