Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area

• Eugene Delacroix.

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Another shot of the Yaquina head light. I am still amazed by the number of different compositions that were possible at this location. I took this shot while we were walking away from the lighthouse using the road as a leading line to the lighthouse.

Hope everyone like it..

• Giotto di Bondone.

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Wow I have been blown away by the responses I have been getting for my past couple of posts, when I started posting pics of our Oregon trip I was hoping that maybe one of them might make explore but this is just unbelievable. I sincerely thank everyone for all the encouragement.

So in keeping with the current scheme, here is a shot of the Yaquina head lighthouse located just minutes away from Newport, OR. I had originally planned to shoot this location for sunset but I had under estimated the distance so we reached Newport quite late. So we decided to make it her for sunrise but again we overslept and by the time we reached the sun had already risen.

Opened in 1873 Yaquina head light is a beautiful lighthouse located in an even more pretty location. Since we reached quite early we had the place all to ourselves and I was able to create this moody image of the lighthouse with the golden field in front of it. Thanks again for visiting my photostream, hope you like this one..

This is Yaquina (ya -QUEEN- ah) Head Lighthouse in Newport, not to be confused with Yaquina Bay Lighthouse.

The 93 foot tower is located on a narrow point of land jutting due west, nearly 1 mile into the Pacific Ocean north of Newport, at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area.

Winds and rain have buffeted this lighthouse since its beginning in 1872. It took approximately one year, and over 370,000 bricks to construct Oregon’s tallest lighthouse.

The light has been active since Head Keeper Fayette Crosby walked up the 114 steps, to light the wicks on the evening of August 20, 1873. At that time the oil burning fixed white light was displayed from sunset to sunrise. Today, the fully automated first order Fresnel lens runs on commercial power and flashes its unique pattern of 2 seconds on, 2 seconds off, 2 seconds on, 14 seconds off, 24 hours a day. The oil burning wicks have been replaced with a 1000 watt globe.

The nightly vigil of watching the light is gone as are the resident keepers and their quarters, but the staff of the Bureau of Land Management, who are now responsible for the tower, would love to guide you through the lighthouse with tales of yesteryear.

incredible sunset of pink and lavenders thanks to forest fires and coastal haze.

• John Keats.

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When we made a proper road trip through the beautiful state of Oregon, we planned on driving to Portland via the Pacific coast road before traveling inland and then finally returning home via central Oregon. One thing we underestimated was the sheer beauty of the coast. Now we made our trip during summer, which is not the best time to visit the beach, but the rugged beauty of this stunning landscape still blows you away. We ended up making way more stops than we initially planned and reached Portland a day late.

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a shot of the Yaquina Head light from a nearby beach, today's image is from a nearby cliffside showing a nearby haystack full of wild birds and the surf. The classic composition here is at eye level, which I felt was compressing the rolling coastal cliffs a little too much. So, I dropped down to the floor and tried to bring as much of the vegetation into focus as well. This composition resulted in a bit of the bottom of the lighthouse being hidden but I preferred the emphasis on the rugged coastline.

180° view of Yaquina head from a hilltop, a stitch of 12 portrait format images. Taken near Newport, Oregon, USA in the morning as the mid level...

Golden orange sunset late summer.