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We had a really nice sunrise last Tuesday that I posted a couple of shots from but hadn't yet worked up a panorama sequence from later in the color show when all the clouds lit up. Usually January is the best month for sunrise/sunset colors in Oregon and the southwest tip of Washington since we...

Got treated to a few nice colors early in the sunset last night and grabbed a few frames for a panoramic view. Overlooking Vancouver Lake and the Columbia River wetlands. Four panels at 70mm. C&C always welcome.

An overlooked sunset scene shot a while back on the beaches at Bandon Oregon. There's no shortage of sea stacks to frame scenes around when you are shooting sunsets in Bandon. C&C always welcome.

A telephoto view of Tuesday morning's sunrise featuring Mt. Hood. I love being able to focus on the colors near the horizon when the overhead skies aren't participating in the sunrise colors yet. C&C always welcome.

Monday morning I got skunked for serious colors but Tuesday was a very different story. I was keeping a careful for the clouds and light while I was making my morning cappuccino and everything seemed to be lining up for a fairly nice morning color show and Mother Nature delivered :) This is...

I always look forward to Wednesdays for another round of falling water so whether its small or big, tall or short, surrounded by desert, deep in the forest, or completely surrounded by concrete its fair game if there is falling water in the scene. My falling water for today is a drone shot...

I had high hopes for a glorious sunrise yesterday morning when I grabbed my drone and wandered out to my deck. Nice overhead patchy clouds as I could see it from the ground but once I got my drone up above the rooftops and trees it was clear that my optimism wasn't warranted with extensive...

There is a small island called Goat Island just offshore from the beaches at Harris Beach State Park that splits swells as they arrive off the east Pacific. The swells converge on the back side of the island and with active surf create an interesting spectacle as they create colliding waves...

A morning panorama from last February that I just got around to processing. I did post a shot from earlier in this sunrise last year but never got around to working up some of the rest of what I captured that morning. Three panels at 24mm with a Mavic 3 Pro. C&C always welcome.

Another sea foam shot at Cape Perpetua from last fall showing the bizarre shapes that can be isolated in active wave action using high shutter speeds. C&C always welcome.

Last light of the day over Mt. St. Helens. Some clouds might have been nice but in this case the air pollution added a nice hue to the snow cover earlier this month. There is less snow on the mountain after an unusually dry January. Single frame at 168mm. C&C always welcome.

Welcome to another Waterfall Wednesday for a celebration of falling water. I have an intermittent set of falls for today from an early December visit. We got tons of rain in December after I shot this so this must have been running as almost a torrent but always in weather that I couldn't fly...

A drone's eye view of Sweet Creek as it dumps into the Siuslaw River. The big open space on the far bank of the Siuslaw is the site of an old sawmill complex that has been demolished over the past few years. From last October. C&C always welcome.

Almost hard to believe for the middle of our rainy season but all the clouds disappeared in the Portland/Vancouver area 10 days ago and we haven't seen a good sunrise/sunset ever since. To top it off we have rotten air quality as well. Hardly inspiring to get out and shoot. This is a panorama...

A shot from the Northeastern part of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin wilderness area in New Mexico. Normally seeing evidence of a coal seam is not a good sign for those who don't want to see mining operations but in this case the good news is that it has already been burned long ago while it was still...

The coast range in Oregon gets a lot of rain placing it within what is classified as a temperate rain forest with around 80-90 inches of rain per year. While its a very lush environment its almost a wannabe rain forest compared to the Hoh up on the Olympic Peninsula at over 140" of rain per...

Somewhat of a lazy evening at one of the beaches in Harris Beach State Park along the southern Oregon coast. Low energy swells and only a few clouds just above the horizon but I kind of liked the bands of color sandwiching the blue hues of the Pacific. C&C always welcome.

Wednesday is for Waterfalls so anything that shows water being influenced by the fact that the earth sucks (gravity is just an illusion :)) belongs here. My offering for today is a small stretch of rapids along Sweet Creek from a visit last October.

Cape Horn on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge offers some really nice views of the Gorge and the Oregon side of the river. That said the best view of fall colors at Cape Horn are from the Oregon side of the river since the colors are directly below the cliffs. This is one such...

I don't often get clear enough atmospherics to be able to see Mt. Jefferson from over my house as it is just over 80 miles distant. Happily the skies really were clear enough yesterday morning and there were some colorful clouds clouds overhead to make a worthwhile shot. Shot from a relatively...