Dune in shades of gray

My Flickr contact and friend Gary Sharp posted this amazing image of dunes on the Dellenback Trail on the Oregon coast.

The iPhone Xs camera is really something with a new level of detail I’ve not seen on any iPhone camera before it.

Footprints on dunes

My Flickr contact and friend Gary Sharp posted this spectacular picture of dunes with footprints and water marks on the Dellenback Trail on the Oregon cost. This was taken with the new iPhone XS and the Noir Filter, part of Apple’s built-in Photos app.

This image is akin to something one night get from a Ricoh GR camera and one has to wonder why carry the Ricoh GR when an iPhone will give you this?

Striations

My Flickr contact and friend Gary Sharp posted this fantastic, high contrast image of wet dunes on the Dellenback Trail on the Oregon coast, shot with his Ricoh GR II.

Gordon brings home a bear cub

Bob and Susan Sharp playing with a bear cub, Gordon Sharp in the back. April, 1965, Reedsport, Oregon.

My Flickr contact and friend Gary Sharp has been scanning old photos he’s digging out of boxes at his mother’s house. These two are terrific and tell a great story.

“My father Gordon Sharp owned and operated Sharp Logging Company that he and his father established in the early 1950’s near Reedsport, Oregon. He was at one of his logging sites in April, 1965 and came across a bear cub with no sign of its mother around so he brought the bear home and it liked being with us. We fed it milk with a baby bottle and took good care of it. My mother remembers that Gordon contacted the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the bear was relocated, maybe to a zoo.”

Gordon Sharp feeding the bear cub, April 1965. Reedsport, Oregon.

Rhododendron multiple exposure

My Flickr contact and friend Gary Sharp shot this multiple exposure of a rhododendron plant on the Oregon coast with his Ricoh GR II.

Pond in the dunes with reflection

My Flickr contact and friend Gary Sharp posted this terrific image of a pond in the middle of some dunes with a great reflection on it.

Rays on Humbug

My Flickr contact and friend Gary Sharp posted this fantastic iPhone/Hipstamatic image of sun rays coming through the woods on Humbug Mountain. Wow.

Reflection in the dunes

My Flickr contact and friend Gary Sharp posted this great, high contrast shot of a reflection on a pond on the Oregon Coast, taken with his Ricoh GR II.

Hikers on the Dellenback Trail

My Flickr contact and friend Gary Sharp took this terrific image of hikers on the Dellenback Trail on the southern Oregon coast with his iPhone 7.

People in the dunes

My Flickr contact and friend Gary Sharp took this picture with his iPhone 7 on the Dellenback Trail on the southern Oregon coast. I’ve not seen Gary use people for scale before and it really works here. Plus, the lighting makes the dunes look flat. Amazing really.