The central core blocks of downtown Eugene are just filled with hanging baskets and large pots overflowing with colorful blooms. This morning it was cool and overcast down here and the light was soft and diffuse. I had just read a blog posting by David duChemin about exposure and use of the histogram on the [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Downtown Blooms
Posted in Flowers, Willamette Valley on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Twilight
Posted in Willamette Valley on August 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I was finally feeling good enough last evening, or maybe I was just plain frustrated at not being able to get out and shoot, that I went out toward the Fern Ridge Wildlife Refuge but altered my course to a new beach that offers some very nice views and includes a bit more of the [...]
Passionflower
Posted in Flowers, Willamette Valley on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been steadily declining in terms of activity since last week as I managed to bring home a cold from my family reunion and this weekend, especially yesterday, it really nailed me and kept me house bound for most of what was a lovely weekend. Sorry to have missed most of it. I did [...]
Family Time
Posted in Uncategorized on August 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Every couple of years the side of my family that are descendants of my grandparents, Homer and Vivian Bates, gather somewhere in either Washington or Oregon just to celebrate our heritage and to check on any and all additions or losses to the family – be that husbands, wives, girlfriends and especially in the last [...]
Around and Around
Posted in Uncategorized on August 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I took the image below a couple of weeks ago at an abandoned cedar mill just east of town and was cleaning up the files this morning and it caught my eye. I cannot help but be amazed at the engineering skill that goes into creating a machine like this. I have no idea what [...]
A Companion
Posted in Uncategorized on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Turns out Bruce and I had a little companion in Oneonta Gorge yesterday. Actually Bruce noticed these stream carved holes along the side of the canyon just as we were preparing to load up the first time and we both got interested mostly as an abstract composition but on closer inspection I found this little [...]
Gorge-ous!!
Posted in Water on August 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
With an overcast sky and low water levels it seemed just perfect to shoot some of the waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Bruce and I met in Troutdale and headed out about 7:30 AM. Our GOAL for the day was to hike into Lower Oneonta Falls which requires a hike [...]
A Street Guy
Posted in Uncategorized on August 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I got to Portland and checked into my motel with a couple of hours to spare before I had to meet Bruce for dinner and an evening shoot of downtown Portland/Mt. Hood with the moonrise from the Pittock Mansion . The evening shoot turned out to be a bust as the clouds totally obscured everything [...]
A Few More…
Posted in Uncategorized on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I have worked through the images I captured last evening I came upon a few more that I like and just thought I would share them with you all. The one of the grasses in motion is one of my favorites and it is always fun to do something out of the ordinary realm [...]
Peggy called…
Posted in Uncategorized on August 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On Sunday morning my friend Peggy called and asked me if I had seen the sunset the night before and I sheepishly said “No” that I kept my nose buried in my new book and had not really even thought about looking outside. I told her that I would try for that night with the [...]
