Category: Ramblings

Deer Hunting

I did quite a bit of hunting on the way home yesterday. It is breeding season for the Mule Deer over in Central and Eastern Oregon and I shot a large number of both bucks and does. The great thing about a camera is the ability to hunt anything year around. Here is a doe….

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Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my followers. Thank you for all of your kind comments on my images over the years. You are the reason that I keep shooting.

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NPPNW Fall Meeting

On Saturday Jonna and I attended the Fall 2011 meeting of the Nature Photographers Of The Pacific Northwest. I know their VP from the local photo club I belong to, EPS. Bob needed some help and Jonna worked the check in desk for print competition and I judged in the Digital Wildlife category. I’m guessing…

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Patting self on head….

I will settle for 2nd out of 670 images.  

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Ene of the road

Have you ever gotten to the end of the road and not wanted to turn around and go back? That is the way it was yesterday. The sounds of the Jays and squirrels, the intoxicating smell of a mixed species forest with fir, hemlock and cedar and the little details of nature all around you….

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Junior at bath time.

Young male Anna’s hummingbird taking a bath in my back yard fountain.

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Contest Enteries

I entered the five fine art images that I have had made into gallery wraps in a contest at Digital Photo Pro. It will be interesting to see if anything comes of it.

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Two new gallery wraps

I ordered a pair of gallery wraps to add to my collection. I opted to go portrait mode this time to allow for easier hanging in different locations. The two images are Autumn Raindrops and Reflection In Pond.        

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Population Control

Every now and then one of a pair of hawks stops by the house to snag the fixings for a pigeon pot pie. I was fortunate enough to have this guy stop by on my birthday. I believe it is a Coopers Hawk. It is really hard to tell the difference between the Coopers and the Sharp Shinned other than size and this one was just in between.

I hope he got his meal somewhere and I think him for not leaving me a pile of feathers to clean up in the back yard.

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Added Links

Hey there, I finally joined the modern age and got an Android smart phone. It you take a look on the  “Links” page, I have added links to some of the apps I am finding handy and better than the ones I have installed and taken back off. I didn’t write reviews. There are plenty…

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