The colors are picking up at the Ridgefield NWR. A red-winged blackbird showing his muscles… And a yellow-headed blackbird posing for the camera…

Just a couple of quick shots of big birds over Steigerwald Lake NWR. What a blessing to have such a terrific place so close to home. Canada Geese Flocking to Hood Riding the Wind

Someone told me about a daily drawing on the internet. Every day GoPro.com gives one person one of everything they make. They make a neat little point of view camera. Wearable, high def video camera. So I’ve been faithfully entering the contest every day with a daily reminder set on my calendar. And finally my [...]

Beth and I ended up at Horseshoe Lake, Woodland, Washington one day last week. The shore along the parking lot had quite a few fishermen relaxing in one of the very rare sunny days we’ve seen this year (not warm, but sunny). While shooting some skateboarders just off the parking lot I was surprised to [...]

We made a quick trip to Cannon Beach last week and had the joy of bringing Fidget with us…. He weathered the ride over quite well with only a half dozen or so ‘Are we there yet?’ questions. When we finally got there and got the business taken care of (Beth was dropping off more [...]

Actually the weather has limited my photography a bit – yes, I am a fair weather photographer. Unless it’s soccer…. So I’ve taken this time (actually I believe it’s been 23 straight days of rain) to re-edit some of my older work to see if I’ve learned anything. Photoshop CS5 is a rather amazing set [...]

We have our share of fog of late. Took a quick trip out to Vancouver Lake and swung around toward the port on the way home. This image is a 3 shot pano put together in Photoshop CS5. It reminded me of the AT-AT Walkers in Star Wars.

Our backyard bird feeder, always a great source of viewing pleasure for us, has attracted a new type of bird….. No less fun to watch but with a different level of appetite.

It has been a strange weather winter this year. We are seeing lots of cold weather and rain. This weekend was the first ‘dry’ weekend in quite a while And it wasn’t just dry – the sun came out. Eventually. This shot from the beginning of a 9:00 AM soccer game at Doc Harris field [...]

Saturday’s soccer game was one of the more interesting so far. While the play was as good or better than usual the weather added a very interesting twist. It was cold and wet. To say the least… Did I mention it was wet?