I walked a couple of miles on my favorite beach today and found subject matter ranging from subtle to very colorful. I plan 
on going back (next time using a tripod) and concen
trate on creating sand studies as well as colorful abstracts of some interesting rock formations I found. Good exercise. Good photography. ©Carol Leigh
In keeping with my New Year's resolution to "shoot early/shoot late," I was at the Seal Rock overlook at dawn to shoot the sky turning pink and blue. My current online class has a lesson coming up on motion, and so I was experimenting with longish exposures, capitalizing on the low light. I shot waves crashing on rocks with the lights of fishing boats in the distance, and, in the last two photos, created Impressionistic images by sweeping my camera from right to left during a long exposure. An exhilarating morning! Great way to begin the day. A day of hope in Washington, D.C. ©Carol Leigh
We drove inland today and so I, 
sitting in the passenger seat, took some "drive-by" shots which I really have fun doing. And yes, I know they're out of focus! They're SUPPOSED to be! The first photo is of an orchard, and I like how I can see down the one "corridor" between rows of trees. On our way home, the sun was setting behind a cloud bank and I shot out the window as we crossed over a river. It's the layering in this image that I particularly like. And the third image, also taken at sunset, shows trees sort of stair-stepping across the frame against a warm-colored sky. ©Carol Leigh
gh a fog bank in the distance. Bare branches obscure the scene, but also add a bit of interest and context. "Context" is my byword for 2009. I'm good at zooming in tight on small things, or capturing detail; it's the big picture that's a challenge and is what I'm hoping to improve upon this year. "Shoot early, shoot late" is another concept for me this year as well, and I achieved both this morning. ©Carol Leigh
What is it about gulls that we just HAVE to photograph them? The world certainly doesn't need another photo of a gull, but when they're there, so close, it's almost impossible not to click the shutter. We were at Nye Beach today and I liked the way I could see Yaquina Head Lighthouse off in the distance as well as the gull sitting on the post. One more gull photo . . . in a continuing series, I'm afraid. ©Carol Leigh
I'd forgotten how inconvenient this "photo of the day" thing can be, and how it can slip your mind, so in desperation I simply present what's currently on my coffee table. Naturally I did NOT include the enormous stack of old magazines that's lurking over on the right-hand side. ©Carol Leigh
Fantastic soup with white beans, tomatoes, carrots, celery, onions, basil, cilantro, and homemade croutons. Yum! Good stuff on this blustery, rainy, cold Oregon coast day. ©Carol Leigh
After another night of strong winds, I went down to the dunes to see how the houses were faring. Sand, sand, and more sand, but truckloads were being removed, homeowners were doing a lot of sweeping, and little bulldozers were working here and there. Wind was swirling sand off of roofs and o
nto my camera, so I left rather quickly. ©Carol Leigh
Just FYI, an instant-read thermometer is definitely NOT a meat thermometer! I noticed the meltdown just in time to avoid serving a nasty little plastic-covered roast. After the thermometer cooled, I took it into the studio, put some red fabric behind (red = heat, I figured) and then used a macro lens to shoot the meltdown. ©Carol Leigh
A rain- and wind-free day at last! I went over to the Port of Alsea to see what I could find, and liked the look of the bare branches of this tree. I also altered it a bit in the computer later to create this photomontage: http://carolleigh.blogspot.com, which I think looks a bit more dramatic. ©Carol Leigh
Big storms have been pounding the Oregon coast and this particular neighborhood, built on a dune field right on the ocean, suffers from drifting sand. Never a good thing, this sand drifted up against houses in dunes two stories high; garage doors buckled, and the sticky wet sand covered windows and filled the streets. In the photo of the car, you get a feeling for what the street looks like. Too bad it's not snow. At least snow melts. ©Carol Leigh
Abby under the Christmas tree. For such a willful cat, she's been really good about not batting the ornaments. Only one broke this year. Taken with a 50mm lens at f/1.8 for ultra-shallow depth of field. Alas, you can see she has one green ear and a bit of red reflected on her chest from out-of-frame tree lights. I like, however, the reflections of the lights in her eyes. ©Carol Leigh
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