Another Perspective

I really liked the perspective of the fisheye lens on the Q of this bridge. And, of course, the setting sun. I'm under the Newport bay bridge in Oregon. It was a great visit a couple weeks ago. Always a favorite of mine.

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My 2 Best Friends

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Osprey Takes Flight

This big boy taking off from his perch recently. They seem to have taken their time returning to nest this year, later than normal, I was getting worried. Looks like everything is fine though. First image is the male, second is the female Osprey. 

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2 for the Birds

A couple from the yard while out playing practicing with the 150-500 a couple days ago. Not too bad but I have determined that I need a new tripod. Camera shake is horrible! The slightest touch sends the whole set up bouncing.

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All American

Boy did this guy pose today! I feel fortunate to get these images of this young adult Bale Eagle. Just sitting atop a power pole, letting me grab quite a few shots. I was in the car, didn't get out as I didn't want to startle him into flight, braced on the window frame. No, not the highest of image quality, but I am still amazed at how well the Sigma 150-500 does do. The real cool part for me is how rarely I usually get this close to an adult. Today I actually saw 3 eagles in this area, this adult and 2 yearlings. There must be a good nesting area close by. I was actually on the way to see if the Egret was still at the lake and it seems not. I like both croppings, but I don't care for the power pole in the second image. Is that ok? What do you think? What I love about the second image is how he appears to be looking right through the lens at me.

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Painted Geese

No, not a painting, but an image of geese over an outcropping of trees. It took a lot of patience to get this shot with the geese as the sky was mostly clear of birds though we could hear them in the distance. Fortunately for me (unfortunate for the geese) hunters scared them up from a few miles away and they flew over the wildlife refuge I was at.

The image has been heavily processed in Topaz Adjust and Photoshop. I had no idea of how I would process this image but thought it would be good to play with Topaz with. I'm still experimenting with that software and I really like what it can do.

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Young Bald Eagle

So, this young Bald Eagle was taking a break from hunting. I must admit, without this lens, the new 150-500, I would not have been able to get this image. The eagle was a good 150 yards away and the image is heavily cropped, but it works.

Funny, my brother and I were out taking photos and at this area we were alone for quite a while. Coincidentally, just before the eagle shows up so did about 6 other cars, cameras ready. Someone calls out "It's an eagle" and we all turn and do our best to capture him. Soon after all others were gone and we were left shooing scenic shots of the lake. (I'll post one soon of the lake.)

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A little fall

These are a pair from this past spring where a small stream feeds the lake. Kinda hard to grab these shots from moving water, but not *too* bad I thought.

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Mt. Hood

Looking east from near the Portland airport, overlooking the Columbia River. Its an attempt at HDR too. The whole scene was cool, sun going down, fast changing light, cars on the right and river on the left. I didn't care for the house in the image but I had to work with it and I now think it is okay. It is hard to find a place on the south bank of the Columbia where the river bends north and has a view of Hood.

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Sailing

What else is there to say? Sailing on Detroit Lake, Oregon.

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Newport Bay Bridge

Taken from a new vantage point for me, on the fishing pier near the center of the channel just to the east of the bridge. A whole bunch of people out here fishing and crabbing, then there is me with my tripod and camera. :-) I saw earlier in the week the moon following the sun down and estimated that I could get this shot the next day. Didn't see the sun for the next 3 days, but the fog gave way for this photo. The moon is not following as closely now though, so no sun & moon in the same shot. A moon shot will follow soon however. We froze for a half hour waiting for the moon..... :-)

This is an HDR image with a good amount of saturation and vibrancy. The seagull, however, is natural. :-)

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Droid Army

My Android army that I designed in SolidWorks and printed on our 3D printer at the college I work at. They were test prints at different times because we were having a lot of troubles with the machine. If I could replace it, I would but we are a little short on funding. :-)

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On the Lake

It was a wonderful sunrise, sun up and over Piety Island at Detroit Lake. Very quiet at this time, me with my camera and a few others with their fishing poles out on the water. No kids out yet making a ruckus. :-)

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Bees in Flight

I saw these flowers yesterday but it was pretty poor lighting out, nearly rain. Today there was sun and a flock of bees! 473 shots later I got a few keepers! :-) The first image is taken with my 90mm macro lens, the second with my fisheye. Surprisingly unique perspective I could get and much faster to focus. Of course, I had to have the lens about a half inch from the bee..... Made a few of them nervous and some simply didn't care. Great fun!

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The Lake

Early frosty morning at a local lake recently. I little fog, a little sky, a little frost all combined for this image. It has interesting colors to me and a cool calm.

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Windmill

Not a real one, but it looks cool. Finally a break from the rains too!

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Oregon State Capitol Mall

Out looking for something to do, kill time while my wife is at the spa, I happened upon the cherry blossoms and blue skies at the capitol mall. I have lived in Oregon all my life, except while in the military, and I have never seen the cherry trees in their full glory before. It was incredible, awesome and spectacular all at once. there were quite a few of us out with our cameras this day. I with my fisheye (again) but most other shooters had a longer lens. I would not have shot it any other way. :-) the next day it rained and has been pretty much every day sense. As always, click on the image to see a larger view then click on the left or right for previous or next.

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Sun Over the Valley

Another from Fitton Green overlooking the Willamette Valley. It was cold but not bad and the sights were awesome. I'm wondering what the fall might bring from there, as in colors on the surrounding hills.

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Lincoln City Sunset, again

Again with the sunset, I know! But I loved all the images from this evening a couple weeks ago that I cannot resist. Having had my fisheye lens for nearly a month now, it is my #1 lens. I just love it and the perspective it gives, like this sunset image. Everyone should run out and get one! :-)

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Sunset, Lincoln City

There was a rare (for me) sunset while visiting the beach Saturday that I got to go chasing. I found a very cool overlook on a hidden corner of the back streets in Lincoln City, Oregon. I took a TON of shots with different trees as framing and using my fisheye lens. These both are mostly straight out of the camera.....I had to straighten them......but no other adjustments. I love them! (And I was surprised how well a fisyehe worked for this. First landscape with it. A couple other people there were missing out using a long zoom.)

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