Sunset at Arch Cape
The Oregon coastline is just so beautiful.
I love Oregon. I freaking LOVE it. Every single bit of it that I have seen is just gorgeous. Maybe I have been lucky and missed the bad parts, but I don't think so. There is just so much natural beauty there. It's addictive, really. I envy the folks who live there. They have such ready access to massive amounts of nature's awesomeness. Lucky dogs.
This was sunset our first night in Arch Cape - pretty amazing!
Here I took the previous photo and converted it to a painting using Topaz Simplify - and love the results.
I have been there several times over the years, and we are planning a return visit again next summer as a family. I am really looking forward to that. There should be a bit of photography happening for me. :-)
My last visit was during Spring Break earlier this year. We spent most of that time in a little town called Arch Cape, which is just south of Cannon Beach, right smack on the coast. It's so small I am not even sure I would call it a town. It's more like a collection of houses that just happen to have an amazing view behind them.
Also from that first night, just a little later than the first photo...
...and here's the painted version created with Topaz Simplify.
So as you can imagine, I pretty much had the camera on me at all times, and there were a couple of times when the sunset was just too much to resist, and I sprinted down to the beach and fired away. I was in my happy zone.
So today's collection of shots is just that - a collection of shots from a couple of different sunset there in Arch Cape, OR. You should go see this place. It's amazing.
