Heceta Head

[AlanLichty]

I was out along the Oregon coast on Tuesday driving from Florence up towards Cape Perpetua when I saw some nice atmospherics as I passed by some viewpoints for the Heceta Head Lighthouse. I stopped to see what things looked like up a bit closer and got this view of the scene. Colors were muted in the cloudy early morning light with just enough patchy indirect light from the breaks in the clouds to illuminate the lighthouse on the hillside. Click through for a more detailed version.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Ben Egbert]

What a neat and unique view of this icon. Were you at one of the pull outs near sea lion caves or down at the parking area?

 

[AlanLichty]

What a neat and unique view of this icon. Were you at one of the pull outs near sea lion caves or down at the parking area?

Thanks Ben - the viewpoint in this case is out over open water. I launched my drone from one of the turnouts up near the sea lion caves.

 

[TimMc]

From the height of the splash it looks like a lot of wind to me. You are flying more bravely than I do , and getting great photos

 

[AlanLichty]

From the height of the splash it looks like a lot of wind to me. You are flying more bravely than I do , and getting great photos

Thanks Tim - there was a fair bit of wind Tuesday morning but I have flown in similar conditions before. Wind direction helps in situations like this - I was flying out to this vantage point (roughly 3500' out) into the wind and watching my battery consumption carefully to insure a safe return with a tail wind. The Mavic 3 handles the wind a lot better than my old Air 2 did since it weighs 325 grams more (895g for the M3).

I went back out to this area and Cape Perpetua that afternoon when the tides were higher but by then the winds were blowing pretty hard so I didn't take my drone up at all.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Neat and unique view of this location, Alan.

 

[AlanLichty]

Neat and unique view of this location, Alan.

Thanks Jameel - Heceta Head is one of those places I stopped shooting for a long time since there were so many images of the lighthouse floating around all taken from the same usual spots with views. Much nicer when you can create your own viewpoint for the image

 

[Alisa]

Love the moody vibe!

 

[AlanLichty]

Love the moody vibe!

Thanks Alisa - I pulled into the first turnout I could find once I saw the atmospherics over the scene. I love it when a storm breaks up.

 

[JimFox]

Wow Alan! This has some really great mood to it! Love the look of this. You are getting your money's worth from this drone.

 

[AlanLichty]

Wow Alan! This has some really great mood to it! Love the look of this. You are getting your money's worth from this drone.

Thanks Jim - I am liking how this one works,