Favorite sunrises & sunsets seen at my home in Bend, Oregon Lens-Artists Photo Challenge (LAPC) - Personal favorites Wordless Wednesday…
Favorite moments at an old homestead in the Oregon Outback and with a Great Blue Heron at Crystal Springs Rhododendron…
A road may take you straight ahead to distant mountains beneath moody skies Mountain Home, Idaho Or twist and turn…
On February 15, we visited the Bend WinterFest event in the Old Mill District. I was really looking forward to…
If I had to feature just one photograph, as this week's Lens-Artists Photo Challenge suggests, I would choose this one.…
When I'm trying to decide if I should use black and white processing on an image, I ask myself one…
Our pets know when we need to laugh Pooka Or when we need to have a good cry Snowball Pets…
Exquisite Creatures Revealed is an amazing exhibition at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon. It…
This week I'm sharing photos of the Oregon Cascades from above. Most of these pictures were taken with my DJI…
While camping at Three Island Crossing State Park in Glenns Ferry, Idaho, I visited the Oregon Trail History & Education…
Today I'm sharing some of my 2024 favorite photos. I divided them into four categories: Critters, Cuisine, Cultural attractions, and…
Memories of... Relentless rain falling on a wise heron in a serene scene Pronghorn pausing beside boulders layered with lichen…
Winter’sIce and snow accumulatesNeutralizing colorsTransforming the ordinary intoEnchanted scenesReverberating silence All photographs in this post were taken at my High…
Water pounds down mossy hillsides into heart-shaped ponds Lower Multnomah Falls and flows past creations full of fire Firepit at…
High Desert wonders Roam and rest in grassy meadows Pronghorn near Prineville Emerge from burrows, full of curiosity Long-tailed Weasel,…
Grateful to visit vast landscapes where lone bison contemplate the day ahead Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming And places where Cliff…
When you see a Turkey Vulture up close and far away, you'll have much different opinions of them. Up close,…
In a silent scene, filtered light illuminates deserted dwellings Gentle ripples trail an American Avocet quietly striding across a wetland…
When days start to shorten and nights take on a chill, the world begins falling back into Autumn. A single…
High Desert skies can be full of fiery emotions Or calm and blue, framing peaceful works of art (more…)
Petersen Rock Garden & Museum is a unique roadside attraction located halfway between Bend and Redmond in Oregon. The original…
If you’d like to see an impressive collection of treasures of the Wild West, be sure to visit the Buffalo…
Today I'm sharing some of my green glass from the past. It's nice to collect things you can actually use.…
Clouds collect overhead, darkening and protecting the landscape Cumulus curtains part and the earth awakens Colorful voices shout from sloping…
At West Thumb, magma boils below Cooled by lake water's ebb and flow Alkaline frosting marks the shore Thermophiles collect,…
In photography, the way you show objects in small and large scale can have a big impact. When I've seen…
I decided to take pictures of some of the fruit and flowers in our garden today before they fade away.…
Seeing pairs of bronze bulls bash together in winter blizzards The Battle by Rip Caswell, High Desert Museum, Oregon and…
The hot pools of the Lava Hot Spring tourist attraction are in the city of Lava Hot Springs in southeastern…
I awaken on the shores of a High Desert playa Dust devils on the distant shoreline dance across the flats…
On our recent trip we stopped at several hot springs of the West. Each site was special in its own…
I had a major magical moment with wildlife while visiting Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden in Portland a few weeks ago.…
In early May, I visited the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden in Portland, Oregon. The 9.5-acre garden contains more that 2,500…
black-necked stilts paradeon pink legs, slender yet strong,in search of magichidden beneath the marshlandsin iridescent ripples Lens-Artists Photo Challenge (LAPC)…
Hope may be bright spots in the darkness Or at the end of a twisted and turning path Hope may…
Morning breaking over the High Desert Blackbird singing praises over a playa (more…)
Seeing the softness of nature Walking behind a wall of water of a woodland waterfall Regarding a heron ruminating over…
Skink among the stones near Bend, Oregon Wordless Wednesday (WW) Lens-Artists Photo Challenge (LAPC) - Rock Your World
The rocks I remember may rest on the slopes of extinct volcanoes Volcanic rocks on Pilot Butte, Bend, Oregon And…
When I process pictures, I think about how to enhance the beauty of the subject. The natural features at the…