Hardly a Secret

[AlanLichty]

The area around Secret Beach in the Samuel Boardman Scenic Corridor isn't easy to view from the trails and overlooks in spite of all the turnouts along US101. It is a seriously rugged coastline which becomes obvious once you get a good view of it from out over the water. The cove that contains Secret Beach is just one of many similar small coves along this stretch of the of coast. The small creek visible on the right is Wridge Creek. This capture just became my new desktop background. Click through for a larger view.

C&C always welcome.

 

[JimFox]

Looks like a waterfall pouring into it? Maybe 2?

Yeah, I remember driving by Secret Beach. I think the Secret is how to get down to it?

Is there any way down to it?

Great photo by the way, love that view.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Beautiful, I can see why you use this as a desktop. That gorgeous blue water, that great rock the rugged shore. A great image Alan.

 

[AlanLichty]

Looks like a waterfall pouring into it? Maybe 2?

Yeah, I remember driving by Secret Beach. I think the Secret is how to get down to it?

Is there any way down to it?

Great photo by the way, love that view.

Thanks Jim - yes there are two waterfalls in the scene. The one on the left is Secret Beach Falls and the one on the right is identified as Wridge Creek although that one is not formally called a waterfall. The Oregon Coast Trail does come down near the beach near the tall tree just to the left of Secret Beach Falls and can be accessed via just about every turnout along the Scenic Corridor. The trail follows the highway more closely than the edge of the cliffs along the shoreline and in many places is basically a path just on the other side of the Armco railing from US101.

Beautiful, I can see why you use this as a desktop. That gorgeous blue water, that great rock the rugged shore. A great image Alan.

Thanks Ben - I think this is one of the most beautiful stretches of the Oregon coast.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

I like the color and clarity of the water. Very nice view.

 

[AlanLichty]

I like the color and clarity of the water. Very nice view.

Thanks Jameel - not the view we have both seen from the rocks next to the falls. From out over the water it's a seemingly endless string of small coves and cliffs like this.

 

[Dean]

Alan, what an incredible view from this prospective. Its a really beautiful capture with the color and movment in the water I really like the way its composed. It is certainly an image one can stare at for long periods of time and get lost in. So no doubt it make a great desk top.

 

[AlanLichty]

Alan, what an incredible view from this prospective. Its a really beautiful capture with the color and movment in the water I really like the way its composed. It is certainly an image one can stare at for long periods of time and get lost in. So no doubt it make a great desk top.

Thanks Dean - I am still visually exploring this scene. I have hiked in on a trail that comes out right near the waterfall on a number of occasions but the view from there doesn't really show this shoreline like you can see it from the air.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

The area around Secret Beach in the Samuel Boardman Scenic Corridor isn't easy to view from the trails and overlooks in spite of all the turnouts along US101. It is a seriously rugged coastline which becomes obvious once you get a good view of it from out over the water. The cove that contains Secret Beach is just one of many similar small coves along this stretch of the of coast. The small creek visible on the right is Wridge Creek. This capture just became my new desktop background. Click through for a larger view.

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C&C always welcome.

These drone images of the coastline are just gorgeous, Alan.

 

[AlanLichty]

These drone images of the coastline are just gorgeous, Alan.

Thanks Doug - it was fun seeing/shooting these places from a completely different point of view.

 

[Timmeh]

Lovely perspective Alan! It seems like your output recently has been strongly in favor of drone images. Are you finding your keepers to be mostly drone, or have you not been shooting from the ground as much?

 

[AlanLichty]

Lovely perspective Alan! It seems like your output recently has been strongly in favor of drone images. Are you finding your keepers to be mostly drone, or have you not been shooting from the ground as much?

Thanks Tim - I just recently did a trip along the Oregon Coast that was almost entirely devoted to getting the perspective of the coast from a drone out over the water. I have driven US101 along that coast dozens of times and have about 15,000 DSLR images from every viewpoint I know of so I was determined to get views I have not seen before and a flying tripod was the perfect solution. I have been posting shots generally ordered from north heading south and still have quite a few more to go before I get to the south end of the series