Oregon Pacific Coast Trip – “Sand and Sea”
OK, second part. This was the best part of the trip – the endless coastline with deserted beaches. Oregon allows dogs on their beaches so anytime we felt like stopping, we’d pull over, let the dogs out and start photographing. Other than the single trip down to Cannon Beach this summer (when the sea was relatively calm), I’ve never really had the chance to photography the ocean so this was a treat for me. At the beginning of the trip, the weather started in a howling rage but within a couple of days the sun was out and the contrast was stunning.
I liked the pictures I ended up with for this set. I ended up throwing away a lot more though – things I thought might look good and experimented with often came out horrible. Overall though was v pleased – the key thing being that the images captured a slice of what this awesome coastline looks like.
This came out nice. A little overexposed as the metering on my OM-4 got thrown by the huge contrast (and it’s velvia so fewer stops of DR), but I liked this.
Olympus OM-4 + Olympus OM Zuiko 21mm f2 on Fujichrome Velvia 100
A bench with one of the finest views in the world (well at least for the surrounding 50 miles)
Zeiss Ikon + Zeiss 28mm f/2.8 on Fujifilm Neopan 400 Acros
These two were originally shot on Kodak Ektar 100 in colour but I converted to BW in post
This is one of my favourite shots from the trip – it was in the Oregon sand dunes. We wandered around on a deserted beach under a beautiful sunset – such a perfect place
Olympus OM-4 + Olympus OM Zuiko 55mm f/1.2 on Kodak Ektar 100
Somewhere along the south coast of Oregon. This is Sora
Olympus OM-4 + Olympus OM Zuiko 21mm f/2 on Fujifilm Neopan 400
This seemed like a good idea at the time. Only marginally pleased with the results though.
Olympus OM-4 + Olympus OM Zuiko 21mm f/2 on Fujifulm Neopan 400
A cliche just waiting to happen :)
Olympus OM-4 + Olympus OM Zuiko 135mm f/2.8 on Fujifilm Neopan 400
Oh and one more I missed the first time around (Velvia)
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I like the black and white vertical shot with the driftwood and the pawprints the best. The pawprints going up the hill and around make it.
An interesting series. It reminds me of the things left behind in the switch to the convenience of digital….I miss the accidental capture of natural solar flares, and film’s sensitivity to subtle dynamic range in light and on print. Digital always has the tendency towards oversaturation and lack of tonal finesse…But you have some inspirational shots here! I wonder if you’ve ever experimented with ND filters on high contrast subjects such as clouds and waves?
Hi Kimberly – thanks for swinging by. I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment of film vs digital… it’s extremely to describe what gets lost in the translation from analog but it seems a lot of people feel this way. What started out as an experiment for me (my venture into 35mm film) is turning into a healthy obsession and is now steering further towards medium format. As I’ve said, I’ll always be a digital photographer, but perhaps more accurately described as a “hybrid photographer” moving forwards. Anyway…
As for ND, funny you ask. I’ve never really needed one on my DSLR’s cause the max shutter speed has been fast enough for me to shoot wide open in almost any scene. That’s not been the case with film (where max shutter speeds are 1/500s for my Hassy, 1/1000s for Leicas and 1/2000 for my Olympus OM-4). So i’ve been stopping down more than I’d like and for some completely unknown reason, I hadn’t thought about putting a ND filter on the front of my fast primes. I have no idea why. Anyway, ordered on a week ago (a 64x or 6 stop reduction in light) which should let me shoot wide open under any conditions (even with ISO 400). It’s a BW filter and as soon as I have it, I’ll mount the glass on my 5D Mark II and posts some tests to see if there is any drop off in resolution.
BTW, did I answer a completely different question. Were you referring to ND’s as graduated filters, or to slow down motion even further (e.g. waves)?
Hi Lawrence, thanks for your reply. I’m humbled, and I feel rather silly offering this suggestion, because I definitely have no where the level of expertise that you do, or hands on experience with finer grades of equipment. But the use of an ND filter was a technique I discovered studying another photographer’s specifications. In fact, he was looking for delicate, lowlight color, and fine detail, but went about it almost the opposite method that you have. Using settings of a “2 stop hard ND grad, f16, shutter 5 seconds, ISO 100″ he lengthened the exposure time in addition to lowering the ISO level –a technique which might easily convert to analog film, although he was using a fine digital Canon 5D. He did achieve a quality of dynamic range closer to that of film through the longer exposure, I believe. And to be honest I’ve never used the technique myself, nor seen analog examples of it. And if you would rather purchase and play with a Hassy than a filter, and have the means to do so, I can’t really argue with that! Thanks for humoring me!
Hi Kimberly. Thanks v much for the suggestion. What you describe is the classic way to shoot landscapes and one of the few filters that still makes sense in the digital world also. Would work exactly the same on film. The other settings (5 second shutter speed, etc) would have no bearing on dynamic range although lower ISO would. In fact you have to be careful with the 5D because in ISO 50 (which is available by selecting the expanded range), you actually get a stop LESS dynamic range. It’s why it’s normally locked out on the camera.
Anyway, coming back to filters – my problem is that I’m VERY lazy when it comes to filters. In 5 years, I’ve never own any and finally succumbed last week when I bought a 6x stop ND filter (not graduated). This reduces the light that is allowed into the lens by 64x! The main reason I bought it was to be able to shoot wide open in sunlight at fast apertures (f1.2 etc) on film cameras which max out shutter speeds at 1/2000s.
Great discussion – thanks for posting!
An interesting series. It reminds me of the things left behind in the switch to the convenience of digital….I miss the accidental capture of natural solar flares, and film’s sensitivity to subtle dynamic range in light and on print. Digital always has the tendency towards oversaturation and lack of tonal finesse…But you have some inspirational shots here! I wonder if you’ve ever experimented with ND filters on high contrast subjects such as clouds and waves?
hey there , i was looking for reviews on the OM4ti and bumped into your site. I really think the photos are beautiful and it inspires me to try something different from what i do. Actually ,im in the midst of selling away my praktica + asahi pentax smc 55mm and a vivitar 35es rangefinder to fund one of the OMs.
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