I'll post as many pictures as I can before going crazy. Shore Acres SP is in the Coos Bay, Oregon area and what a beautiful place it is. Ocean overlooks, frog ponds, flower gardens, wide open grassy picnic areas, summer concerts on the lawn, etc.etc... And at this time of year volunteers throw the switch on some 400,000 "Holiday Lights" - what a sight. As an after note, all the pictures do not appear sequentially from beginning to end but it is a royal pain in the butt to rearrange them. But that's enough talking - one more thing before I shut up... I didn't have a mono-pole or tripod so pardon the "fuzzy" appearance - kinda hard holding perfectly still with a 1/2 second ~ 1 second shutter speed. OK... sorry about this but to remind you, a single click on a pic will get you a larger view and the option to look at just the pictures without all my distracting comments. And for those of you tolerant enough to continue with my comments - just hit the "Esc" key after clicking on the pic to return to the blog.....
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| The frog pond |
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What the hell salmon are doing in a frog pond is beyond me! |
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| Close up at the frog pond |
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| Way out of sequence but... |
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| OK.. I'll give you a hint - this is the first view you get upon entering |
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| Remember the seeing the butterfly? The closeup belongs after this picture. |
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| This is probably my favorite picture |
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| Or maybe this one? |
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| Becky and one of our friends Sheryl. Sheryl is NOT wearing a hat! ONLY KIDDING ONLY KIDDING |
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| If you haven't figured it out yet... the display area, maybe 10 acres, wanders and generally are centered around the frog pond |
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| View this picture and the next three quickly to understand the sequence of lights. Very inventive! |
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| Any guesses what this is suppose to be? Answer after the pictures. |
As any of you know that take digital pictures - it's pretty easy to shoot, well, in this case 250 pictures. Can you imagine the old technology 35mm film and development costs? Anyway, we can't thank the volunteers and sponsors enough for their time and efforts. This has to be the best light show I have ever seen.
Answer: The picture is suppose to be an underwater view of the surface (the blue) and the feet of a duck swimming. It took us a few minutes but Becky recognized it.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE
