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Dawn Rest Stop On the Way To Yosemite (As we drove from Bishop, CA to Yosemite the dawn lit the sky on fire, so we pulled over at a rest stop to take some shots)

Looking Up at the Beams in the Fog b and w (I think I like it better flipped)

I'm Getting Old But I'm Still Lit From Within (This was taken during nocturnophotography class)

Space Needle Framed By Chihuly Glass

Stars and Lighthouse Beam SE

Two Salmon Spawning

Tide's Coming In Front of Face Rock

Photographer Enjoying Dawn On the Dunes

Black and White Sand Dunes

Venus and New Moon at Siltcoos Outlet (What a beautiful night it was complete with reflections of the stars.)

Winter Light AT Sweet Creek Falls (1 of 1)

Cloudy Reflections (I spent a lot of time at this spot at sunset this month and enjoyed almost every one.)

Going Under the Bridge In the Fog

Looking Down the Coast At the Milky Way (I had an idea for the shot I wanted to take this night and it didn't work well. Just as I was about ready to pack up and leave, I saw this shot)

Lighthouse Rays remake (I've been trying to capture the rays of the lighthosue for a couple of years and finally was here at the right time. This was two exposures manually combined. I tried to get rid of the wide angl elens distortion without success)

Getting Ready To Go For a Drive In the Starry Night (This was taken during nocturnophotography class)

Fall Color At Smith River 2 (What a beautiful spot!)

Watson Falls 2 (This was probably my favorite waterfall on the Waterfall Loop)

Salmon Leap 2 (I am so in awe of this process that I couldnt stop shooting thema nd went back for another day! The pink color isn't enhanced.)

Yaquina Lighthouse Remake (I've been learning about luminosity masking and have returned to some pictures in my archives to practice)

Siltcoos Milky Way (This spot is unavailable for Spring and Summer because of it being snowy plover nesting site so it is a treat to get to go back there again)

Tide Is Coming In (I was aghast to watch this seemingly abandoned tripod and camera standing unattended for more than 1/2 hour as the tide came in more and more. This is one of my favorite beaches to photograph but it is a long way to go in hopes of a good sunset and/or starry sky. We got lucky)

Stairs (This turned out to be a therapy shot! I was feeling kind of blah- blue or in this case grey. When I fisrt saw this on the computer, I like dthe lines and textures but just decided to fiddle. I decided to bring in a poppy shot and add it to the stairs. I placed it lots of different places and then decided I liked this the best. After I got done, I noticed I no longer felt glum! The flower had cheered me up as well as the shot)

Mt Hood Reflected During the Blue Hour (I've been wanting to photograph Mt Hood reflected in Trillium Lake for a long time. I was hoping for a small moon and lots of stars but it was full moon and I didn't get many stars but I loved how the mountain was lit up)

To Kiss a Frog....Or Not (Taken at a fabulous macro class in Santa Barbara taught by Ralph Clevenger and his friend critter wrangler Gina Papadakis.t love this little prince)

wilmington Pier lightened (2 of 3)

Palouse Dawn (We got here a couple of days before fires closed off the roads. I took pictures one eve and then went back for dawn)

Tides High Below Coos Bay Bridgeincreasecontrastflat b and w (I drove down to Coos Bay to shoot the surf in abnormally high tide. The surf wasnt impressive but this foreground is usually mud flats. I loved the clouds and reflections)

Rocks at Quiet Spot b and w (During my Zen of Photography class in Yosemite we spent three evenings in this spot learning to really take our time and feel the emotions that what we were shooting brought out in us. I sure learned a lot. One of the things Michael had us do was to sketch the shot we planned to take before we took it.)

Fall Thistle (Another shot taken on my way to Eugene when I couldnt stand driving by the wonderful Fall colors)

Sweet Creek In Fall focus stacked (Taken on a photoshoot with a friend)

Waldport Bridge (An early morning trip up the coast after Christmas and before the puppy)

Under the WInchester Bay Pierof 1) (Taken on my way home from visitng Basil)

Under the Bridge Turner Sunset (Some plug in play with an under the Siuslaw Bridge view)

Carter Lake Osprey Ready for Take Off (With our new puppy and almost constant rain, I've been learning and practicing new editing skills since I can't get out with the camera as much as I would like. This is a shot I took quite a while ago.)

Mossy Magic (On the hiking trail)

Osprey Coming In for a Landing (1 of 1) (I love his outstrehed talons)

Happy Easter Morning Lightened Shadows(1 of 1) (I was so desperate togetsome nice light for photography that I got myself out of the hosue early on Easter and wasn't disappointed.)

Coming in for nesting Materials (One of the things I like most about this time of year is watching the hummers gather cat o nine tails for their nestsThis is a new shot that Id a texture to since the background was distracting)

Wilson Snipe (rainy day play)

Sun Star At Sunset On Cleowax 1 of 1) (A beautiful sunset for sure)

Wild Rhodies On the PCT (Jim and I recently took a rd trip to check out the entry and exit point for Jim'sSummer adventure withSol Basil, Aiden and Mason and had a wonderful trip. the flowers were spectacular.. Unfortunately it rained a lot so many of the pictures, like this one, were taken with my point and shoot.)

Trillium Lake Sunset (Jim and I recently took a rd trip to check out the entry and exit point for Jim'sSummer adventure withSol Basil, Aiden and Mason and had a wonderful trip.We camped the first night at Trillium Lake andven though the sunset could have been more magnificent, It was pretty lovely.)

American Kestrel Spreads His Wings (Our camera club recently had a private photoshoot at the Raptor Center in Eugene It was thrilling to get to see the birds up close and personal and also to see the deep bonds formed between raptors and their handlers)

Dahlia Remake a la Kathleen Clemens (Several days this month in which either the weather for photography was puny or I had to stick close to home with Pearl post spaying so I did some reediting of old photos)

Bandon Rocks Sunset Remake (Several days this month in which either the weather for photography was puny or I had to stick close to home with Pearl post spaying so I did some reediting of old photos)

Tufted Puffin Sweet Hearts (Our camera club got to have an after hours photoshoot at thequarium in Newport)

Winery and Barn (From our trip to Quartsville Creek)

Long Staircase Down B and Wase canvas (From my Bandon meet up with friend from Idaho)

Taking a Leap (I was composing a river shot and noticed a couple of men with kayakspassing through my frame. I stopped what I was doing thinking a picture of kayaks would be even better. Turned out they weregoing to take their kayaks and leap off a high wall into the gorge! YIKES. I put together a composite to show the amazing sequence)

Reflections On the Upper Rogue River (A friend and I went to the Umqua for Fall color and waterfalls. The color was a bit muted but lots of water in the falls after so much rain)

Lovers In the Sunset (The sunset was beautiful but then when the lovers walked into it, I had to keep shooting!)

Golden Light On Waldport Bridge As the Sun Comes Up (I was packing up my gear after the sunrise and took a final look and saw teh bridge lit up like gold)

God Rays At Shore Acres (I love it when I capture the sun rays)

Golden Hour Sand Patterns (I just really liked the patterns and light)

Seagulls Watching the Yachats Sunset (It looked at home as if there would be a good sunset. I was planning to go South to shoot it, but when I got to Rte 101 there was nothing but marine layer yuck to the South, so I went North and was blessed)

Barn Owl (Can't hodld my camera with bird lens because of injured shoulder but needed a bird fix so I went back to some photos from the raptor center)

Osprey Coming Out Of the Mist copy

Sand Tree At Sunset (Practice with my new Sony Camera)

Sea Turtle Coming Up for Air (we had a totally thrilling swim this morning with a sea turtle who came really close...so close I was almost afraid for a moment and had to back up to get any shots!)

Risking His Life for a Thrill (The little crazy man who is looking down from just above the lava that explodes as it hits the water and might at any moment undermine the surface that it is coming from went way past the fences that are meant to keep people off the most dangerous areas. I was aghast! But he does provide a great sense of scale for my photo. For me, it was a sufficient thrill to stand where I was! This shot was taken at about 4 AM despite what my camera says...I forgot to change the time setting for HI's time zone.)

Close Turtle Encounter 2 (we had a totally thrilling swim this morning with a sea turtle who came really close...so close I was almost afraid for a moment and had to back up to get any shots!)

Fire Held in the Heart (I didn't have time last month to get finished with processing my Hawaii shots so I'm posting the ones I got to later. We were really lucky to get to photograph the fire hose. Since that time it has tunneled and is forming another bench with smaller lava flows)

Wind Turbine Sunset (From our trip to the Columbian Gorge. Taken at Stonehenge looking the opposite way)

Sunset_Behind_Trees_At_Cleowax (It was a long time with rain and grey skies so when it looked as if a sunset might happen, I got my gear into the car and went for it)

Sun Rays At Marina (After celebratory dinner for Aiden in RI)

Three_White_Pelicans_Swimming_In_Breeding_Plumage (I loved the wonderful light on them. Taken in salisbury Md)

I_m_Coming_with_Dinner_Dear (I had a lot of fun at the brick pond in Barringto, RI, but the sky was overcast and boring so I added textures)

White_Egret_Remake

Lily Reflected 2 (I've been enjoying photographing the critters in the yard)

White Egret Watching the Milky Way brightened (Compositing fun)

Stunning Sunset At Neptune (What a treat to have such a beautiful sunset!)

Heron_Watching_the_Sun_Go_Down_At_Neptune (Had some fun doing a composite)

2017_Looking_Down_the_Coast_At_the_Milky_Way (We finally had a starry night though the moon was a bit bigger than I would have wished)

Car Beams Compete with Milky Way At Ocean Beach (Usually I try to take milky way shots without any extraneous light but I liked how the ca beams echoed the Milky Way)

Twilight Milky Way At Cleowax (When there wasn't enough water in the outlet to make for nice reflections, we went to Cleowax Lake instead and it was pretty sweet)

Solitary Seagull (This feels so wonderfully peaceful to me)

Siuslaw River Bridge At Night (Instead of shooting the Milky Way at the Outlet where it was buried in fog)

Marina_Twilight_reflections (Clear skies at night, photographer's delight!)

Look Out (When there is a high surf advisory in Coos Bay, I try to get there to shoot from Shore Acres. We had driven to Eugene to get Jim's car and I left him there to drive home and took a quick trip to Coos Bay. In this shot I was lucky enough to get a rainbow as well as a person in a bright red jacket to give a sense of size!)

Moon Dancing On the Tips of the Trees (Shooting the full moon rising is one of my favorite things and I was happy with this shot)

Is_It_Going_to_Bite_Me? (The crab was flinging his claws around like crazy.)

Siuslaw Dawn LR HDR

Pink Dawn At Bastendorff Beach

Less Sat Sunset at Outlet

Hay Stack Smooth Water

Weeds_Joined_Together_After_the_Rain (Taken at Cape Arago. The light was bad for any ocean landscapes but I found these beautiful)

What_A_Rack (Elk and the elk viewing area)

Bright_Winter_Colors (I don't think I've ever seen such gorgeous gullet colors)

Another_Pink_Dawn_In_Yachats (After days of overcast skies...)

Trumpeter_Swans_Sheltering_Each_Other (I just loved these beauties in Yellowstone)

Sand_Dune_Patterns (On the South Jetty Trail)

Outlet_Sunset (Ahhh)

Drowned_In_A_River_Of_Travertine_ (From our recent trip to Yellowstone)

Coyote_Looking_Back (I was so excited to get shots of this coyote and his partner)

Stream Winding Through the Bobby Socks (The white "bobby socks' on these dead trees are mineral deposits that were in the water. Beautiful scene)

Stream_Leading_to_the_Steam_ (I loved the leading lines and colors against the snow and dark sky)

Magical_Light_On_theTravertine_ (Back in Mammoth after it had snowed)

Old_Faithful_Blows_At_Sunset_ (We got to our rooms in the Snow Lodge after a very long and wonderful day and learned that Old faithfull was just about to blow and it would be at close to sunset. The sunset colors were subtle but beautiful none the less)

Lines_and_Shadows_As_the_Sun_Goes_Down (I loved the play of light and shadows and the golden hour color)

Golden Hour On the Dunes (We've had a lot of rainy weather so when It looked hopeful at the last minute that there would be a good sunset, I went down to the dunes behind Fred Meyers. This was just before sunset)

Going Fishing+ (I'm not sure if he was fishing for fish or ducks but boy was he determined and patient)

Stars Out At Kilauea Volcano (1 of 1)

Orchid_Droplets (On our landlords beutiful specimen orchid)

Mother_and_Baby_Dolphin (The dolphins were in the Bay even more often this trip than before. I was disappointed with my underwater camera's focus however)

A_Few_Stars_Came_Out_at_Kilauea_Volcano (It rained the whole time we were at the volcano but we set our alarm for 2 AM hoping I'd be able to shoot the Milky Way over the caldera. No Milky Way visible in the mist but a few stars managed to pop out for about 5 minutes!)

Osprey Ready To Take Off (I watched this pair of osprey for a long time. First they were both sitting in the tree above their nest. Then the male flew off and returned with a small stick for the nest. Then he flew off again and the female hung out. Then he returned and they mated for a very long time. Then he flew off again and she turned on the branch and eventually flew into the nest. Then she called and called to him to bring her food. Eventually he flew back with a fish and perched on a nearby tree and devoured the fish without sharing any. She kept calling. I wonder if that's why they abandoned the nest in the next days?)

Four_Dolphins_Swimming (More remembering Hawaii)

Pelican_Grooming_ (I love the flower like spot visible where she is grooming)

No Trespassing (A friend and I went to the Palouse in eastern Washington for a photo trip. She came from Chicago to OR for a niece's graduation which go her in the PNW before the canola fields bloomed with their bright yellow adding contrast to the rolling green hills. But we had wonderful cloud patterns and I decided to experiment more with black and white)

Lunar_Silos (A friend and I went to the Palouse in eastern Washington for a photo trip. She came from Chicago to OR for a niece's graduation which go her in the PNW before the canola fields bloomed with their bright yellow adding contrast to the rolling green hills. But we had wonderful cloud patterns and I decided to experiment more with black and white)

Black_and_White_Trees_In_the_Rolling_Hills (A friend and I went to the Palouse in eastern Washington for a photo trip. She came from Chicago to OR for a niece's graduation which go her in the PNW before the canola fields bloomed with their bright yellow adding contrast to the rolling green hills. But we had wonderful cloud patterns and I decided to experiment more with black and white)

Big Waves Don't Bother Me (Black Pearl and Jim and I went for an early morning hike at Washburne beach and were blessed with watching a bald eagle from close up)

Stormy Sky At Bob's Creek (1 of 1) (On a photoshoot playing with long exposures)

Pigeon_Guillemots_Coming_in_for_a_Kiss (Love birds with lipstick inside their beaks)

Lighthouse_and_Big_Dipper (Fun hike up to the lighthosue at night with starry skies)

Whitehorse_Falls_Closeup (One of my favorite waterfalls in OR)

Looking_Up_Stream_from_Down_Low_ (Kris (one of my out of town photography visitors} found this angle and I really like how the rays are visible)

Car_Lights_On_Snag_ (I tried to photograph the Milky Way over Crater Lake without extraneous light but when this car drove past it lit up the snag perfectly I thought.)

Through_the_Flowers_To_the_Foggy_Bridge (They are almost finished with the repairs on our local bridge making it picturesque again)

The Exception (Snow in the Grand Canyon forest)

Fog_Over_Grand_Canyon (The early morning of our private photo workshop we had HEAVY fog and snow)

Cape_Creek_Bridge_ (I love the sun rays breaking through the fog)

Resting (Resting between flying back and forth from her nest building project)

Lotus_Water_Bowl (Nature's gift in HI)

Hovering Around the Nectarine Blooms Distort 2 (We had about 30 rufous hummingbirds hanging around for several weeks. Sadly they've moved on but we still have a couple of Annas)

Focus Stacked Camas (I love our garden at this time of year)

I've Waited Long Enough (Finlay Wildlife Reserve)

Focus Stacked Mother's Day Flower (Basil gave me a beautiful bunch of these cheerful flowers. We had a couple of weeks of constant rain and heavy clouds so I did some inside macro work)

Bear Munching Portrait (an adolescent bear came to visit. you can really see the ticks in his ears here poor thing)

Sparrow Singing in the Breeze (On the South Jetty trail)

Farm Nestled In the Hills Of the Palouse (The weather and lateness of sunset has diminished my desire to get my camera out so I have been re-editing some photos from the past to satisfy my artistic desires.)

Dust in the Palouse B and W (The weather and lateness of sunset has diminished my desire to get my camera out so I have been re-editing some photos from the past to satisfy my artistic desires.)

Fishing Boat Coming In At Sunset (Not many sunsets of late but I try to catch the ones that show up)

Fall Rose (Age and decomposition is happening in the background... or in the future of our life! good reminder to carpe diem)

Dune Walker High Contrast B and W (I really loved this shot from the Great Sand Dunes National Park, so I revisited it for black and white)

A Different Sunset At the Outlet

Sun Rays and Star Over the Picnic Table (Washburn Beach Park)

Outlet Sunset (I loved the colors and reflections and thought the log was a great addition)

White Egret Rookery bigger Crop (From the archives. Unfortunately this white egret rookery is no longer here. People didn't like the effect of the egret and cormorant poop on the trees and chased them off.)

Sun Beams In the Forest (Jim and Black Pearl and I found a new hike on a day when the sun actually came out. I was really tickled with all the beautiful sun rays)

Footsteps At Sunset (Another shot from my archives given a new look. I'd love to get back to Bandon for some more sunsets but weather hasn't been forthcoming)

Fences and Hoar Frost At Yellowstone B and W (From the archives from our wonderful Winter visit to Yellowstone)

Bandon Sunset (Another shot from my archives given a new look. I'd love to get back to Bandon for some more sunsets but weather hasn't been forthcoming)

Adult and Juvenile Bald Eagles (We've had a run of rain and thick overcast skies, so I've spent much of my photography time this month in going back through old photos and editing them.This was taken one Spring when the eagles were abundant enjoying placentas from new baby lambs.)

Washington Monument Twilight (I'm still working on purging old photos from my hard drive and editing some that I have found that I felt deserved to see the light of day.)

Poison Dart Frog (I'm still working on purging old photos from my hard drive and editing some that I have found that I felt deserved to see the light of day.)

Thurston Lava Tube At Night (We were afraid the Thurston tube had been destroyed by last year's lava flow, but it wasn't. We learned that the tube is open to visitors 24 hours/day and that they turn off the lights at 8 PM. We went after that with our head lamps and had the place to ourselves)

Rhody for Swirl (Just playing)

Giraffes for Textures (I've still been working at purging my archives to open up space on my hard drive and I am using the opportunity to edit some photos that never got their time in the sun.)

Morning Twilight Boat Trips to Lava (While the parks around here were closed and the rain coming down, I took some time to revisit photos from my archives.)

Assateague Horses B and W (Playing around with some archived photos while the rain was pouring down)

StarFish Tiptoe Walk (I have never seen a starfish do this before)

Hummer Catching Sprinkler Water with Her Tongue (I can't resist photographing the hummers in the flowers. Here she was enjoying a bath in the sprinkler)

Enjoying the Sunset At Grand Canyon 2020 edit (Using some new editing knowledge, I revisited some old shots. To me it looks a bit oversaturated but it was a gaudy sunset)

Elephant, Moon and Neowise (A bit of silliness)

Crater Lake Reedit (I've never been happy with the Milky Way shots I've taken at Crater Lake so I went back to look at them and combined a daytime lake picture that I darkened significantly and replaced the sky with this Milky Way sky that I do like. I had to fiddle a lot with the white balance to get it to work and I know it isn't "real" but I had fun playing)

Wind Turbine Dawn Blake 2020 (This is a reedit of a photo I took in the Palouse at dawn a few years ago based on some suggestions I got from a photographer mentor Blake Rudis)

Light Box Fuscia with Texture

We Are About To Get Drenched (Looking South on the beach as a storm came in. Were we ever happy to have rain at last)

Forest Rays (I wish I'f had my real camera for this beautiful sight)

What Are You Looking At? (I just thought this was delightful)

Sun Rays On Cummins Creek Trail (I simply love sun rays)

Seagulls At Sunset (A new edit of an old photo)

Milky Way At Outlet (I got a new toy. It is a device that you can hook up with your camera to allow for longer shutter speeds without getting stretched out stars. It has a steep learning curve especially in the dark. This was my first attempt)

Moose for Textures 2020 (I've been learning how to make my own textures and used them on photos from the past)

White Egret for Textures (I've been learning how to make my own textures and used them on photos from the past)

Rolling Wave (Lots of high surf this month and I thought this was pretty)

Fallen Extended Canvas 2020 (I really liked this shot when I took it on a bitter cold foggy day on a volcano in Hawaii and went back to reedit it)

Slow Foam and Surf (I'm taking a photography course through the Photographic Society of America and one of my assignments was to shoot using long shutter speed. I liked the way the foam that was there that day formed swirls)

Under the Bridge B and W (Another photo I took for the PSA architecture module but didn't end up submitting)

Swift Current Lake Reedit 2021 (One of the things I often do when trapped inside with rain is go back to older photos and give them a reedit with what I know now. Taken at Glacier NP)

Pilings and Dock (A shot for the night photography part of my PSA photography course madule)

Diamond Bulb (I've been taking an online class from the Photographic Society of America. The second module was architecture and night photography. This was taken to demonstrate lines and textures in architecture)

Crab Boats At Dawn Twilight (We were driving up to Washburne Beach for an earl morning hike when I saw this and asked Jim to stop so I could photograph looking South from 101)

Apgar Dawn Reedit 2021 (One of the things I often do when trapped inside with rain is go back to older photos and give them a reedit with what I know now)

Face Rock B and W (for the 365 black and white February challenge...taken in Bandon on our day trip)

Fawn Lily Droplets (Lots of Rain and new growth this month)

Black and White Calla Lily (Such grace and beauty. Taken in a neighbor's yard)

Kentucky Falls (These falls are on a long windy road and sweet trail. We went years ago once but only this year returned)

Night Heron for Textures (Taken at the Slough at Santa Barbara University)

Hummer Reaching Her Tongue Towards the Lucifer

Watching the Pelicans and Sunset (Taken on an evening hike while camping on Santa Cruz island in the Channel Islands off Santa Barbara)

Dawn Breaks (A beautiful dawn at Washburne Beach)

Lighthouse Sunset

Dante's View for B and W (Reedit of an old shot)

Sinking Boat House (A reedit of an old shot)

Sunset Looking South (Finally sunset happens before I fall asleep)

Serenity (I had planned to shoot sunset but ended up liking this shot just after sunset even better)

Sandbar Blocking the Outlet at Sunset 2 (During a big storm last week, the ocean threw a big mound of sand such that the river that feeds Siltcoos Outlet was (still is) blocked. You now can walk across the river's mouth on the sand, as we did the next day after this shot)

Under the Bridge Color Graded

B and W Stonehenge for Textures (Reedit of old photo)

B and W Dellenback Dunes (We stopped for a hike on the way down to Coos Bay)

Milky Way Cape Arago

Rufous with Spread Tail

Osprey Keeping His Eye Out for Breakfast

Beautiful Annas

B and W Shore Acres High Surf

Fishing Lessons

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