The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. -Robert Frost “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” We did some traveling this spring and summer – through Idaho and Washington, Montana and Wyoming, Colorado and…
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oregon coast
We did a short trip to Eugene, Oregon and the Oregon coast this January. This is NOT the ideal time to visit due to the rainy weather. However, the weather reminds me of the South Island of New Zealand, west coast of Ireland and Scotland. The light with the stormy skies was magical.
eagles – january 2023
I have been trying to get decent eagle photos in Coeur d’Alene for the last 14 months. Finally 2 weeks ago I was able to get good light while there were plenty of eagles hunting for Kokanee salmon in the lake.
robins
Saw a blush of robins on the walk today. Read up about them, some facts stood out: -Robin eggs are blue due to biliverdin. -Robins are the most common vector for West Nile Virus -While they eat insects in the spring and summer, in the winter they survive on berries (see photos below). Sometimes they…
winter 2022 eagles
The adult bald eagles have the salmon hunting down. The juveniles and the gulls are still learning.
day after the storm
mexico
Salvador Dali – “No way I’m returning to Mexico. I can’t stand being in a place more surreal than my paintings.” We will definitely be going back to Ciudad de Mexico and San Miguel de Allende.
fall’s swan song
A weekend fall farewell photography tour in the Kootenays, Canada. The larches are still holding on to their colors and their needles. In some places the aspens and cottonwoods are still braving the winter storms. It is fall’s last hurrah. The swan song, literally. Watch the video below. Just happened to stop at Sullivan Lake…
everything old is new again, part 2
It is fun to go visit new places. It is also (more) fun to see familiar places in a new light! The second way to see new light is to go to familiar places in different seasons, different cloud cover and different times of the day. I must have walked on the Doudy Draw…
everything old is new again, part 1
It is fun to go visit new places. It is also (more) fun to see familiar places in new light! The first way to see new light is by reimagining your old photos that are sitting on a hard drive somewhere. The best advise I got as a photographer was from a friend, a patient,…