First full day. Started at Waldport and headed south stopping at every wayside, park, wide spot in the road on OCH (Oregon Coast Highway). I wandered down to several beaches and made some panoramic images from scenic overlooks. It was much better than high class tourist, but fell short of being soul changing art. We finally stopped this when we hit Florence. We stopped in Florence for a lunch we could eat at a campground. Satisfied with a burger in a bag, we headed north. We were decrying our lack of dirt road photography and just then we came on Fairview Mountain Road. It didn’t end at the Ocean and was not a paved road. Living our motto, “Photography begins when the pavement ends,” we headed down the road.
We returned to OCH about three hours later. Brooks had hundreds of close up images of creating order out of the chaos of leaves and flowers. I came back with variations on a small waterfall that was not all that impressive. I was having trouble trying to figure out how to compose photographs out of the massive chaos of the rain-forests. They are fun to be in, but very difficult to photograph.
It was the first day. Not a bad way to get started. We haven’t figured out if there are going to be any overriding themes or compositions on this safari. About where I expect to be at the end of day one.
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