Winter Solstice

Several years ago I visited the far southern Oregon Coast. In the Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor there is a lot of amazing beauty, and my favorite location was Secret Beach. I vowed to return at the beginning of winter, when the sun had dipped to the south, and was finally able to do that last weekend.

I'm still playing a bit with BW, so again thanks for all the feedback. It's fun to try and visualize when out in the field; very different from my color brain. I did catch a couple of ops with good color though, so I'll return to regular programming soon.

I'm really enjoying the D7100. It takes way better detail than the D80. Interestingly though, it's worse at picking up lens flare from dust on the surface of the lens. Not realizing this when I took this image, it was a cloning workout. I'll watch that closer next time.

Nikon D7100
Nikon 12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0 at 12 mm (18mm equiv.)
Blend of 1/125 at f/19, 1/60 sec at f/22, and 1/4000 at f/22, all at ISO 100