Columbine Flower at Schreiner's Iris Gardens near Keizer, Oregon


Columbine Flower
Canon 6D
Canon 70-200 F4 L @ 200mm
F5.6
1/250th of a second
ISO 2000

Shot in manual mode using automatic ISO.

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Cedar Creek Grist Mill near Woodland, WA



Cedar Creek Grist Mill. Near Woodland, WA. Canon 6D, 17-40mm F4 L @ F5.6. ISO 640. 13 second exposure. Used a 10 stop ND filter.

Alternative view of the pond at the Portland Japanese Gardens Heavenly Falls


Canon EOS 6D
Canon 17-40mm F4 L @ 29mm
ISO 320
F6.3
45 second exposure
10 ND filter used

Bridge at Portland Japanese Gardens


Canon EOS 6D
Canon 17-40mm F4 L lens @ 40mm
F8
ISO 320
1/25th of a second

The famous Japanese Elm at the Portland Japanese Garden


Canon EOS 6D
Canon 17-40mm F4 L @ 17mm
ISO 320
1/25th of a second
Aperture at F8

Swirling leaves at Heavenly Waterfall, Portland Japanese Garden


Canon 6D
Canon 17-40mm F4 L lens @ 22mm
10 stop Neutral Density filter
ISO 50
75 second exposure
F 5.6

Abiqua Falls, Willamette Valley, OR.


Canon 6D
17-40mm F4 L lens
ISO 250
1 second exposure
Taken wide open at 17mm.

Moon Over Mt. Hood


Composite shot: Mountain was exposed for 20 seconds using a Canon EOS 6D with a 70-200mm lens at 200mm. F5.6, ISO 100. The moon was exposed for 1/125th of a second. Both images combined in Photoshop. Images taken from Sherrard Point on Larch Mountain.

Heceta Head Lighthouse

This is Heceta Head Lighthouse. I took this shot about a year ago. This image was taken using a handheld Canon 6D with a 17-40mm F4 lens. The settings were at: ISO 200, F8 @ 1/640 sec. The lens was nearly fully extended to 40mm. This is an extreme crop of the original shot, but the full frame of the 6D allows me to really dig into the image and give me more options for cropping. Even though it was a bright and beautiful day, I bumped up the ISO a bit so that I could get a faster shutter speed and help eliminate the possibility of blurriness in the image. Image edited in photoshop, red filter cranked way up, some sharpening added as well.

Self Portrait - July 2016


Shot with an iPhone.

Cape Blanco Lighthouse


Went down to Cape Blanco this past weekend. I had expected to get some remarkable shots of the area and really wanted to get some shots of the lighthouse at dusk and at night. However, the weather did not want to cooperate. Near constant rain throughout the weekend prevented me from getting out and creating the images I had in mind. However, there was a brief clearing in the weather for Saturday afternoon and I snapped a few shots of the lighthouse. For this shot I used my trusty Canon 6D with my 17-40mm F4 "L" series lens. I also used a circular polarizer mounted to my lens with an additional 10 stop neutral density filter in front of that. I really wanted to capture the effect of the wind on the grasses and clouds and I achieved an rather nice capture of that. I at first groused to myself a little bit when the gentlemen in the photo wandered into my shot, but I realized that I rather like his presence there, taking in the view of the ocean and the lighthouse. He also lends a needed sense of scale to the building as well. I shot this at ISO 50 @ F14 for 25 seconds. The lens was set to a focal length of 32mm. Once I got it into photoshop, I corrected the slight keystoning effect on the lighthouse to make it look 'correct' (as opposed to wide on the bottom and narrow at the top. I then separated the foreground, including the lighthouse, and adjusted the curves to brighten it up a little. I also added a little bit of dehaze filter, and bumped up the saturation a bit as well.

Mt. St. Helens and Milky Way 1:57 a.m. July 3rd, 2016


Taken from the Loowit Viewpoint on the way to Johnston Ridge.
Canon 6D
Rokinon 14mm F2.8
ISO 3200, 30 sec. exposure at F2.8

This was a tough one for me. I had to setup quickly to get shots between rolling banks of fog that would come in suddenly, completely obscure the entire scene, then just as quickly pass through. Fortunately I snagged this shot as the last clear window of weather presented itself. I stayed until morning hoping to get a shot of the wonderful wildflowers on display with the mountain in the background, but the fog was completely socked in until at least 8 a.m. when I finally left to drive back home. 

Rowena Crest Overlooking the Columbia River Gorge


Taken at Rowena Crest near Mosier, Oregon.
Just after dawn at 07:19
Taken with a tripod mounted Canon 6D using the Canon 17-40mm F4L lens.
Lens set to 40mm. Aperture at F11.
ISO 800.
1/60th of a second.

Stormy Skies over Cannon Beach

Canon 6D
Canon 70-200mm F4L @ 73mm.
F4, 1/3200 sec, ISO 100
 

Hug Point Sunset

Canon 6D, Canon 17-40mm F4L @ 23mm. ISO 50. 10 stop neutral density filter used. 4 second exposure at F22.
Same specs as above shot with a 1 second exposure.

Midnight at the Bagdad, 37th and Hawthorne Ave, Portland


Canon 6D
14mm Rokinon F2.8 lens @ F8
ISO 100
10 second exposure


Barred Owl - Umpqua National Forest


I was taking photos near Whitehorse Falls in the Umpqua National Forest when I spotted this young Barred Owl sitting on a rotting log downstream from the falls. I quickly switched to my 70-200mm lens and started some shots. Fortunately, the bird stuck around while I was shooting and seemed quite bored by my presence! 

EXIF INFO: Canon EOS 6D, Canon 70-200mm F4 "L" lens @ F4. ISO 400, lens zoomed in at 200mm. -1 step exposure bias. Handheld