Claw
I saw the roots of this tree and really had to make a photograph. I thought that in color it would have been rather boring, so I decided to get my IR camera for this shot. I wanted to get low enough to emphasize the roots and the way the tree is clawing at the ground to stay in place. …
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Gears
This is the low end of what was once a conveyer system at a hop kiln in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County, California. The hop kiln, its buildings, grounds, and old equipment are now part of the Hop Kiln Winery. I was there one very bright, sunny day at just about 1:00pm – I might have preferred to …
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Butterfly Stick
I was wandering around a winery in Sonoma Co. taking pictures and came across this. I thought it might look cool in infrared, so I traipsed back to the car and retrieved my D200 for this shot. Despite the fact that it looks like a plant (possibly a weed), I’m pretty sure it’s a stick with a gathering of small-winged …
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Roundhouse
Those of you who know me well, know that trains are one of my passions (along with photography, ruby, and my wife). I haven’t worked on my model railroad in almost three years – too many other things to do. I’m going to start the year by posting a few photos of the roundhouse in the Train Town Railroad. I …
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The East Entrance
Mother Nature, or more specifically the Winema National Forest, is reclaiming the old east entrance to Crater Lake National Park. One afternoon we went to visit the Pinnacles and when we parked at the end of the road we noticed that it appeared that the road used to continue east out of the park but was now blocked by boulders …
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Wizard Island @ Crater Lake
It’s cold outside this morning and I was thinking about our camping trip to Crater Lake this last August. It had been nearly in the 100s the week before we were there, and it was in the 90s the week after we left. The five days that we were there it was very cold – temperatures down the the low …
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Color Infrared
Last August I published a short post on Oregon Garden in IR. [By the way, why isn’t it “Oregon Gardens” – I just checked their website – it’s “Oregon Garden”. They have, like, 20 gardens, so it’s not like its the only garden in Oregon. Just a thought.] Today I would like revisit that topic and some of the photos …
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