Oregon Coast Beauty

This weekend I have the privilege of hanging out on the beautiful Oregon Coast. It is one of those perfect weekends with lots of sun, no wind and gorgeous scenery. I grew up spending many a summer weekend playing in the sand and walking along looking for treasures left by the sea. I never seem to grow tired of the rugged beauty of the rocks and water in this ever-changing landscape.
My goal today was to capture a shot of the typical beautiful water and waves as well as some of the easily over-looked details at my feet. I enjoy the challenge of searching out special textures and shapes in ordinary places and then playing with them a bit in Photoshop to see if I can make a picture that pleases me.

I loved the way the wet rocks in the foreground shone in the morning sun. The tiny dots in the surf, by the way are surfers! There were very few waves this morning, but there were about twenty or so hardy people in wet suits out there!

These are a few of the many photos I took of the details I began to see as I looked more closely around me. I love the driftwood 'bear'! I took a lot of feather pictures and hope to be able to organize them into a pleasing collage of some sort. The shell picture was one of a series that I took while experimenting with depth of field. It actually turned out the way I hoped it would!