Last week’s sunrise before a day of, at times, heavy rain couldn’t have been much better–especially with our Japanese maples beginning to show off their fall colors.

Posted on October 20th, 2019 under nature, only in ashland, photography, places. Tags: autumn, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, skywatch, sunrise, trees. Comments: None

Posted on October 16th, 2019 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, water, waterfall. Comments: None

Posted on October 13th, 2019 under nature, only in ashland, photography, places. Tags: landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750. Comments: None

We spent the past weekend near Smith Rock in Central Oregon. Today’s photo comes from a short break we took on the way home. 70 degrees, no people, and a faint smell of campfire to go along with the fresh, mountain air.

Posted on October 8th, 2019 under nature, outside of ashland, photography, places. Tags: diamond lake, landscape, mount thielsen, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Mt. Thielsen from Diamond Lake

We had snow in the mountains a couple days ago in September. But today’s photo is actually from April seven and a half years ago. The tree had autumn leaves, winter snow, and spring buds going simultaneously.

Posted on October 1st, 2019 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, snow, spring, trees, winter. Comments Off on Three of Ashland’s four seasons in one image

Posted on September 25th, 2019 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR Lens, flowers, landscape, mount hood, Nikon D500, summer. Comments Off on On the other end of the state

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Coming this January to a mountain near you…

Posted on September 24th, 2019 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: landscape, mountains, mt. ashland, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, snow, winter. Comments Off on Night (twilight) skiing

During my ride around Crater Lake last Saturday I pulled over to take a photo of the lake, and this little one came scampering up the side of the caldera, seemingly for the sole reason of getting its picture taken.

Posted on September 18th, 2019 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR Lens, crater lake, Nikon D500, wildlife. Comments Off on Crater Lake Chipmunk

We hiked up Upper Table Rock last week, but I didn’t bring my camera this time. Then this photo, from 5+ years ago, showed up as my random, desktop image.

Posted on September 12th, 2019 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: landscape, Lower Table Rock, mount mcloughlin, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Lower Table Rock view