I miss the Pacific Northwest.
It's a beautiful state with incredible landscapes, delicious beer, good friends and tons of adventures.
Photo: "Oneonta Gorge"
Last October, I finally made my way to the Oneonta Gorge, a location I have been wanting to visit for some time. It was a a bit of a challenge to photograph, but very beautiful to see.
Photo: "Emerald Falls"
It's raining today and I'm trapped inside with the flu. This image is a nice memory of a good times with friends on a recent trip to the beautifully wet Emerald Falls in the Columbia River Gorge.
Photo: "Trina and Valerie Meet at the River"
Oregon life.
Photo: "Get Lost On the Road"
I would really love to be driving on this road right now...
Photo: "Ruckel Creek"
The Columbia River Gorge has hundreds if not thousands of waterfalls. I have yet to be disappointed by one I've seen and these falls were no different. The terrain, light and foliage varied so much here that I took dozens of images, all very different from one another.
Photo: Panther Creek Falls II
I had seen a dozen photos of these falls before I finally got to see them in person earlier this year, but even the best photos don't do these falls justice.
There's just something about the smell of the damp ground, the gorgeous blanket of water caressing the rocks and how the mist hits your face when you're standing here.
Photo: "Panther Creek Falls"
During my last trip to Oregon, I shot my first landscape pano with a 17mm tilt shift. The conditions were right for filters to be unnecessary, the only downside of this lens is the inability to use filters, so I snapped a horizontal image and shifted the lens upward to capture the second image. Stitching was done in Photoshop, using a single click. I then brought the image back into Lightroom for final editing.
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Photo: "One Hundred Shades of Red"
"He painted the sky
knowing red was her color
led her outside
covered her eyes
felt the beams on her skin
and when her eyes opened
she looked towards the sky
and saw it painted
in a hundred shades of red."
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