My three entries for our May digital competition at EPS. We will see how tough the judges are this month.
Yet Another Visitor
I have been waiting for and trying to get a good shot of this male Lazuli Bunting for about five days now. He would show up when the light was junk, on the ground in a pile of sunflower seeds or about the time I’d spot him something would spook off all of the birds…
Business Lunch
I’m not sure what these two male Evening Grosbeaks were talking about but it looks rather serious.
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Hungry Finches
This time of the year here in the Willamette Valley the American Gold Finches show up to feed and breed. If you can afford the sunflower seeds or Niger seed the little guys are more than happy to hang around your yard. With their bright yellow they can help brighten up any day.
Evening Grosbeaks
I was lucky enough yesterday to have a number of pairs of adult Evening Grosbeaks come through the place and clean out the sunflower seed feeders. I have the Black Headed Grosbeaks here most of the year but seem to only catch their cousins as they are passing through. The Evenings were here for a…
Fern Season
I realized that nowhere on my site did I have the mandatory image of the new growth fern unrolling in the spring. That issue has now been corrected. If you have never picked one of these things so you can really look at it close you…
Spring In The Old Growth
Spring in the old growth is one of those hard to beat things in life. A walk or hike up there is one of the best reasons to miss work. Just call it a mental health day. This shot was taken just down river from Sahalie Falls on the McKenzie River in the Oregon Cascade…
More preset play
I really like this one. They call it B&W Platinum. If you click on the small image to look at the larger one you will see where the areas of black with a lot of bright reflection on them do have a platinum look to them. I did a little corner darkness and toned down…
High and Loving It
I’ve been playing with some some black and white presets for Lightroom that I ran across. This latest batch of presets is supposed to be representative of the results you might get from some of the older b&w films. this is realizing that the film is only part of the final look. Papers and chemicals…