Between the weather, my schedule, and an arthritic hip I was afraid my Oregon Coast Project was going to fall apart in May. But, the stars aligned for a quick overnight trip to Brookings on the 30th and 31st and I was rewarded with a gorgeous sunset at Harris Beach.
I was experimenting with long exposures using a strong neutral density filter and got some great results.
Unbeknownst to me by March trip to the coast happened to coincide with the Beach Labyrinth schedule (https://www.sandypathbandon.com/public-schedule). It is these kinds of serendipitous events that keep me motivated on a project like this. I had shown up at the beach to photograph the sunset and initially just took a few grab shots of the labyrinth and walked on by. But as the clear sky sunset set up to be very boring indeed I realized that the labyrinth was the main event and went back to see what I could do with it. I especially liked the decorative circles like this sun. I processed it in black and white to downplay the flare in the upper right corner. I supposed if I worked at it I could hide it a little more but I kind of like the wabi-sabiness of it… Imperfectly perfect.