When I go on a hike I don’t like to bring extra lenses. On the Amanda Trail from Yachats (a rather strenuous trail because you are always gaining or losing elevation) I took along only my 70-300mm lens which was way too telephoto for this scene. To get this shot with that lens I had to take five photos at 70mm and then photomerge them together later.

If you look really closely at this photo you can see Spouting Horn, Thor’s Well, and Devil’s Churn. You don’t have to look very closely to see Highway 101.

Posted on December 11th, 2016 under Oregon. Tags: beach, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D500, pacific ocean, photomerge, yachats oregon. Comments Off on Looking south from Cape Perpetua stone shelter

12-photo photomerge (Yachats, Oregon)

Posted on December 4th, 2016 under Oregon. Tags: beach, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D500, pacific ocean, panorama, photomerge, yachats oregon. Comments Off on Yachats panorama

Just before Neurosis hit the stage at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon

I woke up happy this morning. Actually, I probably wasn’t happy when I woke up, but I became happy soon thereafter when I saw that Neurosis has been added to the bill for the 2017 Roskilde Festival. Also added was Red Fang. I’m a big Red Fang fan; yet I’ve never seen them live. Even though they are from Oregon, Red Fang never plays in Southern Oregon so my first time seeing them will be in Denmark next year. Can’t wait.

Posted on November 30th, 2016 under Oregon. Tags: concert photography, neurosis, roskilde festival. Comments Off on Neurosis (and Red Fang) @ Roskilde

Reser Stadium on the campus of Oregon State University

Today is the 2016 Civil War game in Corvallis. We’ll be watching on TV from Ashland. With a Duck and a Beaver in the family, the game will finally become interesting for us. Even though the ramifications aren’t as large as the game in Washington, yesterday, this may actually be a decent game for once as OSU and UofO have identical conference records for the first time in ages.

I’ve actually never been in Reser Stadium, a fact I need to get corrected next season. Today’s photo is from my daughter’s dorm.

Posted on November 26th, 2016 under Oregon. Tags: oregon state university, samsung SM-G935V S7 edge phone. Comments Off on House Divided

I just got back from a couple nights in Yachats, Oregon. The weather forecast was not good, but the weather wasn’t always that bad. We were able to take a 3-hour hike to Cape Perpetua Lookout yesterday without getting wet, and today we had a brief break for this rainbow.

Posted on November 20th, 2016 under Oregon. Tags: beach, clouds, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D500, pacific ocean, yachats oregon. Comments Off on Yachats rainbow