Another from Newport

I like the sign over the fishing pier entrance. Reminds me of a boardwalk to something much fancier than what it really is.  

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Bay Bridge

I know, the bridge again. But I love the bridge and I get to visit infrequently. Please mouse over and let me know which version you prefer? The highly processed HDR version or the regular (default) HDR version. Thanks!

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Crabbing

Crabbing off the fishing pier at Newport is Katen, my niece. She is all tomboy: not scared of any crab, bug or snake, carries a knife and owns a gun. (It is safely in a safe.) Quite the little trooper!

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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Silver Creek Falls

A little compilation I put together from my visit to Silver Creek Falls a couple days ago. I had hoped there was a lot of snow still up there, but no. There was a little snow but not enough to make a photographic impact. But, the falls were very nice and the trek was very tranquil and a great form of relaxation therapy. :-)

Top row left is South Falls, the first one most visitors visit and walk underneath/behind.
Top row right is North Falls from the parking pullout. A bit of a hike to get to so less visited.
Bottom is likely the least visited, Middle Falls. A good walk on great paths both north & south.

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Reflections of a Lake

A few days ago I showed a couple images of an eagle. Well, in the stand of trees to the right is where he was. It was a stretch and this is a little misleading as it was taken with a fisheye lens. :-)

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Seal Rock, Oregon in HDR

Here is one version of Seal Rock in HDR from my recent stay at the coast. I'm not sure that I love it but I do like it for the interesting colors. I do remember that it was an incredible sunset, very atypical for the Oregon coast, and there were many photographers there this evening with cameras on tripods. It was a little odd though, being the only Pentax user in a sea of Nikon.

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Newport Apartments by the Bridge

Something caught my eye in this apartment building in Newport a couple weeks ago. Rectangular shapes, bridge arching, setting sun behind me, contrasting colors. Just came together for me.

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Portlandia After Dark

A recent photo of the Portland Oregon skyline. This is an HDR image, slightly bringing in some of the lower levels and bringing down the hi-lights without making it look like Trey Ratcliff created it. (Don't get me wrong, he is good. Just saying....) :-)

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Sun-Up

I thought I had seen these flowers in a ditch or just growing wild, thinking them to be some sort of weed. No more! There is a whole field of them near here.

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The "Cabin"

Very cool views were had from upstairs or down through this 2 story window. Great cabin!

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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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Under the Footbridge

Returned from a long awaited vacation at Detroit Lake (Oregon). On one photo excursion on the way to a small creek, navigated under this bridge. Don't know its name, but I know the kids love it.

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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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Impala

I must have really liked this car at the Lamb & Wool fair car show. And, well, yes, it is quite pretty and well detailed. It was amazing the overall quality of car at this little rally.

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Do not pick the flowers. DON'T!

Next to all these lovely little pink flowers was a wasp keeping watch over passers by, insuring no one goes home with a flower that didn't belong to them. Ok, not true. I believe he was hanging out and drinking water until I shoved my lens into his face and scared him away. :-)

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All Smiles

The Scio, Oregon Lamb and Wool Fair opened yesterday with a car rally. There were too many cars for our little town to handle. That was pretty cool. I think the most impressive thing though was the quality of restoration. There were awesome pampered autos from yesteryear. Here is a sampling of a few "smiles" the cars gave up all taken with my fisheye lens. (I'll have another tomorrow.) I have quite a few more images and perhaps in the coming weeks I'll sprinkle them in to some postings. It was very cool!

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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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Bottom's Up

Another from the tulip fields that are in full bloom. So again I grabbed my fisheye lens and my wireless trigger and headed for the bottom of the tulip beds. Not sure this exactly what I expected, but I sure did see a lot of people copying what I did. :-) I think it warrants a revisit for sure. Oh, Happy Easter!

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Bug's Eye View

I thought it might be interesting to shoot up at the sky from between rows of tulips. I strategically located the camera in the shadow of a nice flower, out of direct sun. I like how it came out. :-)

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