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My end of summer plans all got derailed. So, I am hoping for a productive fall. The landscapes will be very different, though. Hopefully I get some spooky shots.

How about the rest of you? Any plans for fall or Halloween phorography?

I am just back from shooting the Neskowin Ghost Forest. Most of what can be seen of it is only visible for a few hours a year. A little of it can be seen at low tide, but much more can be seen at an extreme low tide that happens for an hour a few days a year.



I'd planned to go to this specific extreme low tide event a while ago. When I was having breakfast at the local cafe everyone was talking about some article calling this specific low tide event the best chance to see the forest for the next 5 years. I've looked at the tide tables and I am pretty sure that is not accurate, but someone wrote it somewhere and the area got way, more more people than were expected by any of the local businesses.

Fortunately, one of my lenses is a monster wide angle to telephoto zoom. I was able to snipe far away shots that were temporarily free of people. wide angles can also be good by letting you get close to a subject and avoid the people that way, but my own shadow was also a problem. I pretty much had to stick to zoom shots.

After a while I set up shots with people in them and waited for an opening. Sometimes I waited a while. I never got the shots I most wanted, but I also can't complain too much, this was a pretty cool thing to get to do at all. My galleries are here if you'd like to see.

What are your strategies for dealing with crowds, especially in your landscapes? Do you find that photogs like to cooperate with each other, or do they get competitive for the shots? Do you go home and edit the kids playing in the sand out later?

While the forest service hasn't made a statement on whether this abandoned highway still exists, I am pretty sure it's toast. This was one of my favorite places and I kept meaning to go reshoot it. This photo is about 12 years old. I'd love to reshoot it my better understanding of light and composition.

Also, the day I got off my butt and went to see what I could photography of an abandoned luxury hotel it looked like this:



The fire was so bad, fire fighters from both Oregon and Washington helped deal with it. If I had gone one day sooner, I'd be one of the few people with good photos of the place. I've tried a few times to find any photos of the old hotel, but the ones I've looked at before all seem to be gone.

Recently, I've been shooting some of Portland's unpaved roads because the city is talking about actually paving all our roads.

( Recent picture, I have a lot more shooting to do )
Do you have any pictures of places that no longer exist? Any regrets like mine for being just a touch too slow? Any places you want to make sure you get while you can?

I have these minifigs in a small pouch in my camera bag. I don't shoot with them enough. I need to find a head that doesn't look so grumpy so I can swap out Legolas' face as well.

Anyone else dabble in this sort of thing?