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Valley Of Fire Bighorn

November 3, 2012 Mike VanDeWalker

On The Road Photos Play Time Small Groupings

On a recent vacation to Las Vegas we spent a day wandering around at Valley Of Fire State Park about 40 miles north of town. I had been watching for Bighorn Sheep for a couple of days as the day prior we had been down at Hoover Dam.

After sitting out a short road closure due to the filming of a Mercedes commercial we wandered over to Mouses Tank. and ran across this small group of the sheep.There were five of them in the group and from what some locals said, they are pretty common in that area.

: Bighorn Sheep – Valley Of Fire

: Bighorn Sheep – Valley Of Fire

: Bighorn Sheep – Valley Of Fire

: Bighorn Sheep – Valley Of Fire

: Bighorn Sheep – Valley Of Fire

A few Autumn images from past years

September 22, 2012 Mike VanDeWalker

On The Road Photos Small Groupings

We have entered my favorite time of the year. The comfortable days and cool nights along with shorter daylight start the magic of nature with the changing colors in the leafs. The images below are from the past few years. In a few weeks it will be time to get out and start shooting for this year. (Be sure to click on the small images for the full size version.)

Reflections — Port of Newport, Oregon

September 14, 2012 Mike VanDeWalker

On The Road Photos Reflections Small Groupings

Reflection images of commercial fishing / crabbing boats docked at the Port of Newport on the Oregon Coast. (don’t forget to click the small image for the large version)

: Reflections – Port of Newport, Oregon

: Reflections – Port of Newport, Oregon

: Reflections – Port of Newport, Oregon

: Reflections – Port of Newport, Oregon

: Reflections – Port of Newport, Oregon

: Reflections – Port of Newport, Oregon

: Reflections – Port of Newport, Oregon

: Reflections – Port of Newport, Oregon

: Reflections – Port of Newport, Oregon

Cascades Air Show

September 6, 2012 Mike VanDeWalker

Black and White On The Road Photos Small Groupings

I had the chance to attend the Cascades Air Show in Madras, Oregon a few weeks ago. It was my first time at this type of event and it was a ball. I went out with the intention of getting some images that I could convert to black and white so the images would more match the era of the aircraft.

I had the pleasure of meeting David Baxter of Biplanes Northwest and getting the chance to shoot his two beautiful Starduster biplanes. I’d like to say thank you to him for bringing them out. They were a joy to see and shoot.

Here are a hand full of my favorites from the show. Be sure to click on the thumbnails to see the full size image.

Photo Art

March 9, 2012 Mike VanDeWalker

Black and White HDR On The Road Photos

After looking at all of the “photography” that I keep seeing on different sites and in our club competitions I have come to the conclusion and I may be being a bit of a purest on images that I am shooting. I try to shoot what I see and process it the same way. With…

Black and White… or shades of gray

March 1, 2012 Mike VanDeWalker

Black and White On The Road Photos Ramblings

Mule Deer Hunting

November 27, 2011 Mike VanDeWalker

On The Road Photos Ramblings Small Groupings

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Coming home from Thanksgiving at Jonna’s mothers in Central Oregon I decided to take the back road to get around the Redmond traffic and do a little deer hunting. I armed myself with my trusty 100-400mm L zoom lens on the 5D Mk II and let my wife do the driving.

I don’t think there has been a time that I have been across that road and not seen deer but most often they are over in the alfalfa fields which does not make for a real natural setting even though it is the natural place for them to be. If they aren’t in the fields they are on the other side of the road in the juniper and sage brush. While much harder to spot, it makes a much nicer image.

This is a mix of bucks and does. It is mating season over there and the bucks that are getting lucky have their does herded together. There are some pretty nasty fights between the bucks and you can see in the full size image one of the bucks in these images has blood on an antler and another is missing an eye. You won’t see it in any of the images in this post. They can get very aggressive and can get just as rough as a biker bar on a Saturday night.

: Mule Deer Buck and Doe in Central Oregon

: Mule Deer Buck in Central Oregon

: Mule Deer Buck in Central Oregon

: Mule Deer Buck and Does in Central Oregon

: Mule Deer Doesin Central Oregon

: Mule Deer Does in Central Oregon

: Mule Deer Does Feeding in Central Oregon

: Mule Deer Does Feeding in Central OregonMule Deer Does Feeding in Central Oregon

Autumn On The South Fork Of The McKenzie River In The Oregon Cascade Mountains

November 3, 2011 Mike VanDeWalker

On The Road Photos

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I took my first play day in quite a while on October 27th and made a run up the South Fork of the McKenzie river in search of Autumn colors.

The Oregon Cascades are not like the North East as far as having a lot of red in the fall colors. Out here is is mostly shades of yellow with some splashes of red thrown in from the vine maple, even then you will only see that in areas with a lot of sun. Most of the hardwoods in the woods will give you a range of yellows from brilliant to dull but with the background of evergreens and vivid green shades of moss, all of the yellows stand out. Anyway, here is a little Cascades color for you.

Ene of the road

October 28, 2011 Mike VanDeWalker

On The Road Photos Play Time Ramblings

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….

Fall On The River

October 27, 2011 Mike VanDeWalker

On The Road Photos Play Time

I will try and get a set from this shoot over the weekend.

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