From the Barview jetty, photographer captures Oregon fishing vessels braving the waves

Oregon’s coastal scenery may lead you to believe that all is calm and serene where the ocean meets the shore. But not in winter! There is also risk and danger for crab fishermen crossing the bar at Tillamook Bay. Sometimes, the best scenery is hiding in plain sight. That’s certainly true of the over-the-shoulder scene that’s lost to most folks driving up the new mile and a half Cape Meares Loop Road along Tillamook Bay. But photographer Don Backman knew it was a keeper shortly after the road reopened last fall following a decade long closure. Bob Browning is a longtime fisher and the owner and skipper of the F/V Lady Lee. “Don knows the minute to hit the button. He doesn’t just catch you in the action, he catches you at the peak of the action. The wave surf hitting the boat or the spray coming off the boat when a wave hits. He gets the shot at just the right moment and he’s really good,” Browning said. Video, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 09:55

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