Monday, December 16, 2013

Oregon and Washington Coast

From 7/17/2013 to 8/2/2013, I took a road trip from the SF Bay Area to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Half of the trip was spent driving up the west coast. On my trip, I visited many famous places such as Seattle, Butchart Gardens, Mount Rainier, and much more. Obviously I got many coastal shots and many places that isn't as famous. The reason I am posting it now is because the high amount of photos I took equaled a high amount of processing time. I took a bit over 2000 photos on the trip. After stitching the panoramas, compositing the HDRs, and picking out photos from the repeats, I have a bit over 1000 photos to show you guys. The photos will be split into parts. I will link you to the previous and next parts on each post just like I did with my Death Valley National Park photos and my Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Park photos. Hope you enjoy viewing this chain of posts!

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To view my best Oregon photos from this trip, use this link. To view my best Washington's coast photos from this trip, use this link. To view all of my day 4 photos, use this link.

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Today I continue my photos up north. The photos for today are from both Oregon and Washington. I have photos from Astoria (Oregon), Chinook (Washington), Naselle (Washington), and South Bend (Washington). I will also have a few shots of the bridge that joins Washington and Oregon called the Astoria-Megler Bridge.

A photo of the Astoria-Megler Bridge in Astoria, Oregon. On the other side is Washington. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 46 10 50 N 123 51 36 W 

A black and white process of the photo above.  

Here is a photo near where I took the above photo in Astoria, Oregon.  

 A black and white process of the photo above.  


A photo with some facts about the Astoria-Megler Bridge.  
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 46 11 16 N 123 51 11 W 

A long exposure with an ND filter (so no cars would show up) of the Astoria-Megler Bridge. Somehow no cars drove through my long exposure anyways. Photo was shot near that sign above. 

 A black and white process of the photo above.  


Now taking a photo of the Astoria-Megler Bridge from the Washington side facing Oregon. Photo was shot from the Washington State Department of Transportation Rest Area in Naselle, WA. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 46 14 56 N 123 51 43 W 

A zoomed in shot from around the same spot. My dad went to do #2 at the rest area, so I had a bit of time to shoot. LOL Sadly the panorama I shot didn't stitch right. 

Now in Chinook, WA, a sign welcoming you to Washington. 
 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 46 15 01 N 123 51 30 W 

 A photo from Naselle, WA.
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 46 25 03 N 123 50 50 W 


Here are a photos from South Bend, WA  of the Willapa River. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 46 39 59 N 123 48 38 W 

2 more shots from around the same spot as above. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I have the last of my photos from Washington's Coast. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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