16th fairway at Eagle Point Golf Course with view of Mt McLoughlin

Posted on May 7th, 2013 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: eagle point, mount mcloughlin, Mt. McLaughlin, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, Raider Red Zone. Comments Off on Mount McLoughlin from Eagle Point

The color of the trees when they first get their leaves in late April is somehow different than the color of the leaves in mid-summer.

Posted on May 2nd, 2013 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: clouds, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, Nikon D600, spring, sun. Comments Off on Sun peaking through on the valley

Grizzly peak to the left, Pompadour Bluff in the center of this 11 photo, panorama photomerge

Spring and Autumn are interesting seasons in Ashland. You never know if it will be 30 degrees or 75 degrees. Sometimes in April things get mixed up and the green of Spring collides with the white of Winter.

Posted on April 18th, 2013 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: clouds, grizzly peak, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600, photoshop photomerge, skywatch, snow, spring. Comments Off on April in Ashland

Cherry blossoms at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Posted on April 12th, 2013 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, oregon shakespeare festival, spring. Comments Off on Springtime in Ashland

Ashland Little League softball

…girls of spring?

Posted on April 3rd, 2013 under nature, only in ashland, people, places. Tags: flowers, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, Nikon D600, softball, sports photography, spring. Comments Off on Boys of summer…

Grizzly Peak photomerge

Grizzly Peak has been a frequent subject on this blog. I have taken photos from this spot on numerous occasions, but this is the first time that I photomerged nearly 180 degrees of scenery from this location including a bit of East Main Street. I stood so that both sets of power lines would run straight from my position once photomerged even though they actually are perpendicular to each other.

Posted on March 30th, 2013 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: clouds, grizzly peak, Nikon D600, Nikon Nikkor Wide-angle lens 24 mm F/2.8 D AF, panorama, photoshop photomerge. Comments Off on Grizzly Peak panorama from East Main Street

Upper Yosemite Falls from Mist Trail

On my other blog, I’ll be posting a dozen photos or so from our spring break trip to Yosemite earlier this week. Today’s photo is from early on in the Mist Trail, perhaps our favorite of the several trails we walked.

Posted on March 29th, 2013 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: hike, Nikon D600, Nikon Nikkor Wide-angle lens 24 mm F/2.8 D AF, yosemite national park. Comments Off on View from Yosemite’s Mist Trail

This one is a bit out of focus as I set the focus for just under infinity when I should have just turned it to infinity. With my AF lenses, just under infinity seems to work best for manual focusing, but with this lens, going to infinity for anything more than about 8-10 feet away yields best results.

Posted on March 27th, 2013 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: ashland springs hotel, grizzly peak, Nikon 20mm f/2.8 NIKKOR AI-s lens, Nikon D600, spring. Comments Off on Grizzly Peak and the Ashland Springs Hotel

Ashland has had some fantastic skies the past few days. I’m hoping these kind of skies and clouds follow me to Yosemite where I will be spending much of my spring break next week.

It may not look it from this panorama, but I nearly froze to death taking these eight photos (which were photomerged into one in CS6 later). These clouds were moving through quickly, the wind was howling, and the temperature was probably below freezing with the wind chill factor. I didn’t stick around for long to enjoy the view.

Posted on March 22nd, 2013 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: clouds, grizzly peak, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, photoshop photomerge, trains. Comments Off on 180° from the Ashland Street Overpass