Today’s photo was my random desktop image of the day. I took this picture more than a year ago (pre-DSLR days) from the beach in Brookings, Oregon.

Posted on July 20th, 2012 under outside of ashland. Tags: brookings, water. Comments Off on Fishing boat off the Oregon coast

Posted on June 14th, 2012 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: bandon, nikon d7000, sunset, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon, water. Comments Off on Bandon sunset

Hyatt Lake - Southern Oregon

Today’s photo is from the side of Hyatt Lake opposite the resort side. Hence, you can frequently find yourself alone, as I did, in this location. Very tranquil and lovely… Something swam by me in the water soon after I took this pic. I followed to see what it was, but after a few dozen yards things got swampy and I could go no farther. I think it was an otter.

Posted on May 28th, 2012 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon, water. Comments Off on Hyatt Lake

I’m heading back to California this weekend (for the 4th time in the past 8 weeks). I won’t make it down as far as Huntington Beach, where I took today’s photo, as the primary goal is to witness Roger Waters performing The Wall (again) in front of tens of thousands at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

Posted on May 7th, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: beach, california, newport beach, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, water. Comments: 1

Posted on April 13th, 2012 under lithia park, nature, only in ashland. Tags: ashland creek, lithia park, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, spring, water. Comments: 2

Today’s photo of Ellie is from the archives. Diamond Lake and Mount Bailey won’t look like this for another four or five months. As we continue through this cold and wet Spring Break one can only dream of the slowly approaching summer.

Posted on March 27th, 2012 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: ellie, mountains, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, water. Comments Off on Diamond Lake

Today’s photo is from Bandon, but I took a somewhat similar picture in Brookings (a couple hours farther down the Oregon Coast) several years ago. Which image do you like better?

Posted on March 17th, 2012 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: bandon, beach, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, rocks, water. Comments Off on Wave upon the rock

Last week, after a bit of rain, I headed outside to check out the bokeh (ボケ) on my newest lens. The tree branches were covered in rain drops and were running towards me rather than horizontally. I focused on a single drop in the middle (just below and left of center) at f/1.4 with the above result.

Posted on March 16th, 2012 under nature. Tags: bokeh, photography, sigma 85mm f/1.4, water. Comments Off on Bokeh madness

Bandon's Table Rock - near Kronenberg County Park

As always, these photos look much better on a big screen after clicking on them. I have had several people ask about using my images. Here is the deal. All images can be used under a Creative Commons license for non-commercial use only. What this means is you are free to use images from traveljapanblog.com on your personal blog, personal Facebook page, etc., but you must link to the page on this site that has the photo. If you can’t find the specific page you can link to traveljapanblog.com. If you aren’t using the photo on the web or if you can’t link, you can credit “Al Case, Ashland Daily Photo”. If you want to use a photo for any commercial use you must contact me before using the image, and we can work something out. All images are copyrighted, even though I allow people to use them.

For each picture I post there are actually two images on the server. The one you see above is a small one. For the larger size (great for desktop backgrounds), click on the image first, and then save the image that appears. I have even larger images available should you ever want to make a print.

Posted on March 15th, 2012 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: bandon, beach, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, rocks, water. Comments: 1