Alton Baker Park Close-Ups

1/40, f/2.8, ISO 100 Tested out my new EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens on Friday evening at Alton Baker Park in Eugene. Since this is my first f/2.8 (my other two lenses are f/3.5 and f/4.0), I purposely went out in the fading sunlight to get a feel for the camera in...

Florence Day Trip

Took a quick trip over to the coast yesterday, and the wind was so fierce we took cover behind the large sand dunes and just relaxed. There were kites everywhere. I’m looking forward to going back with my wide-angle lens to try to capture a broader scope of the...

Oh Deer!

After editing the rest of my photos from Prineville, including a couple hundred I took while stalking deer by the lake three nights in a row, I decided to post a few more deer pics.

Prineville

We spent a few days last week at my family’s lake house on Prineville Reservoir, a trip I’ve made almost every year since I was born. I love the high-desert landscape of Central Oregon, and never tire of the sunsets and cloud patterns that hover over the...

Junction City Pond

Was driving around the Eugene area at sunset today and stopped a couple of places to take a few photos. Some shots from the Junction City Pond, just off Highway 99: Trucks in the field just north of Junction City Pond.

Spencer’s Butte in Eugene, Oregon

Some close-up shots after a hike to the top of Spencer’s Butte in Eugene, Oregon, the other day. Only posting a few of these because I ended up with a lot of noise in the background of some of the images…not sure what that’s about; ISO wasn’t...