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Pilot Rock from Soda Mountain
Today’s photo shows a different side of Pilot Rock. The view of Pilot Rock from Ashland or I-5 heading north from California are the more common vantage points. Today’s photo is from the east. We hiked a few miles from the Hobart Peak trail head on Soda Mountain Road to the Soda Mountain lookout last month. There is also a 9-mile trail on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) from near this location to Pilot Rock.
jpg image, straight out of the camera
I have mentioned several times before that there are situations where images shot as jpgs are “throw aways” that had they been shot in RAW format could be salvaged.
Today’s comparison is one such example. With a rainbow outside a dimly-lit gym, I had the choice of shooting the rainbow and getting a nearly black gym (above) or shooting the action on the court and getting a white sky (not shown). By shooting in RAW I was able to process the above image to come up with what you see below.
Ashland High School volleyball – rainbow out gym window in front of Grizzly Peak
By the way, Ashland won last night, advanced to the Sweet 16 in state, and will be playing in St. Helens on Saturday. The winner moves on to the Elite 8 round.
Triangle Park is located between Siskiyou Boulevard, Iowa Street, and Morton Street
When I previously used a D7000 and Tokina 11-16mm lens I enjoyed experimenting with sun stars. I haven’t found a lens that did them very good on full frame, though, until I tried yesterday with my Nikkor 20mm f/1.8g. Bingo!
@EmigrantLake
Click here for a photo of Emigrant Lake on 4/27/14.
Fast forward less than six months, from nearly the same spot, and here is what (once was) Emigrant Lake now looks like:
Emigrant “Lake” (10/12/14)
Ashland sunrise before the storm
About 10 days ago we had a rare day full of rain in Ashland. Before the rain began, the sunrise was rather spectacular. I was a minute or so late on this photo to catch the wave that formed in the sky, but you can sort of see a less impressive version of it here.
Mt. Ashland, Wagner Butte, and the Ashland Springs Hotel on a spring day
Today’s photo is from April 2009.
A few days ago my wife noticed this bear which could be seen from our backyard. The bear went for this apple that had fallen from the tree. Although we see signs of bear activity frequently, this is the first one I have actually seen in the neighborhood since five years ago when we saw this other bear.
photo taken in March of 2011 @ Wildlife Safari