All of these shots are beautiful but I think I prefer this pano crop best. I love the intense, warm colors. The little person on the rock really tops this off. Excellent!
Thanks to all of you for the nice comments. Even though many of them were directed to Zoomdak (we both had a good laugh over that), it's still very nice to get so much positive feedback. It's also very nice to win a ribbon. I can feel my head expanding already! :)
FYI, I did not set out to fool anyone by doing a 'Zoomdak' photo. It just sort of worked out that way. I did take this photo on Cannon Beach, but I didn't go anywhere near Haystack Rock (Zoomdak Rock?). There were so many people around Haystack at the time that I doubt I could have gotten close enough to take a photo. It's a very popular place. I originally planned to do a Toyota billboard using a photo of my new Tundra parked on the beach with the sunset in the background. But the closest place that I know of where you can drive onto the sand was too far away for us to make it that day. So we stopped by Cannon Beach instead.
I gladly admit that Zoomdak's excellent photos of Haystack Rock did influence some of my decisions while taking this photo; and in the post-shot editing too. He is a very talented young man, and I have no doubt that we'll be seeing even more ribbons on his profile page in the future. I just wonder who I'll have to be to win my next ribbon. So, how far is Iceland from Oregon? :)
Oswald West, former governor of Oregon, declared the Oregon beaches to belong to all the people, forbidding anyone to claim one grain of sand from the high tide line out to sea, from Astoria to Brookings as private property. This billboard is in that same spirit, welcoming all inlanders to come out to dream, to soak up the beauty of the north Oregon Coast. I love the child on the rock, putting perspective and human story into the scene. The golden glow is extraordinary. By the way, the larger rock in the photo is known locally as Lady Rock. It's either Lady or Lincoln, I get the two confused. Congrats on the ribbon, Michael. Thanks for a great billboard!
What is this - the fifth ribbon for this beach ? That's gotta be a record for a single location :). I've gotta say, this is up there with some of zoomdak's best shots of this beach, which is certainly an achievement considering you havent had half the practise he has :P.
Congrats...this is long overdue. I took a look at your portfolio and i like the neatness of your shots. I can see STYLE written all over this. I must say this should have been a blue. A favorite.
Congratulations on your ribbon--I thought for sure you were zoomdak. Even wrote my comment like you were. Well this shot is pure gold, so beautiful, cannot wait to visit the Oregon coast.
No matter how many times I see this beach, it still looks beautiful and you're clearly proficient at shooting landscapes like this. As always, really nice job!
Return for comment. Beautiful shot, wonderful light and sillouettes. I wonder if it might have been better though to crop more on the left, so the partial rock isn't even there. The predominant focal point is still the big rock even with the person there, and I think even more off center would be great. Still, a beautiful shot to be proud of. Bumping way up.
Wonderful warm color and profile. Interesting how the sun doesn't blow out more. The beach is just great, as is the rock. The person on it makes it work. Very good.
You really have a treasure place there on this coast near your home. You always manage to make it fit the newest challenge, and very beautifully, too. Good luck on this one!
Composition: 9
Technical: 9, very nice silhouettes. great colors and reflections off the wet sand
Appeal: 10
Challenge: 10, impressive shot
Overall Calculated Average Score: 10
Beautiful shot. Love the whole silhouette effect ya got going on here, but at 65 miles an hour I'm not sure that folks will even notice the little guy standing there and your message may be lost on the viewing public.
TC
My evaluation method of this challenge is as follows:
1. Did you catch my eye while I was driving by? Yes.
2. If I didn't catch the text while I was driving, did you intrigue me enough to look for this billboard again? hmm.... not sure.
3. Did you sell your stuff to me? If I got to read the test I might be considering buying.
4. Extra thoughts: Beautiful shot. Bright and eye catching. The kind I would enjoy looking at, after a long day at work, on my way home.
But sunsets are corny and not exactly representing one place or another.
most likely I would forget the picture after driving away.
If I saw this while standing at the traffic lights, I would probably be interested in a trip to Oregon. So I give you a 7 for a beautiful photo.
You must be Zoomdak?? What a place to live--what beauty. Haystack fits into every challenge--well almost and you always capture it so beautifull. I hope to see it some day. You are marvelous--keep up the great work.
Yay Oregon! (my childhood home) Beautiful shot, but perhaps a tighter frame might be better so the person would be larger. They might be hard for a distracted driver to pick out at this size.
maybe as a photograph, but not as a billboard...it's a bit too centered. also, at 60 mph, that person would barely be noticed. great colors and contrast. maybe if you had someone on a bed out there this might have a stronger tie to 'dreamers'...
And that's really an advertising slogan used here isn't it? (I'm also from Oregon.)
Lovely as usual Zoomdak. ETA: Oops. I guess it isn't him afterall. Another Oregonian though... Thinking I need to get myself out to the coast at sunset one of these days for a shiny sand reflection shot. ;)
And the ribbon goes to Zoomdak. Another wonderful shot, love the gradiant yellows. You ought to open some vacation condos, you would keep them fully occupied by DPCr's. Good luck..-10-
I swear, absolutely swear, if you keep entering this beach at sunset I am gonna come dynamite it to oblivion, dude.
Addendum; Zoomdak says he didn't enter this challenge, LOL. You STOLE HIS BEACH! This is a joke, btw. I have scored the image a 10. Very well done, great billboard shot.
Oregon - We Love Dreamers
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