Flat Water

[AlanLichty]

When I went down to Brookings along the southern Oregon coast in early December I was all ready for strong storms and big surf. While I certainly got that by the week's end with the spectacular wave display at Shore Acres that was hardly the scene when I took a quick hike down to the beach right after I got down to Brookings. I can honestly state that I have never seen the Pacific coast this calm even in mid summer. I have seen more chop in the waters of a swimming pool. This is an area known as the Marine Garden directly below the campground.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Still a nice peaceful scene.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Quite the low tide and calm waters. Have to agree on your observation about not being this calm in summer since I visited this place in summer a couple of times

 

[AlanLichty]

Still a nice peaceful scene.

Thanks Ben.

Quite the low tide and calm waters. Have to agree on your observation about not being this calm in summer since I visited this place in summer a couple of times

Thanks Jameel - this is less than 2 hours short of high tide which makes the flat water seem even more unusual. I was left wondering if I had picked the wrong dates for the trip when I saw this.

 

[Josh Dye]

When I went down to Brookings along the southern Oregon coast in early December I was all ready for strong storms and big surf. While I certainly got that by the week's end with the spectacular wave display at Shore Acres that was hardly the scene when I took a quick hike down to the beach right after I got down to Brookings. I can honestly state that I have never seen the Pacific coast this calm even in mid summer. I have seen more chop in the waters of a swimming pool. This is an area known as the Marine Garden directly below the campground.

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C&C always welcome.

Nice scene Alan. That little cave/arch looks cool off to the right as well.

 

[JimFox]

This is a very peaceful scene, and I really like the ground layer with those rocks looking almost like tiles in the beach.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice scene Alan. That little cave/arch looks cool off to the right as well.

Thanks Josh - normally waves hitting the other side of the sea stack with the arch come crashing into this scene and can put on quite a show.

This is a very peaceful scene, and I really like the ground layer with those rocks looking almost like tiles in the beach.

Thanks Jim - I go out of my way to include these rocks into scenes I shoot in this area since they have unique colors compared to most of the Oregon coast.

 

[John Holbrook]

So very well done—great composition.

 

[AlanLichty]

So very well done—great composition.

Thanks John.