Lindy Low LeCoq

River Otter at Dawn ~Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Minimal

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

Another lovely scene with no photographic enhancements. Just what it looked like as I snapped the shot.

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Readers ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Minimalist

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

I have been waiting for just the right challenge to post this shot.

I love to capture moments like this when by accident of light and place a perfect image presents itself.

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Downward Climb ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Descent

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

Into The Palouse June 20, 2014 landing in a Horizon airplane at Pullman-Moscow Airport.

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Autumn Surprises ~ Sunday Stills ~ Fall Folliage

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

It’s berry ripening time here in the Pacific Northwest. Holly berries are shading from chartreuse to tangerine and the Porcelain berries are showing us why they have that name! Throughout the Willamette valley you will find vast acres of Blueberry shrubs like this one with bright crimson leaves shining.

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Bending Light ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Refraction

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

Refraction occurs when light passes into a transparent material. Instead of reflecting or changing the path of light (as my Sparkle photos of light on water show) refraction bends the light, changes its direction as it passes into another transparent material of a different density, like glass, water or lenses. The best examples I have in my archives are from a visit to Old Point Loma Lighhouse in San Diego, CA.

Point Lorma was one of the original 8 west coast (USA) lighthouses built in 1855 in a Cape Cod style. Its forty foot tower rises from the center of the lighthouse keeper’s house, and is fitted with a third-order *Fresnel lens.

The site has a small museum with displays including the third-order Fresnel lens from the New Point Loma Lighthouse, and the fourth-order lens from the Ballast Point Lighthouse.

The third-order *Fresnel lens (above & below) has twelve bull’s-eyes. Its focal length is 500 mm and it has an optical area of 1.576 mm.

The fourth-order *Fresnel lens (below) has a focal length of 250 mm and an optical area of .722 mm.

* French physicist Augustin Fresnel (1788-1827) reasoned that it was the surface curvature of lenses which gave it focusing power. He reproduced the surface curvature of a thick lens in sections, maintaining the same focal length with a fraction of the weight. The lens strength in diopters is defined as the inverse of the focal length in meters.

Now I see the light!

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Sparkle ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Refraction

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

As long as I can remember the phenomenon of light refracting in clouds and reflecting on water has fascinated me. Perhaps it is because I was near, or on the water often while growing up. Here are some examples.

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What’s in a Hat? ~ Sunday Stills ~ Hmmmm

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

Not sure the intent of this week’s Sunday Stills, but it includes light and a hat, so here is my contribution; the rainbow hat of a dear friend, as it rests on the table next to my wine glass, during a remarkable conversation at a recent high school class “mini-reunion”.

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Misty Island ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Dreamy

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

This week’s photo challenge is to show an image that looks dreamy to me; perhaps a scene that looks a bit out-of-this world.

Freeman Island floats in the foggy bay of President’s Channel, off the western edge of Orcas Island. Inhabited by birds, seals and other wildlife, it is an easy canoe trip from Beach Haven, where this photo was taken. Caught in the late afternoon light on a misty October day, it looks like an enchanted Isle – a Brigadoon in the ocean.

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Hand Crafted Boat ~ Sunday Stills ~ On The Water

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

After he retired, my father built his dream boat; all wood, wide and deep enough for comfortable lake fishing and coastal crabbing. What a beauty she was!

Odell Lake, Oregon USA

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Sanctum ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Signs

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

This week’s photo challenge is to share an image of a sign that holds meaning. Many of the photos I have posted to the Weekly Photo Challenge, were taken at this magical place.

The summer after my first year in public education (1983), I insisted Creighton and I have a “real vacation.” To me that meant going somewhere special, and the San Juan Islands, was my first choice. I phoned all over and finally was able to get three nights at Beach Haven, on Orcas Island. We loaded our new bicycles onto the pickup and took off. The following year we had a week in a cabin, and ever since we have had one or two weeks of R&R, with Beach Haven as our home base. We will be there again soon.