When we had Winter

Starting to feel like Spring around here. Glad I made it up to the falls when there was some snow around.

Shots of this past fall

Love the orchard in this light.

Outside

These are a couple of shots I took just outside of the window next to the computer desk I've been spending too much time at lately.

Dusk in the orchard

Was out to the farm last Saturday, went for a walk after dinner as the last of the light from the sunset was fading. Digital capture in these conditions makes for some interesting affects. I used photoshop to enhance the looks I got from the exposures. I was looking for something a little rough, a little edgy. Theo hanging out at the end of one of the orchard rows.
These trees had been severly pruned, and that allowed the available light to come thru canopy of leaves, a pool of soft light in the darkness.

More from the Steens trip

Some black and white shots from "The Man Trip"

Orchard

Mother's Day

A day off for Mother's Day, took advantage of a trip out to the farm and took a couple of shots of Monte Cristo Rd. There was a wall of black clouds to the East that was very compelling, and I'm a sucker for a shot of just about any road. One shot is to the West the other to the East. Which way to go........

Something different

Some shots from a couple of years ago. Stumbled across them while looking for something to post, haven't had much time to get out lately.

Tabled

Not sure what it was about these tables, but I spent a good deal of time contemplating them. This was from a camping trip back in November at Silver Falls State Park.

Happy Thanksgiving

Did something different for T-day this year. While we had all the classic Thanksgiving fare, we took it on the road. My family and the in-laws went camping on the Oregon Coast. Grandma got everything ready ahead of time, except the spuds, and we had a great meal.

sunny fall day

Again too long between post, sorry, just so busy. I snapped these on 10-22, a beautiful fall day, and after all the rain and gray we've had prior to this it seemed all the more beautiful. I was in kind of a rush this day, but in sort of a mood too, looking for something different, so I put some plastic wrap around my lens and smeared it with vasoline, I love this effect, especially on a sunny day. Also on the 30D you can customize picture styles, so I adjusted the sharpness and contrast and color saturation way down so as to emmulate the dreamy softness of the holga, these are what I came up with.

Hike in

Thes shots are from 2 years ago. My oldest son Theo and my brother in law E took a hike into Marion Lake and camped for the night. A cold wet night, but it was still pretty fun. I thought I would post a couple of images from that trip because Theo and E http://eenphotos.blogspot.com/ both have been asking when we are going back. Soon I hope.