Day three. Slept in late because it was great sleeping weather. Brooks had to do some work to keep his business running and with on and off rain and gray leaden skies it was not a day when images were captured. The next two days promise a lot more rain so we already have contingency plans for making art work, not spending time out in the rain. It was a chance to process some images and take it easy in the camper.
We got out on Day Four to try and photograph some more. We covered some ground made nothing worthy of sharing. The terrain of Cascadia has me stymied in terms of finding something that will arrange itself into a resemblance of something more than the chaos of unfettered plant and tree life. Some of the land might be interesting in terms of a documentation of “survival of the fittest” plant forms, but I haven’t been able to see it.
I am forced to try to photograph “what the scene gives me” rather than what I want to photograph. I haven’t been able to figure out what has been given to me. I’ve seen some really cool stuff, but I can’t seem to make sense of it. A plethora of “No Trespassing”, “Keep Out”, and “Private Property” signs have kept us on the paved roads and kept us from further explorations.
Day Five was at least passable. When rain is forecast it does not mean it is going to rain all the time everywhere. We dodged the rain today and when we couldn’t we geared up to keep dry. The Forecast called for Gale Warnings so we headed out for photographs of crashing waves and lots of spray in between squalls. We only had a few hours to collect images and that’s what we did until the gales showed up.
Next week’s forecast promises a change from the constant rain.
All these photographs were made between rain squalls before the gale. It was a good day for crashing surf photographs.
And just for fun...
Road Trip, anyone?
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