Around The Corner by bmac62
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This view is "just around the corner" from my previous post by the title of "Marooned".
Very zoom worthy.
This is the view looking south from North Head Lighthouse to the mouth of the Columbia River. Here the ever strong westerly flow of the Columbia River meets the mighty currents/surf of the Pacific Ocean.
Look carefully here and you will see two jetties (North and South) portrayed as straight grey lines. The jetties are two miles apart but the shipping channel between them is 600 feet wide and dredged to 43 feet deep. Sixteen bar pilots guide inbound ships across the bar and safely up the river to their ultimate moorages.
Comments (20)
jayfar
A lovely photograph Bill and the few people on the beach certainly gives it scale.
helanker
WOW Yes. It is a MUST zoom, before you can get the feeling of size and perspective right. Really very beautiful. :-)
jendellas
Amazing in zoom, superb pic. xx
motic
Extremely beautiful place to be and the shot is awesomely made, i envy those guys over there ;o]
kenmo
Very beautiful....
Faemike55
Fabulous capture Bill the people in the photo do give the scene the proper scale
FredNunes
Another beautiful, serene compo Bill.
alanwilliams
what a beautiful sweep of coastline
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Excellent scape with a ethereal light, nice one mate!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
Sea_Dog
Nice view.
durleybeachbum
I do love seeing places I will never get to through your eyes. Wonderful!
goodoleboy
Great clarity and perspective in this image of the long beach and undulating waves, as they disappear into the distance, Bill.
MrsRatbag
What an impressive view, especially with your direction as to what's what. Gorgeous capture!
RodS
What a VIEW! Wow, Bill - you really managed to capture the feel of this coastline - I can almost smell the salt air! The tiny figures on the beach really show the scale of this scene! Well done, my friend!
auntietk
Zoom is a must. You can actually see the waves breaking at the mouth of the river in the distance. No way you'd get me out there ... it's dangerous! Terrific shot, hon. Ready to go back? :)
dragonmuse
Stunning. I hope you don't mind if I use it for wallpaper for a little :)
debbielove
Yes... Or here will do as a hard pushed second choice! STUNNING! Rob
anahata.c
A beautiful soft sweep, yet with very strong, etched lines throughout. There's something embracing about your water-landscapes, I've not yet been able to describe why. It has to do with the generosity of your views and the equanimity you give to many of the elements in the picture. For all the ferociousness of a vast meeting of ocean and river---esp a river as wide as this---you still manage to photograph these scenes like a loving parent, embracing it and calming it as only a loving parent can do. (Is that good enough?) The bulges of the hills, left-front, are soft, and they set off the long lines of the water, both right and in the back. And thanks for pointing out the jetties---I'd not have noticed. They seem so small in this perspective, just one of the many lines that contribute to the sweep. And the water and the sands make an abstract of tonal variations, moving from gray blues to gray silvers to gray grays, etc: Your eye has caught the natural morphs of a huge shoreline. And the mountains in the background are the perfect capper for the image. It's grand, sweeping, and yet gentle and 'loved'. A very peace-giving shot for a sight so dramatic. And the people are wonderful additions---sprinkles on the sundae, frosting on the cake. (Not sure the people would like to be compared to chocolate sprinkles, but in this image, they're the final sweets added to the delectable dessert.)
junge1
Beautiful shot Bill. I used to walk along the beach in Jersey after the summer on days like these (or rainy days) when I had the whole beach to myself. Besides the sound of the surf there were only the gulls!