Forest between "Lake of the Woods" and Brown Mountain - Southern Oregon

Today’s photo is from late summer of last year when I did the Brown Mountain Trail–a trail which doesn’t actually go up Brown Mountain at all.

Posted on February 14th, 2012 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: hike, nikon d7000, Tamron 10-24mm lens, trails, trees. Comments Off on Near Brown Mountain

The California/Oregon border is a lovely place at 7 in the morning in October.

Posted on February 3rd, 2012 under nature. Tags: california, landscape, mt. shasta, nikon d7000, sunrise, Tamron 10-24mm lens. Comments: 1

Perhaps the best place to check out Christmas light displays in Southern Oregon

We headed up to Medford and Greystone Court on December 30 to check out the holiday light spectacle. It was raining and Christmas was over so it wasn’t very crowded. I hear it was crazy the week before.

Posted on January 3rd, 2012 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: christmas, night photography, Tamron 10-24mm lens. Comments Off on Christmas Lights on Greystone Court in Medford

Ashland High School Theatre

Today’s photo is of the exact same scene, from the exact same seat, as yesterday’s photo. The only difference is the lens. Yesterday’s was at 200mm and today’s is at 10mm. Yesterday’s pic was not cropped at all. Today’s photo has been cropped a bit to make it centered correctly and to eliminate some of the ceiling so the difference of 190mm is even more extreme then this.

Posted on December 21st, 2011 under only in ashland, places. Tags: ashland high school, nikon d7000, Tamron 10-24mm lens. Comments Off on Ashland Middle School Winter Concert

Ashland Springs Hotel at night during December

Moments after taking this photo there was a nasty fender bender in front of Starbucks. No one was hurt, but the sound of the cars crashing, glass breaking, etc. was pretty scary.

Posted on December 12th, 2011 under only in ashland. Tags: ashland springs hotel, christmas, night photography, Tamron 10-24mm lens. Comments: 1

Moon and stars over I-5 as Ashland becomes consumed in fog

Just a few minutes after I took this photo I, too, was engulfed in fog. Strangely, the temperature didn’t change, nor did any wind kick up, but just a couple hours the fog was completely gone. How does that happen?

Posted on December 4th, 2011 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: fog, i-5, night photography, Tamron 10-24mm lens. Comments: 1

Japanese maple in autumn

The Japanese Maple trees in our backyard are completely orange now. But for a day or two last week they were experiencing four colors at once (green, yellow, orange, and red).

Posted on November 16th, 2011 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: autumn, Tamron 10-24mm lens, trees. Comments Off on Rainbow maple tree

Are you sick of the fall foliage yet? Me neither. I took today’s photo earlier this week in the morning before the crowds gathered in Lithia Park to enjoy these trees in their splendor.

Posted on October 29th, 2011 under lithia park, only in ashland. Tags: autumn, leaves, lithia park, nikon d7000, Tamron 10-24mm lens. Comments Off on Autumn in Lithia Park

Ashland Springs Hotel in Autumn

Another ultra-wide angle photo today… This time of the Ashland Springs Hotel from down the street near the Ashland Post Office.

Posted on October 27th, 2011 under only in ashland, places. Tags: ashland springs hotel, autumn, buildings, national register of historic places, Tamron 10-24mm lens. Comments Off on Fall and the Ashland Springs Hotel