| Author | Thread |
|
|
03/18/2011 04:06:56 PM · #1 |
No call this weekend and I want to go do some photography, but I can't find a place to go. The coast has a high chance of rain which usually means the sky will be an ugly, homogenous gray. The mountains still have snow and no foilage. Everywhere is a two hour drive and I like to know I'm not going to get there and get skunked.
Hmmmm. Where to go. Where to go... |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 04:23:42 PM · #2 |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 04:25:34 PM · #3 |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 04:33:50 PM · #4 |
My uncle used to live near Leaburg, up the McKenzie River Highway out through Springfield. There is a salmon hatchery, which had (a few years ago) a 7-foot or so sturgeon in a separate pool, in addition to a gazillion tiny salmon. Just a short way upstream is a small dam which makes a lake -- at the top of the lake is a covered bridge.
A few miles farther up the highway there are some hot springs, a short hike off the road. Sorry I can't be more specific about the location, but I ws only there once, long ago, and I wasn't the driver. They start out kind of high up on a hillside and work there way down a rather steep slope, so I was thinking you might get some good angles to get steam risimg off the pools into the cold air.
You could also go to a museum or practice some studio work if you don't want to get wet. :-)
That's about as much as I can help you about that area ... |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 04:51:43 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
You could also go to a museum or practice some studio work if you don't want to get wet. :-) |
LOL, Jason's the last guy I would expect to have an aversion to getting wet ;-) |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 04:56:29 PM · #6 |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 05:02:11 PM · #7 |
| I really wish I could drive, I have so many free weekends! |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 05:02:56 PM · #8 |
Go over to Newport, Coos Bay, places like that. You can shoot waterfront scenes in really gray, flabby light and then pep 'em up and they look wonderful. Bright sunlight's actually a disadvantage in those places.
R. |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 05:05:05 PM · #9 |
| C'mon over! This is the first nice weather we've had in 2011. The crocus are tentatively blossoming, and I even saw a butterfly yesterday. |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 05:06:45 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
LOL, Jason's the last guy I would expect to have an aversion to getting wet ;-) |
To be fair... We only know he has no aversion to his CAMERA getting wet.... He just might be scared of water on his person :-) |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 05:22:24 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by robs:
Originally posted by kirbic:
LOL, Jason's the last guy I would expect to have an aversion to getting wet ;-) |
To be fair... We only know he has no aversion to his CAMERA getting wet.... He just might be scared of water on his person :-) |
Good luck with that -- there is a reason the Wicked Witch of the West lived in Oz, not Oregon ... |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 05:24:47 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by robs:
We only know he has no aversion to his CAMERA getting wet.... |
Samsonite has a gorilla, Canon has DrAchoo... though I suspect the gorilla was better compensated for the work. |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 05:40:59 PM · #13 |
go to the hot springs and shoot nekkid people
got to mt hood and shoot nekkid groundhogs
go to tillamook and shoot nekkid cheese curds
|
|
|
|
03/18/2011 05:46:45 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Adz:
I really wish I could drive, I have so many free weekends! |
i know right..... |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 05:47:00 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
My uncle used to live near Leaburg, up the McKenzie River Highway out through Springfield. There is a salmon hatchery, which had (a few years ago) a 7-foot or so sturgeon in a separate pool, in addition to a gazillion tiny salmon. Just a short way upstream is a small dam which makes a lake -- at the top of the lake is a covered bridge.
A few miles farther up the highway there are some hot springs, a short hike off the road. Sorry I can't be more specific about the location, but I ws only there once, long ago, and I wasn't the driver. They start out kind of high up on a hillside and work there way down a rather steep slope, so I was thinking you might get some good angles to get steam risimg off the pools into the cold air.
You could also go to a museum or practice some studio work if you don't want to get wet. :-)
That's about as much as I can help you about that area ... |
Yes. I've been there. A possibility, although there isn't a ton of deciduous foilage yet. The trees are really only starting to bud. |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 08:07:04 PM · #16 |
| Grab your 300mm and go shoot some birds in flight. You can go out to some of the island reserves along the columbia river. |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 08:23:58 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by jbsmithana:
Grab your 300mm and go shoot some birds in flight. You can go out to some of the island reserves along the columbia river. |
I know! I wish though. I sold the 300mm last year in anticipation of getting a 100-400 at some point. That point hasn't come yet unfortunately. I can try the 180mm macro with the 1.4x to give me a 260mm lens with a really slow focus ring. That might be a frustrating experience. :) |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 08:31:50 PM · #18 |
| Sounds like a good weekend to break out the whiskey and do some griefing in CoD Black Ops. |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 08:40:28 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by jbsmithana:
Grab your 300mm and go shoot some birds in flight. You can go out to some of the island reserves along the columbia river. |
I know! I wish though. I sold the 300mm last year in anticipation of getting a 100-400 at some point. That point hasn't come yet unfortunately. I can try the 180mm macro with the 1.4x to give me a 260mm lens with a really slow focus ring. That might be a frustrating experience. :) |
Only problem with the 100-400 is that by the time you've got the pretty little bird sighted, focused, the bird's in the next county. I have tried, mightily, with this lens, and eventually go back to the 300.
It's fabulous for sitting birds, though.
Message edited by author 2011-03-18 20:40:46. |
|
|
|
03/18/2011 08:55:10 PM · #20 |
Portlannd is always ppretty. So is the gorge...
I have the opposite problem. 12 hours a day, 7 days a week till after the start of April.
|
|
|
|
03/18/2011 11:36:37 PM · #21 |
Good news! Sunday morning is down to a 20% chance of rain and is partly sunny or mostly cloudy. That is a world better than it was before. Looks like I'm heading to the coast. Unfortunately sunrise is at a very low tide which sometimes puts the water below the various rock outcrops, but it may reveal other opportunities.
Setting alarm for 4:00 AM Sunday... :) |
|
|
|
03/19/2011 12:30:33 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Unfortunately sunrise is at a very low tide which sometimes puts the water below the various rock outcrops, but it may reveal other opportunities.
Setting alarm for 4:00 AM Sunday... :) |
Lots of interesting-looking stuff in the tidepools -- good chance to shoot some nature macros. Just don't turn your back towards the ocean ... |
|
|
|
03/22/2011 04:24:57 AM · #23 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Good news! Sunday morning is down to a 20% chance of rain and is partly sunny or mostly cloudy. That is a world better than it was before. Looks like I'm heading to the coast. Unfortunately sunrise is at a very low tide which sometimes puts the water below the various rock outcrops, but it may reveal other opportunities.
Setting alarm for 4:00 AM Sunday... :) |
Well, find anything good? I'm headed to the coast this Friday for the weekend. It's a big family gathering, but I'm still pretty excited to get out of town and do something. I've been to this section of the coast (Yachats, etc) so many times. I'm hoping you went somewhere interesting so I can check it out too. |
|
|
|
03/22/2011 10:12:36 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Go over to Newport, Coos Bay, places like that. You can shoot waterfront scenes in really gray, flabby light and then pep 'em up and they look wonderful. Bright sunlight's actually a disadvantage in those places.
R. |
I agree, sometimes too much sun can hinder. You can get more wide-opened aperture, Bokehs, with less sun. I have to use a Variable ND filter to do that in Bright-Sun. Get a Kata Rain cover for your camera. Rain, fog, make great/excellent backgrounds for brightly colored and/or lit foreground subjects. Snow and Ice can be very "Cool", too. |
|
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 08/03/2025 03:15:07 AM EDT.
