A couple of images from Alan's bailiwick.

[Douglas Sherman]

Just finished processing these two images from my stash of Shore Acres State Park, Coos Bay, OR

 

[Ben Egbert]

What cool shapes on those foreground rocks, and I love the dike and neat cliff behind it.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

I like the colors and textures here. The second one especially.

 

[AlanLichty]

Shore Acres - I love the weird rock formations along the shoreline from this locale down to Cape Arago. Some one of the largest storm surf waves along the Oregon coast have been shot from the Shore Acres area. I have seen some shots with waves as high as the cliffs in your shots.

Technically there are 3 OR state parks in this area - Sunset Bay about a mile north of where you took these shots, Shore Acres shown here, and Cape Ararago about 4 miles south of here. There are trails leading from Sunset Bay down to the tree covered cliffs on the far side of the small reef in your first image. There is a campground at Sunset Bay I have stayed in on quite a few occasions. I used to dash down to this area with big winter storms coming in but have never managed to catch the monster waves I have seen images of.....

 

[Jim Dockery]

Love the leading lines and colors in the second one.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Shore Acres - I love the weird rock formations along the shoreline from this locale down to Cape Arago. Some one of the largest storm surf waves along the Oregon coast have been shot from the Shore Acres area. I have seen some shots with waves as high as the cliffs in your shots.

Technically there are 3 OR state parks in this area - Sunset Bay about a mile north of where you took these shots, Shore Acres shown here, and Cape Ararago about 4 miles south of here. There are trails leading from Sunset Bay down to the tree covered cliffs on the far side of the small reef in your first image. There is a campground at Sunset Bay I have stayed in on quite a few occasions. I used to dash down to this area with big winter storms coming in but have never managed to catch the monster waves I have seen images of.....

Thanks for the orientation, Alan. I am not sue what I was thinking when I said "Coos Bay State Park." I do know better. I think that it is nice that Oregon has protected most of the coastline by establishing state parks one after the other instead of allowing private ownership and thus blocking access to this spectacular coastline.

 

[AlanLichty]

Thanks for the orientation, Alan. I am not sue what I was thinking when I said "Coos Bay State Park." I do know better. I think that it is nice that Oregon has protected most of the coastline by establishing state parks one after the other instead of allowing private ownership and thus blocking access to this spectacular coastline.

They actually went farther than that - in the late 70's Gov. Tom McCall actually signed a bill eliminating private ownership of all beaches along the coast. The state bought out all remaining private lands along the shoreline so even beaches that aren't part of a park are still public access beaches.

 

[MonikaC]

Nice, Doug. I like the foregrounds in both.

 

[Kyle Jones]

Both are nice, but that lead-in for the second really sucks me into it. I have many fond memories exploring that coastline with my family.

 

[Dean]

Beautiful shots Doug.. great compositional use of the long colorful puddle in the 2nd as several have mentioned it carries you right into the image.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Doug, I just drove by there 2 days ago!

These are all very cool, but my favorite is #2 with those fantastic leading lines.