A View to Port Orford

[AlanLichty]

This is a view from the Cape Blanco area looking towards Port Orford in the distance along the Oregon Coast. Taken from near the eastern edge of the Cape Blanco State Park.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Looking good. At first I thought this might be a drone image, but I guess not.

 

[AlanLichty]

Looking good. At first I thought this might be a drone image, but I guess not.

Thanks Ben - your original guess was correct. This was taken from 377' above the road leading to the Cape Blanco lighthouse. I set my trip down to Brookings up so I could shoot all along the coast with my drone from Reedsport down to Brookings.

 

[Amy Nelson]

The light adds a real nice atmosphere to this image....well done Alan.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Thanks Ben - your original guess was correct. This was taken from 377' above the road leading to the Cape Blanco lighthouse. I set my trip down to Brookings up so I could shoot all along the coast with my drone from Reedsport down to Brookings.

That sounds like a great trip, Alan. Can't wait to see the images.

 

[AlanLichty]

That sounds like a great trip, Alan. Can't wait to see the images.

Thanks Doug - I have posted a few so far and have lots more to go. This was a part of a 360º panorama sequence that is just to the right of a panorama set showing the Sixes River earlier this last week.

 

[AlanLichty]

The light adds a real nice atmosphere to this image....well done Alan.

Thanks Amy - the light and the clouds was what caught my eye as I was looking through the captures for that day. Not always easy to see details like that through the console screen while flying the drone.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

That patch of light is a nice anchor to the image.

 

[AlanLichty]

That patch of light is a nice anchor to the image.

Thanks Jameel - seeing the light on the hillside down in front was a nice treat. I have wandered around this area on foot looking for compositions like this and walked away wishing there was someplace I could get a better view from. Propellers really change the game for areas like this.

 

[BlackRockArt]

This is a view from the Cape Blanco area looking towards Port Orford in the distance along the Oregon Coast. Taken from near the eastern edge of the Cape Blanco State Park.

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C&C always welcome.

Alan， nice vantage point, is the PNW in the rainy season ? Here in California, we have a completely dry January.

Oliver

 

[AlanLichty]

Alan， nice vantage point, is the PNW in the rainy season ? Here in California, we have a completely dry January.

Oliver

Thanks Oliver - yes winter is our rainy season. January started out quite wet but ended up with some dry days.

 

[JimFox]

Is this a Drone capture? This is sure sweet! Love that light, and very jealous of all of the places you can fly it.

 

[AlanLichty]

Is this a Drone capture? This is sure sweet! Love that light, and very jealous of all of the places you can fly it.

Thanks Jim - yes this is a drone shot. Oregon seems to be the exception for not banning drones so far. Drones can only be used in a Washington State Park with a permit and getting a permit can take weeks.

There is a commission holding meetings right now in Oregon to determine how they will treat drones going forward and at least so far they are not leaning towards how Washington and California have slammed the door shut. The attitude at the moment is that drones are a form of recreation and they should be allowed in parks. There might be more restrictions around coastal areas with lots of nesting sea birds but those will likely be seasonal.

 

[Alisa]

This is a beautiful Capture love the lighting!

 

[AlanLichty]

This is a beautiful Capture love the lighting!

Thanks Alisa - I can only control the view and time of day in passing. Pure luck on the light that appears at this conjunction.