Seattle sunrise this morning

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The village of Cuffey’s Cove was established on the rugged California Coast about 3 1/2 miles south of the Navarro River in Mendocino County. Stories tell of a Mr. Fletcher sailing here in a whaling boat in the early 1850’s with a crew of Kanakas (old name for Hawaiian sailers). Some say Cuffey referred to grizzly bears as cuffey. Other stories tell of a mulatto sailor who was part of Fletcher’s crew who some say was nicknamed Cuffey. Nearby is the current day community of Elk, California which took its name from Britton Bailey Greenwood’s ranch. After Greenwood rescued part of the Donner Party he was given the large land grant he named Elk just south of here. flic.kr/p/pVFkEM

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Recent powerful waves and king tides have made the coast a really fun place to be. This was from last weekend.
Happy New Year, and thanks for looking!

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The sky paints itself in radiant hues as the sun gracefully sets behind the bixby bridge. This is a composite image of two shots.

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This is a favorite technique of mine to do with my Holga. The exact execution can vary but the general idea remains the same. In this particular case I had a really pretty tree in Alberta Park I was photographing for the Portland Grid Project. The tree itself was resplendent in yellow foliage whilst all the other trees around it had long gone bare (this was November after all). I wanted to get an image of this tree but on one side was a street, another was a covered basketball court and neither of the remaining sides had terribly photogenic backdrops either. So I made somewhere around 6-8 exposures while circumnavigating the tree, trying to stay roughly an equal distance as I completed my circuit. The resulting layered multiple exposure does a good job of getting to the essence or feeling that this tree inspired while allowing me to not worry about any of the uninspiring scenery around it.

Holga 120N
Kodak Gold 200

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