Did a road trip with my brother-in-law to help move his daughter's family to Asheville, NC and on the way back, I stopped by Teton National Park hoping to get the iconic T.A. Moulton Barn shot. Well, as you'll see below, that didn't work out too well, so I moved down the road a bit before the shadows started creeping down the mountain. It was about the most visually stunning thing I've even seen in nature. As far as landscape photography is concerned, it's missing certain ele

Some beleive there are universes inside of universes. I don't know about that.....but sometimes I see things in something that makes me ponder such things such as nebulas, gas clouds and star belts. Anyway, we get these critters washing up on the shore all the time. I don't think risking being stung in a rescue attempt would make any difference, but they prove that "going with the flow" doesn't always end well. I believe this one is a Lions Mane Jellyfish. Click to enlarge.

Sometimes, the story may be necessary... When I set this shot up, I really didn't have any particular idea of what it would become, but I was doing a lot of experimenting with lighting and it sort of shaped the idea of a lone tulip shrouded in darkness reaching for the light, with the leaves seemingly reaching out to pull it from the vase. I did some selective burning to make the back of the vase disappear into the void. Anyway, I can sometimes have a vivd imagination, so ta

Blackberries, among others, grow wild all over the PNW, from Northern California to Canada, and are about as invassive as it gets in terms of vine throwing plants. Covered in thorns makes getting them all 100% risk vs reward, if you can get them before the Starlings and Bears. These reminded me of a cluster of grapes like you see in Napa Vineyards at harvest time. Once I loaded this up, I saw how the flat light helped the detail of the berry segments, so that was the guide. I

I really dislike the word "Blog" for some reason. It's probably irrational, but it just rubs me wrong, and doesn't really describe the space I wanted to talk about select images with more detail on what I see and want to convey. I almost went with "Deep Thoughts" but I kept seeing Jack Handy (you older folks know who I'm talking about). The shot below was simply three bundles of tulips that I removed from the stems and laid out in a 9" x 13" baking pan while I stood above the

Driving around where I live offers views of expansive timber clearings that reveal what life is like within the canopy. Where there is evidence of a creek, even if it's seasonal, the cutters are forbidden from taking trees that provide shade to that creek. This is done to maintain water temperatures in the tributaries they flow in to. Essentially protecting fish. It also reveals how the lower branches of Douglas Fir die off as the tree grows, conserving energy for vertical gr

Throughout the year, we get super high tides above 10 feet and super low tides at ~-2 feet. Today, at 6:30AM we had the low-low tide, revealing all sorts of sealife that clings to the rocks at the Jetty. Gooseneck barnacles, sea anenome, tiny crabs, and stuff that get stuck from people's fishing gear. It always amazes me to see the beach grow by several hundred feet. More images to come....

I alway enjoy following photographers that post images of their community. I've tried to do the same in my "Local Images" gallery. I certainly don't qualify as a street photographer, but you may see streets in my photos. :D

I became aware of this lens several years ago. Back then, it was hard to find one on the used market, and even when they popped up, they remained cost prohibitive. A fellow member at an online photographer hang-out knew I was looking for one and offered up his because he was in the midst of changing systems - something I've done myself several times. The following probably insinuates some hyperbole, but having used a myriad of zoom lenses from the likes of Canon, Nikon, Sony,