Saturday, July 17, 2010





Pelican Bay Lighthouse
Brookings Harbor, Oregon
One of only two private lighthouses in Oregon. This light was lit on July 4th, 1999 at 11:03 pm, after receiving approval from the federal government.




Sunset at Arch Rock
near Brookings, Oregon









Beach daisies at sunset
(the flowers are a little blurry - it gets windy at sunset)

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Baby swallows and lilies



Baby swallows hiding in the rafters of the Prairie Creek Redwood Information Center in northern California. They were so cute!!
I don't know what type of swallows these are, so feel free to tell me if you know.




















I found these beauties on the roadside of the redwood forest.

I'm not sure what these flowers are, but they look like mini-tiger lilies to me. These photos are close-ups, but in reality the blossoms aren't much more than 2 inches in diameter.

They grow in the sunnier areas of the forest, but seem to tolerate shade quite nicely.

Mostly, they're just pretty!

This photo looks as though it was done in a studio using professional lighting - but it was really taken in the forest using nothing more than natural sunlight.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Off to the Coast



Can't believe these gulls let me get so close!


















Beach bum looking for a handout!









Night falls over the Pacific Ocean. Due to the fog on the horizon, I was unable to get the camera to work properly in automatic mode.

So, I found some interesting foreground...


and...


Voila!

Weeds never looked so good!