Up Stairs

Looking up a random second story stairwell in Salem, Oregon. Made it pop a little in monochrome and added noise to give it a little age, taken with my cellphone. Mouse over to see the before image. (Tutorial at right.)

Not exactly a fence, but close.....

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Looking Down

Like it says, looking down. :-)

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Bee

Hone bee attached to a flower bud. It took a lot of shutter presses to get this one from my new camera, Pentax Q. Taken with the regular lens and +4 close-up filter, I think it came out quite well. Still learning the finer points of this camera, but it is quite small and fun to use. I have more images coming.....

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McDowell Creek in Infrared

It's not that I am not taking photos, I am. Its just getting on here and posting to my blog that has somehow become a chore. I have a backlog of images I can post but linking up to the meems is becoming a stumbling point I think. I just need to get back to photography and not worry about pats on the head. :-) True IR image taken with my little Olympus 2020 a couple weeks ago. With summer looming on the near horizon, it is time to dust this camera off and get out there more!

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SuperMoon

From the full moon we had last Saturday, overlooking the valley I drive through every day. I thought it would be a good location and it looks better than expected.

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Royal Terrace Falls Bridge

A lovely little footbridge in the McDowell Creek park in front of the Royal Terrace Falls. The trees are just sprouting leaves and gives just a slight hide for both the falls and the bridge. I really like how it came out.

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Little Wet One

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Red Rhodies

The Rhododendrons are out and so pretty!

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Looking Out

Getting ready to go take some waterfall photos tomorrow and playing with my infrared camera. A couple of yard photos, no biggie but I took this shot of the window and.......like it. Hopefully I'll have some new stuff for here and with summer approaching I'll get back to being regular here too.

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Return of the Swallows

It must be spring as they have returned to nest. Great bug catchers!

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Snow on Mary's Peak

I thought this an interesting cloud formation on top of Mary's Peak the other morning. The cloud is covering the snow covered peak but the snow is still showing itself. Snow alone is cool and the cloud makes it better. I do see this type of cloud hovering on other much taller mountains, not Mary's Peak.

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Off The Page

I love Crocus. They are the first flower of the season and I'm compelled to photograph them every year. But, how many of the same images of a Crocus do I need to post every year. Hence the edit. I had seen this before and decided to give it a shot and I really like it. The actual image of the flowers are largely untouched, just the perimeter modified.

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Wet Heron

This guy stood around quite a while for me but her sure was dirty and haggard looking. The background was very un-appealing too so I thought a perfect conversion to sepia.

Steeped in Fog

A line of lumber cars is disappearing into the fog yesterday morning. I thought that could be an interesting image. As I was shooting it all looked very monochromatic so that is how I present it. This is actually an HDR image that I perhaps have over compensated on. Like an alternative view? Mouse over the image for a different version. (Mouse over tutorial at right.)



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Bridge Over Silver Creek

The snow was fairly deep, for the area, at the top of the South Falls and facilitated this image. I like the little footbridge and the railing of the safety fence leading up to it. The 177 foot South Falls is just to the right of where I'm standing for this image.

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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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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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Frozen Crown

Snow & ice covered hair piece looked interesting to me. It looked like a lost crown, frozen, awaiting its owner to return, never to be found. Kinda sad to think of all the reasons it just sits there.......

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Dark Sky

I have seen the dark skies behind this barn for a while, but this one is one of the best and I was in the right place at the right time. Great contrast of the sunlit barn and the very dark & rainy skies behind.

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Lammy

Lamb? Lame? Perhaps. I was following an eagle and this guy was curious so I grabbed a shot of him. A waste of pixels? Naw. :-)

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