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9-29-12 Coquille Lighthouse Sunset - This is a two exposure HDR made from long exposures using a 10 stop ND filter. I processed this in photomatix and Color Effex pro 4.0.

Critiques Welcome.
Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120918 IS09678 HDR
From PAD2012
10-2-12 Coquille Lighthouse in Black and White - This is a 5 stop HDR processed in Photomatix and Silver Effex Pro 2.

Constructive feedback welcome.

Thanks for all the comments and support around the La Conner images. Trying to get my images posted earlier in the day and maybe soon to get back to early morning.
Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120918 IS09568 HDRX
From PAD2012
10-4-12 Coquille Lighthouse in Bandon, Oregon. I have been processing all different views and treatments of the lighthouse. I am definitely enjoying the variety. This is a single long exposure taken with a 54 sec shutter speed when there was a boring sky. I used Topaz Labs Simplify using a Buz Slim filter and then finished the processing using Topaz Black and White and modified a Black Rose Dynamic preset. I finished it off using a frame in Photoframe.

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Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120918 IS09386
From PAD2012
10-5-12 Another Coquille Lighthouse image - taken in Bandon, Oregon. I was lucky enough to have a friend point out the location of this stump that nicely framed the lighthouse. Combined two images in Photoshop with different focus points and converted using Topaz Black and White. I then added the texture.

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Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120918 IS09518 HDR Oil
From PAD2012
10-7-12 Coquille Lighthouse Sunset - Here is another in this series. I really enjoyed shooting this lighthouse during my photo workshop in Bandon. I was there for 6 days and will continue posting images from my time there.

Constructive Criticism Welcome.
Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120918 IS09709 HDRX
From PAD2012
10-10-12 Face Rock Sunset taken at Bandon, Oregon. This is a 5 stop HDR processed with Photomatix and Color Effex Pro 4.0. I left some of the flare in because I like the effect. I realize that this is personal preference but wanted to get more opinions. This is another image taken at the workshop.

Constructive Feedback Welcome and Appreciated.
Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120921 IS00648 HDRX
From PAD2012
10-11-12 Face Rock and Kittens, Bandon, Oregon. This is a single long exposure captured at 8 sec and processed in Lightroom 4 and Color Effex 4.0. I took this during the workshop.
Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120921 IS00751
From PAD2012
10-13-12. Starry Night At Bandon - This is a thirty second exposure taken at F4 iso 800.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments on my Nautilus shot. I was thrilled to see it in the number one spot.

Constructive Feedback Welcome.
Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120921 IS00840
From PAD2012
10-16-12 Another Bandon Sunrise

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Thanks for all the feedback on my recent shots.
Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120921 IS00354 HDRX
From PAD2012
10-19-12 Star trails at Bandon, Oregon.

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Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120921 IS00849 wstartrails
From PAD2012
11-13-12 Bandon Long Exposure - I went looking through my photos look for more contenders for my first assignment. I will be submitting it tomorrow. This is a 6 sec exposure.

Thanks for all the feedback and thoughts about my two images. I am currently leaning towards the first one uploaded called Samish River Long Exposure but I will not decide until tomorrow.

Added Info: This rock formation is called Face Rock and to the right are the kittens. There is a folklore about this. Local legend says that Face Rock is the face of an Indian maiden that was frozen into stone by an evil spirit. The Cat and Kittens Rock are her animals that were thrown into the sea and turned to stone by the same evil spirit.

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Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120920 IS00070
From PAD2012
10-26-12 Rockaway Beach at a low tide sunset. We have a place on the Oregon Coast in this town, in case you are wondering about why I have so many images of this location. It is a magical place and my heart sings whenever I am there.

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Ilene Samowitz 20120915 IS08783 HDRX
From PAD2012
10-27-2012 The Mary D Hume shipwreck in Gold Beach, Oregon. This is a single image that was post processed in LR 4 and High key in Color Effex 4.

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Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120922 IS01167
From PAD2012
11-3-12 Storm Over Face Rock - this is a 5 image bracketed sequenced processed in Photomatix Pro and then converted in Silver Efex 4. Today I went down to Olympia, Washington to the Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest where John and Barbara Gerlach. spoke on Mastering Digital Exposure and Advanced Flash Techniques. The lectures were ok but I found them to be a refresher. I had fun meeting someone I met online and catching up with workshop friends. I was also able to get my camera cleaned for a good price and got to see some amazing images from the participants. If all goes well the next meeting will be in Eugene in April and Franz Lanting will be the speaker.

Critiques Welcome.
Ilene Samowitz 20120916 IS08948 HDRX
From PAD2012
11-14-12 Coquille Long Exposure. This was an 130 sec exposure using a ten stop neutral density filter. I like how this blurred the cloud movement.

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Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120918 IS09718
From PAD2012
12-13-12 The Yaquina Head Lighthouse -

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Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120706 IS02065 tonemapped
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12-24-12 Garibaldi Marina - I was able to shoot this image this morning. I was finally able to get out and try shooting with my new Lee Big Stopper (10 stop ND) that I bought about a month ago. First chance that the weather permitted a long exposure that I was able to get out. This is a three exposure stack 25 sec, 30 sec, and 40 sec.

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Garibaldi Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20121224 IS02925 hdrx
From PAD2012
12-26-12 Storm Over the Columbia. This is the tidal flats of Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond, Oregon. I have been frequenting this area to see the Snowy Owls. On Christmas Eve, I saw 3 and photographed them, nothing special since they were so far away. We went again today and saw two owls. The weather was very stormy and this was the wonderful lighting in between squalls. This is a 5 stop HDR. I was trying to use my 10 stop ND. However, when the rain started coming down, I got too many water spots on the filter. More than would be practical to clean up since for the long exposure, I was shooting at f16.

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Fort Stevens Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20121226 IS02950 hdrx
From PAD2012
12-28-12 Storm approaching at the South Jetty of the Columba River. This is a black and white conversion of an earlier shot.

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Fort Stevens Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20121226 IS02950 hdrx
From PAD2012
12-29-12 Bandon Long Exposure Sunset

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Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120921 IS00805
From PAD2012
12-30-12 Sunset at Astoria Bridge. This was a 140 sec exposure using the Lee Big Stopper and a 2 stop graduated ND filter.

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Clatsop County Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20121230 IS03013
From PAD2012
1-5-13 Necanicum Estuary - this is one of our favorite dog walking parks on the Oregon coast.

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Clatsop County Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20121230 IS02968 hdrx
From PAD2013
1-13-13 Bandon Long Exposure Twilight - this is a 30 sec exposure.

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Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120917 IS09049
From PAD2013
1-14-13 Coquille lighthouse long exposure.

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Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120918 IS09678 HDR
From PAD2013
2-5-13 Alsea Bay Bridge in Waldport, Oregon shot with the Nikon 1 V1.
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From PAD2013
2-10-13 Astoria Bridge- this is a 25 sec exposure done with the Nikon d800e.
Clatsop County Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20121230 IS03033
From PAD2013
2-11-13 Storm Near the Columbia - this was a 35 sec exposure that captured the drama of the storm light. This was taken with my Nikon D800E.
Fort Stevens Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20121226 IS02956
From PAD2013
3-10-13 Yaquina Bay Bridge in Newport, Oregon
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From PAD2013
3-12-13 Seal Rock Seascape in Black and White
Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20130308 DSC1018 tonemapped
From PAD2013
3-13-13 Newport Sunset
Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20130308 IS03542 hdrx
From PAD2013
3-15-13 Fishing Pier in Garibaldi, Oregon. This is a 30 sec expsure
Garibaldi Historic Pier Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120421 IS45453
From PAD2013
3-18-13 Coquille Lighthouse. I'm taking a long exposure online class and based upon feedback I reprocessed this image
Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120918 IS09718 redo
From PAD2013
3-20-13 Newport Bridge
Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20130308 IS03460 hdrx
From PAD2013
3-22-13 The Mary D Hume
Bandon Bandon Workshop 2012 Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120922 IS01157
From PAD2013
3-23-13 Newport, Oregon Marina taken from the Rogue Nation Brewery

Captured with my iPhone 4 and processed with Camera Awesome
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From PAD2013
3-24-13 Columbia River View....this was taken from under the Astoria Bridge, Oregon this afternoon.
Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20130324 IS03658And8more hdrx
From PAD2013
3-25-13 This is a 274 sec (4.5 min) exposure. This is the Astoria Bridge.
Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20130324 IS03653
From PAD2013
3-26-13 Seaside, Oregon long exposure. This was 137 sec exposure
Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20130324 IS03648
From PAD2013
3-28-13 Garibaldi Fishing Pier 30 sec exposure
Garibaldi Historic Pier Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20120421 IS45450
From PAD2013
4-6-13 Tillamook Bay - down on the Oregon Coast on a windy rainy afternoon. We drove out to Bay Ocean Spit before the rain started pelting. I did some long exposure work for my class/project until I got drops on my filter. I used 13 stops of ND and exposed this image for 357 sec ( almost 6 minutes).
Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20130406 IS04253
From PAD2013
4-7-13 Tillamook Bay, Oregon. This was taken at the same time as the image I posted yesterday. I used my Lee Big Stopper for 10 stops of ND compared to 13 stops. I am taking a long exposure class where I am earning to vary the exposures. I think I like the 30 sec exposure better than the 357 sec exposure http://www.ilenesamowitz.com/Photo-A-Day/PAD2013/i-ckkRpZ8/0/M/20130406-_IS04253-M.jpg .....what do you think?
Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20130406 IS04251
From PAD2013
4-8-13 Rockaway Beach, Oregon - this was taken earlier in the early evening about 2 hours before sunset. The weather on the coast has been stormy. This was shot with my nikon 1 V1 and processed in LR4., CS6, and Topaz Adjust 5.
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From PAD2013
4-9-13 Looking to Haystack - another image for my long exposure class taken yesterday. This is 414 sec (almost 7 min).
Clatsop County Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20130408 IS04266
From PAD2013
4-12-13. I took this photo earlier today with my iPhone at Heceta Lighthouse Beach in Oregon. I missed uploading yesterday and commenting and will not be able to comment today due to the lack of signal. I am pulled off in a wayside parking lot. We just purchased 2.6 acres of land about .3 of a mile from the beach in Waldport, Oregon. We do not have any utilities on the land and are dry camping there in our RV. However I discovered last night that despite having 2 bars in some areas of the property once inside the RV my connection is too slow to do anything. I will be looking into a cell phone booster. But despite this fact we are ecstatic.
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From PAD2013
4-13-13 Just returned home and tomorrow I will break out the computer to try to process a few of the long exposure images I made while down on the Oregon coast. The weather was not very cooperative most of the time so I did not get to shoot as much as I hoped. it was rainy and windy which sometimes makes for great conditions but I have been trying to get over this cold that has been lurking around for a month so I was very conservative with my outings. I took this yesterday along the Central Oregon coast with my iPhone and processed it using Camera Awesome.
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From PAD2013
4-14-13 Storm light at Heceta Lighthhouse Park, Oregon
Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20130412 IS04391 hdrx
From PAD2013
4-15-13 This is a 15 sec long expsure taken on the Cental Oregon Coast at Strawberry Hill looking north.
Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20130412 IS04304
From PAD2013
4-17-13 This is a 68 sec exposure looking down at a stream flowing through to the ocean.
Ilene Samowitz Oregon Coast 20130412 IS04353
From PAD2013

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