Tag: Oregon

Wildflowers blooming at Mount Pisgah

[caption id="attachment_1385" align="aligncenter" width="675"] Trillium (aka Wakerobin) blooming at Mount Pisgah Arboretum.[/caption] With just a few days of warmth and sunshine following weeks of cold and rain, the wildflowers have started blooming at Mount Pisgah Arboretum here in Oregon's southern...Read More

Happy 155th Birthday, Oregon!

[photoshelter-gallery g_id="G00009Ka6ZRlalCg" g_name="Oregon-Highlights" f_show_caption="t" img_title="iptch" pho_credit="f" f_link="t" f_enable_embed_btn="t" f_send_to_friend_btn="t" f_fullscreen="t" f_htmllinks="t" f_mtrx="t" fsvis="f" width="600" height="400" f_constrain="t" bgcolor="#c8c0af" btype="new" bcolor="#CCCCCC" crop="f" twoup="t" trans="xfade" tbs="2000" f_ap="t" bgtrans="f" linkdest="c" f_topbar="f" f_bbar="f" f_bbarbig="" f_show_watermark="f" f_show_slidenum="f" f_smooth="f" f_up="f" target="_self" wmds="llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y67zz9mqfuDcYrDuIl9atWpWJ1aOusXqhmMqBW4.8ZYsIsdpcMw--" ] Oregon became the 33rd...Read More

Holiday Photo Book Sale

 Still looking for a Christmas present for a photographer friend, or maybe a little something for yourself? My travel guidebooks Photographing Oregon and Photographing Washington make excellent gifts. For nature and landscape photographers, they are a gift that will keep...Read More

Digital Photography Sensors and Software

[caption id="attachment_1263" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Ponytail Falls in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.[/caption] The current generation of digital camera sensors have an amazing dynamic range. Coupled with the latest versions of Photoshop and Lightroom, the available technology now gives photographers the...Read More

Oregon Fall Color Report Update

[caption id="attachment_1253" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, in Autumn.[/caption] The peak of fall color is hitting the lower elevation areas of western Oregon this last week of October, which is pretty typical for this area. I paid a...Read More

Fall Color Photography in Oregon

[caption id="attachment_1236" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Vine maple in autumn, McKenzie River National Recreation Trail.[/caption] Autumn just may be the very best time of year for landscape and nature photography in Oregon. Every region of the state boasts locations with vivid fall...Read More

Oregon Fall Color Report: Willamette National Forest

[caption id="attachment_1222" align="aligncenter" width="467"] Vine maple and Douglas-fir trees, Willamette National Forest.[/caption] Yesterday I drove Oregon Highway 58 up into the central western Cascade Mountains and found that the fall color is fantastic right now. Plenty of golden bigleaf maple...Read More

Tulip Time in the Pacific Northwest

[caption id="attachment_1118" align="aligncenter" width="650"] A rainbow of tulip blossoms[/caption] After months of gray skies and dreary weather, the sight of daffodils and tulips popping up in gardens, fields and farms is a delight here in the Pacific Northwest. The colorful...Read More

Happy Birthday, Oregon!

[photoshelter-gallery g_id="G0000IQEPZ2X.m2o" g_name="Happy-Birthday-Oregon" f_show_caption="t" img_title="iptch" pho_credit="f" f_link="t" f_enable_embed_btn="t" f_send_to_friend_btn="t" f_fullscreen="t" f_htmllinks="t" f_mtrx="t" fsvis="f" width="684" height="513" f_constrain="t" bgcolor="#c8c0af" btype="new" bcolor="#CCCCCC" crop="f" trans="xfade" tbs="3000" f_ap="t" bgtrans="f" linkdest="c" twoup="f" f_topbar="f" f_bbar="f" f_bbarbig="" f_show_watermark="f" f_show_slidenum="f" f_smooth="f" f_up="f" target="_self" wmds="llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y5O.5F23wL3hiPwAhJLr1JsdP7SX7pB4FQqsbGLm09zlJw6vgdw--" ] February 14 is not...Read More