In 2009, the Port of Coos Bay and developers began touting an import terminal for Liquified Natural Gas (LNG), the Jordan Cove Project. Overseas LNG tankers would come into the terminal on North Spit and offload gas into pipelines to be sent on to points east (and more probably south to California, a state who [...]
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Port of Coos Bay: In or Out?
Posted in Environment, Landscapes, Oregon, Wyoming, tagged Alberta tar sands, Coos Bay LNG terminal, Jordan Cove LNG terminal, Keystone XL Pipeline, Port of Coos Bay on March 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Photographer’s I : Mists and Miasma
Posted in Landscapes, Literary Nature Writing, National Park Photography, Oregon, Parks & Monuments, Photographic Criticism, Western Photography, Wyoming, tagged Coastal Storms, Curry County Oregon, Geyser Photography, Oregon Coast Photography, Photo Essay, Wave Photography on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Spray and mist. Not exactly promising subjects for a picture. Photography books advise you to take early morning or late afternoon shots. Strong shadows and light; definite, sharp outlines; bold perspective; strong composition with curves, verticals, diagonals and horizontals. And yet for a contrarian with a camera, these are exactly the “rules” that are fun [...]
The Photographer’s I: A Yellowstone Portfolio
Posted in Landscapes, National Park Photography, Natural History, Parks & Monuments, Photographic Criticism, Western Photography, Wyoming, tagged Ansel Adams, geysers, Photo Essay, Yellowstone NP on May 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the Ken Burns-Dayton Duncan special “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” Yosemite and Yellowstone get the lion’s share of attention, both for their centrality to conservation history, and because of their iconic nature, double meaning of nature intended. Of the two,Yosemite is the most photogenic, with sculptured granite walls and domes, graceful but thunderous [...]
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