For this week’s challenge, Sofia invites us to show the various ways we “convey the size of what we’re seeing”. Sometimes size is the main point of a photo, and other times it is subtle yet vital to the image. Below is the largest “wishing rock” I have ever seen. It was on the beach at Point Doughty on Orcas Island, WA, and I placed my water bottle on the sand by it in order to show the scale. Also, that black spot in the distance by a tree top is a Bald Eagle. To learn about wishing rocks, here’s an earlier post on that subject. https://lindylecoq.com/2017/03/11/wishing-rocks-weekly-photo-challenge-wish/
The Astoria-Megler bridge is 14 miles (23 km) from the mouth of the Columbia River as it flows into the Pacific Ocean. Opened in 1966, it is the longest continuous truss bridge in North America at four miles (6.5 km) in length.
The size of automobiles entering the bridge on the right side of the above photo provides one sense of size, and the distance shore on the left side offers another.
Above, two shots with leading lines. Left is the view on the bridge looking south to Astoria, on the right is the view looking north toward Megler. Below, photographed from Fort Columbia State Park, in the distance the bridge stretches across the mighty Columbia River.
Extending 28 miles (48 km), Long Beach WA is the longest beach in the United States, and the longest beach on a Peninsula in the world. On a foggy morning two people walking along the shoreline at low tide give us a sense of the vastness of this place.
I’ll finish with a close-up shot of a honey bee working over a butterfly bush. The insect appears quite large compared to the tiny dimensions of the flowers.
Lindy Low LeCoq 
Lindy, these are incredible examples you posted in your gallery. Starting with the rock (and clever idea to use your water bottle for scale) to the bridge and stunning fog image, every photo is priceless.
Thank you, Egídio. You are so kind and generous with your comments!
Great photos. I love the rock and eagle. THAT is scale!
Yes it is! Thanks, John.
These are wonderful, Lindy. I loved your leading lines ones, you convey the lengh of the bridge perfectly.
Thank you, Sofia!
Love your beaches and leading lines, Lindy. We too have wishing stones, but the ring around it I have never heard of. And oh my, surely that rock cannot be thrown over your shouder…
Thank you, Leya. Fascinating that you too have wishing stones! I love traditions like this, and wonder if it is a universal story, or it started somewhere and migrated with people as they traveled the world. And you’re right, no tossing that one into the ocean to hear it go “plink”!
I think it might be a bit of both. But things like this has always fascinated people.
Terrific examples of scale Lindy – you did a great job with the bridge! It reminds me a bit of the bridge in Maryland that that super-tanker crashed into which took down the bridge, a terrible accident. I also loved the rock and yes, the bottle was a great idea to give a sense of scale!
Thank you, Tina. The Astoria Megler bridge is a thrill to drive over too! What a tragedy that bridge in Maryland. I worry about our interstate 5 bridges that link Portland and Vancouver. They are 100 years old and the planning for a new bridge system is ongoing, however some unReasonable politicians keep getting in the way. Aaargh!