Tide Pool on the Oregon Coast

This beach in Bandon, Oregon, with its spectacular rock formations called sea stacks, is a destination for many landscape photographers. What I especially like about this place is that although it is a popular location, there were opportunities to find something that spoke to me, that resonated, in a unique way. This little tide pool on this vast beach made me stop and want to photograph it. Often in big dramatic settings like this, a subject with a quiet beauty that can easily go unnoticed is what I connect most strongly with.