The balsam root and lupine wildflowers in the Columbia Gorge were remarkable this year. High winds turned my first visit into just a scouting trip. So I watched the weather forecasts and returned two days later when low winds were predicted. Other than the fact that the view of Mt. Hood was obscured, the conditions […]
Columbia Gorge in the Spring
This year I wanted to capture some Gorge waterfalls during Spring high water. So during the last week of March I made three sorties from Portland. The trip’s photo album can be found here: Columbia Gorge Gallery
India & Myanmar
Bend friend, Andy, and I spent 5 weeks in late January and February exploring India and Myanmar. The impetus was photographer Art Wolfe’s announcement last November of a 9 day tour of India’s Kumbh Mela Hindu festival and Ranthambore tiger reserve. Although India wasn’t at the top of my photography “bucket list”, the Khumb had […]
Broken Top and New 11-24mm Lens
Every year I try to get up to the unnamed lake at the eastern foot of Broken Top to shoot its wildflowers. Peak bloom is usually in late August or early September, but this summer I have found most locations to be at least a month early. So I guessed on early August and hit […]
Canyon Creek Meadows & Three Fingered Jack
Canyon Creek Meadows, at the eastern foot of Three Fingered Jack in Central Oregon, often has one of the best wildflower displays in the Oregon Cascades; and every year I attempt to catch its peak during late July. I knew that it would be early this year but never dreamed that it would be the […]