‘Cudas Oregon Trip

[Barracuda]

Alright, took me most of the day, but I’ve finally got through my trip photos up through the end of my time on the coast. Shots from the Willamette Valley will have to wait till later.

First, a few of the landscapes…

Yaquina Head Lighthouse. Winds were gusting to a reported 100mph the day we were there, and I can believe it!
18-55mm @ 40mm, f5, 1/1600 sec

Cliffs below the Yaquina Head Lightnouse.
11-16mm @ 13mm, f7.1, 1/200 sec

Yaquina Bay Bridge, Newport Harbor
18-55 @ 18mm, f7.1, 1/250sec

Taken from nearly the same location on Newport Harbor, but with the 11-16 @ 12mm, f6.3, 1/160sec

Yaquina Bay – inland from Newport Harbor
18-55 @ 29mm, f8.0, 1/100

Agate Beach, Newport
18-55 @ 18mm, f8, 1/200sec

Oregon 2012 Vacation Album (mostly the landscapes)

[Barracuda]

And some of the local wildlife:

Steller’s Jay – 55-250mm @ 250mm, f5.6, 1/100sec

Steller’s Jay – 100mm Macro @ f4.5, 1/500sec Same @ 2400px for details

“Alice”, resident chipmunk @ my parent’s place in Newport – 55-250 @ 250mm, f5.6, 1/40sec, flash, 400ISO

Unknown bird @ Newport Aquarium – 55-250 @ 250mm, f5.6, 1/500sec

Tufted Puffin @ Newport Aquarium – 55-250 @ 250mm, f5.6, 1/400sec

Harbor Seal @ Newport Aquarium – 55-250 @ 250mm, f5.6, 1/800sec

Haven’t looked at the Macros from this part of the trip yet, but my parent’s place has multiple flower gardens that I have a number of shots from that I’ll post later, as well as shots from the second half of my trip.

[ravnostic]

That Stellar’s Jay is stunning!

[Barracuda]

Thanks, the Jays more than any other were more than happy to pose for the camera as long as they knew they were going to get food out of the deal. Made it easier for me to get close enough for the 100mm to work it’s magic.

I’ve started posting a few of the shots from Amity in the Willamette Valley as well as some from the Evergreen Aviation Museum in the album linked above. I’ll come by tomorrow when I get a chance and post a few directly.

[lokisbong]

Nice Puffin and harbor seal pictures too. Will look through the album later.

[chupathingie]

Nice shots…
/me pushes imaginary vote button on a bunch of landscapes…

[nobigdeal]

Nice stuff ‘cuda! I’m pretty impressed with the sharpness of that 55-250.

[lokisbong]

I have the same lens (55-250) and have been pretty happy with it.

[Barracuda]

The 55-250 isn’t bad, but I have to remember not to compare @ 1:1 against the 100 Macro!

Alright, a couple of selections from the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum – still quite a few more from there to sort through, but a few stand outs that I’ve got uploaded so far.

Ford Tri-Motor – 11-16mm Tokina @ 13mm, f2.8, 1/125sec

The obligatory reflection shot in the propeller cone. Tokina 11-16mm @ 13mm, f2.8, 1/160sec

British Spitfire “Carolyn” – 11-16mm @ 13mm, f2.8, 1/125sec

Hughes H-1 Flying Boat, aka Spruce Goose – 11-16mm @ 11mm, f3.2, 1/160sec
(Getting this shot is 50% of the reason I decided to rent the 11-16mm after the recommendation was made in my earlier thread over the 17-55mm f2.8)

More in the Picasa Album

[ravnostic]

You’re left handed, barra? I’d have never guessed!

[Barracuda]

Rav, yup, I’m a south paw. Most of my family is actually. My sister is semi-ambidextrous but still favors her left.

And now for a few landscapes from the Willamette Valley where my wife and I stayed two nights. Absolutely beautiful little cottage tucked up into the hillside overlooking Amity, Oregon. Pond, multiple waterfall in the waterscape. Large stand of lavender that the local bumblebee population loved.

Tokina 11-16mm @ 11mm, f13, 1/8sec

Canon 18-55 @ 55mm, f7.1, 1/40sec

18-55 @ 18mm, f14, 150sec

[fluffybunny]

‘Cuda,

You’re killing me with these shots (excellent photography BTW). I lived out there for four years and it is by far one of my favorite places.

How are you liking the wide lens?

[Barracuda]

The wide lens was alright, but often found it too wide for a lot of situations. Sent it back to BorrowLenses yesterday morning with no real plans to purchase something similar in the near future. There were times were it really came in handy, such as at the flight museum where I could get close to the aircraft and still get the plane from nose to tail, wingtip to wingtip in the shot – however I found myself going back to the 18-55 a fair bit when I was outdoors, especially in Amity where the foreground usually wasn’t all that interesting to warrant the wide view. The second morning in Amity I took a walk down the road from the cabin down to the main road leading into town where I was more at ground level with the surrounding farms to see what I could get with the 11-16. Even there, I found it a bit wide as I was constantly trying to keep my shadow out of the shot. Around where I live, a 17 or 18mm is probably as wide as I’d need 95% of the time, and probably wouldn’t really miss it the other 5%. Not saying I wouldn’t rent the 11-16mm again if I were to take another vacation somewhere the wide angle would be more useful though.

A much better shot of the waterfall along Otter Crest Loop than the one I’d put in the album earlier.
18-55mm @ 34mm, f22, 1/3sec (cropped)

Me playing photographer along the dune grasses, wife wondering what the hell I’m doing in the background.
Canon 18-55 @ 55mm, f5.6, 1/400sec

[Yoyo]

The wide lens was alright, but often found it too wide for a lot of situations.

I find that my Tamron 10-24mm is too wide for landscapes. It really does much better for urban architecture and interiors. It was the main lens I used at FarkCon since most of the activities were indoors crowded around bar and game tables. (The Canon 55-250 make have made an appearance poolside for some fan-service shots.)

[chupathingie]

That last waterfall shot looks like something out of a fantasy… me likey.

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