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8-8 John Wayne Marina reflections. On the warm Saturday day, we found reprieve from the heat at this heavily shaded marina full of marvelous reflections. No clouds in the sky so we needed to find subjects that did not suffer from that.
8-7 Seattle Skyline in early morning light from the Bainbridge Ferry. I used the rented 200 F4 micro for this image as well.
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8-6 Early Morning on the Bainbridge Ferry - My friend Doug and I met at 5:30am so we could hop the ferry and head out to the Olympic Peninsula to photograph wildflowers. I rented the Nikon 200 F4 micro for the occasion so was putting it to good use on the ferry. We had more luck on the ferry with the light. Unfortunately we chose the warmest, sunniest day of the year to head up to Hurricane Ridge. We found lots of wildflowers but the lighting for the most part was harsh and a little windy. We made the best of it. ANother challenge was that our car was swarmed by a bunch of flies and bees when we were at the higher altitude so that we really did not want to get out. We enjoyed each other's company and did some scouting and got a few interesting images.
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8/5 Lily - My favorite lily that blooms in my garden. It usually blooms close to my BD.
Since a lot of people have asked. I absolutely love my Nikon D800E. For example this image is a crop but it still has enough pixels to make a good size print. This image is a single exposure and I was able to get a lot of dynamic range as well.
8/4/12- On the Road to Prineville - I found this wonderful old truck and gas tank while I was heading east to Prineville, Oregon. There were some other old time goodies as well. Thanks for all the comments on my rainbow image.
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8-3 This is the entire rainbow that I captured that morning. It is nine image panorama that was made from 5 exposures for each of the frames. The files are very large since they come from my D800e so my computer had to chug away. I did the HDR conversion before doing the stitching. I then had to downsize the image to be able to upload it to Smugmug but this jpeg is still 60.8 MB.
8-2 Storm Light in Hood River Valley
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8-1 Mount Rainier from inside the park. The day started out in total fog so I was not expecting to get any glorious views. We were lucky enough to get some clouds for additional interest and drama.
7-31 Purple Martin Sitting on the Post of the Bay...This martin was enjoying this lookout perch. I was able to shoot video with my DSLR of this bird preening. This post came out of Tillamook Bay right near the colony of houses.
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7-30-12 Purple Martin Leaving Nest Box at Bay Ocean, Oregon. There is a small colony with around a dozen boxes off the small spit at Bay Ocean in Tillamook Bay. I got a chance to photograph them for a while on Saturday. This was taken with a 2x doubler on a 500 F4 lens and a D7000 (1.5 crop factor) for an effective focal length of 1500. I also did a little cropping of the photo. It was tricky shooting at such high magnification with the wind (although it was not really blowing by ocean standatds).
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7-28-12 Shipwreck at Bay City, Oregon - this boat is visible from the Bay City Pier behind the Pacific Oyster Company. It can be seen at lower tides of Tilllamook Bay. I searched the internet to see if it had a name but came up empty. I think I will try to photograph all the shipwrecks in Oregon. I now have two. Some are only seen at very specific times of the year like the one in North Bend. I will have to do the research and get a schedule together but it will be a fun project.
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7-28-12 Rainbow Over Hood River Valley, It was a glorious morning at Panorama Point even without the wonderful view of Mount Hood.
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7-27-12, Another view of the same barn as I posted yesterday. I enjoy this perspective as well with the fence line and the wagon in the foreground. This is in the Hood River Valley, Oregon.
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7-25-12 Hood River Barn This barn is located in the Hood River Valley. I really liked the textured wood as well as how the red roof gets contrasted by the greens and yellow.
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7-25-12 Red Barn near Dufur, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
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7-24-12 Oregon Wind Farm at the Columbia River Gorge - Still going through my workshop images and loved the sky on this as well as the many wind turbines.
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7-23-12 Sepia toned IR image of the abandoned church. I have posted two other images of this abandoned church but decided to try it using an old time sepia look. I love how clouds get captured using an IR camera.
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7-21-12 Atop at Rowena, Columbia Gorge, Oregon looking down at the road. This was taken with my infrared converted D200. This shows the design of the curve of the road that comes up from the east. To the south is a beautiful view of the Gorge. In April the fields here are ablaze with blue lupines and balsalm root. I missed the show this year but this time had the treat of calm. It was probably the least windy visit I have ever made to this wonderful place.
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7-20-12 Punch Bowl Falls - Eagle Creek Wilderness Area, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
This was a beautiful falls but required balancing on flat rocks in a stream to be able to see it after hiking 2 miles on a trail that had some precarious ledges. Several days ago I posted an image of Metlako Falls which is on the same trail about .5 mile back from this fall. There are several more waterfalls in thiis wilderness area although I only saw the first two. I converted this image with Silver Effex 2.Gorge_PaintedHills_Workshop_2012Ilene SamowitzOregonwaterfalls20120616IS04414HDR
7-19-12 Antiqued Abandon House - I think this most likely will be the last in the series of the abandoned house. I converted this in Silver Effex 2 and added a little bit of texture to help emulate the aged look of the image. Thanks for all the comments on the close up and detailed version that I posted yesterday. It continues to be fun to share this mini series.
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7-18-12 Details of the Abandoned House near Dufur, Oregon. This is a closeup perspective with more detail of the abandoned house which I posted yesterday. I continue to have fun working on many different perspectives of this wonderful find. Thanks for all of yesterday's comments.
A few answers to yesterday's questions. I was an attendee at the Gorge_Painted Hill Workshop lead by Darrel Gulin and Jean Carter. It was a great workshop. This is the fourth one I have attended and will be going to another one in September to Bandon, Oregon. Additionally, I got to shoot my new camera on the workshop the Nikon D800E which has fabulous image quality. BTW I never was able to get inside.DufurGorge_PaintedHills_Workshop_2012Ilene SamowitzOregon20120615IS04097HDR
7-17-12 Abandoned House outside of Dufur, Oregon. I have three more versions of this house that I most likely will be posting over the next bit of time.. This shows the entirety of the house with the vibrant countryside. This type of find fascinates me with all the possibilities for photographing and telling its story.
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7-16-12 Evening light of the countryside wlith Mount Hood, This was taken along the road traveling back from the Rice elevator heading toward The Dalles, Oregon. (rice elevator was yesterday's pick).
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7-15-12 Rice Elevator - not far from Dufur, Oregon
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7-14-12 Eagle Creek, Columbia RIver Gorge, Oregon
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7-13-12 - The Rain Forest of Eagle Creek WIlderness, Columbia RIver Gorge, Oregon
Not only were the two falls along the hike beautiful but got to walk through beautiful rain forest. Here is some of the additional splendors along the trail.Gorge_PaintedHills_Workshop_2012Ilene SamowitzOregonwaterfalls20120616IS04363HDR
7-12-12 Metlako Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Eagle Creek Wilderness, Oregon
This falls can be viewed on the popular Eagle Creek WIlderness trail. It is about 1.5 mile hike to this viewpoint. The trail can be precarious with cable ties to grab when the trail gets narrow with steep drop offs and slippery footing.Eagle CreekGorge_PaintedHills_Workshop_2012Ilene SamowitzMetlako FallsOregonwaterfalls20120616IS04379HDR
7-11-12 - Fort Dufur 1884 - This is an antiqued version of the remains of Fort Dufur 1884. I converted this in Silver Effex 2 and added a texture to help with the aging process.
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7-10-12 Barview Evening, I was very lucky with the light and weather for the most part during my last trip to the Oregon coast. Watched the sunset from the jetty overlooking the ocean. I always try to remember to turn around and look behind. This was the scene and light behind me. Looking at the start of Tillamook Bay from the inlet at Barview jetty. Three Graces is out of sight beyond the inlet.
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7-9-12 Evening Light at Ecola State Park - Another scene from this glorious evening.
Ecola Evening Light, Ecola State Park, Cannon Beach, Oregon
This was made from a series of 6 vertical HDR sequences for a total of 30 images either blended or stitched. This took a lot of horsepower from my computer since each file is from a Nikon D800E which is 36 megapixels.Ilene Samowitzpanorama20120705IS01630tonemappedOregon CoastEcola State ParkClatsop
7-7-12 Pastel Sunset from Cape Lookout Across to Three Arches, Cape Lookout, Oregon Coast
Last night was beautiful...little wind...red ball of fire and pastel colors across the landscape. We traveled down to Newport and got to see four whale blows, photographed the murre colony at Yaquina Head, an oystercatcher, the Newport Bridge, Yaquina Head Lighthouse, and a few other things. There was a nest of peregrine falcons at the Interpretive Center but they just fledged so we were treated to an aerial display put on by three of the babies. Another glorious day at the coast. Not sure what lies in store yet for today.
7-6-12 - Tillamook Head Lighthouse seen from Ecola State Park, Cannon Beach, Oregons
Last night was a glorious evening at Ecola State Park. No wind, beautiful light, lots of seabirds.ClatsopIlene SamowitzOregon Coast20120705IS01868And8moreHDRXlighthouseTillamook HeadEcolaCannon Beach
7-5-12 Dufur Details and Textures....more detailed and textures from Dufur, Oregon
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7-4-12 Dufur Details - close in study of some abandoned machinery at Dufur, Oregon
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7-3-12 Dufur structure with tires - Another image from the Dufur shoot. Love all the decaying items weathering and decaying. Adds character to the structure.
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The vehicles of Dufur, Oregon. I continue to process images from my afternoon visit to this little historic town near the Columbia River Gorge just south of The Dalles, Oregon. Behind the buildings there are a few old and decaying vehicles with lots of charm. Posted 7-2-12.
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7-1-12 Lower Horseshoe Falls - Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
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6-30-12 John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge is a historic bridge which first had pedestrians work on it in 1866. This bridge spans the Ohio River connecting Covington, Kentucky with Cincinnati, Ohio. This image was taken from the pedestrian walkway on the bridge facing downtown Cincinnati.
6-29-12 Black and White conversion of an infrared image of Pastoral Scene - This scene was found along Route 26 (Ochoco Highway) about 2 miles west of the turnoff for John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (Painted Hills).
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6-28-12 Infrared of abandoned church near Wasco, Oregon
This is a vertical image of the abandoned church. This infrared was then converted to black and white using Silver Effex Pro 2.Gorge_PaintedHills_Workshop_2012Ilene SamowitzOregonnikon d200 ir20120616IRS6038 church abandoned Wasco
6-27-12 Pastoral Scene - This scene was found along Route 26 (Ochoco Highway) about 2 miles west of the turnoff for John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (Painted Hills).
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6-26-12 Flowers in Dufur - This was taken in the museum area of Dufar. I liked how the old building formed a beautiful backdrop for the lovely flowers.
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6-25-12 Close up of Multnomah Falls, Oregon
This is the iconic falls of the Columbia River Gorge. Our group went there early on a Friday morning to avoid the weekend crowds. When we first got there we pretty much had the place to ourselves.Gorge_PaintedHills_Workshop_2012Ilene SamowitzOregonwaterfalls20120615IS03385HDRXwaterfallMultnomah
6-24-12 McCormick Deering Combine - Dufur, Oregon
In the town of Dufar just south of The Dalles is a museum which contains old machinery as well as some buildings that commemorates the town's pat. This combine was housed in the museum. I found the rusted gears and wheels facinating.DufurGorge_PaintedHills_Workshop_2012Ilene SamowitzOregon20120615IS03732HDRX
Softer Colors of the Painted Hills - 6-23-12
This part of the hills can be seen when leaving the cove and heading back to the road towards the overlook. We had overcast conditions at the point that this was taken.Gorge_PaintedHills_Workshop_2012Ilene SamowitzOregon20120619IS06397398399400401HDRX
The Rock at the Cove, Painted Hills, Oregon, This shows a closeup of the textures and the details of the area.
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Details from the Cove, Painted Hills, Oregon 6-21-12
This is another area from the Painted Hills where there is a boardwalk that gets you very close into some hills where you can observe the textures and details of this wondrous place.Gorge_PaintedHills_Workshop_2012Ilene SamowitzOregon20120619IS06208HDRX