“Decline and Fall”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 3200. Shot along the Water Holes Trail.

a clump of tiny mushrooms

“Buddies”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/25s, ISO 5000. Shot along the Water Holes Trail.

3 mushrooms on a log

“Parasols”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/250s, ISO 5000. Shot at Mount Pisgah.

two mushrooms with tiny water droplets

“Lurking in the Grass”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/30s, ISO 800. Shot at Mount Pisgah.

tiny mushrooms in wet grass

“Mushroom Parade”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/320s, ISO 2500. Shot along the Ridgeline Trail.

a bunch of mushrooms on a log

“Amon Hen”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8.0, 1/100s, ISO 200. Shot at Spencer Butte.

stone stairs heading up a hill

“Temple of the Clouds”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8.0, 1/500s, ISO 125. Shot from the top of Spencer Butte.

old concrete antenna mount in front of a sea of clouds

“Very Eugene”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 5000. Graffiti along the Ridgeline Trail.

"The Dead Kennedys were right about everything"

“Sea Foam”

Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 100. Shot at Strawberry Hill Wayside.

waves breaking on rocks

“Torrents”

Olympus TG6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/200s, ISO 100. Shot at Strawberry Hill Wayside.

water pouring out of a tidepool with waves behind

“Ornament”

Olympus TG6 @ 5.4mm, f/2.3, 1/125s, ISO 250. Shot at Strawberry Hill Wayside.

tiny plant amid seaside agate grains

“Leaf”

Sony A58 with Sigma 70-300mm APO Macro lens @ 300mm, f5.6, 1/60s, ISO 100. Shot at Wild Iris Ridge., with some messing around in Darktable.

fall leaves with art effects

“Soft Ferns”

Sony A58 with Sigma 70-300mm APO Macro lens @ 300mm, f5.6, 1/60s, ISO 200. Shot at Wild Iris Ridge.

close up of fern fronds

Thanks to AI, finding recipes online written by actual people (and making actual food) is getting increasingly difficult. Yet another way in which all this LLM horsepucky is making everything worse.

“The Moss Endures”

Sony A58 with Sigma 70-300mm APO Macro lens @ 300mm, f5.6, 1/60s, ISO 100.

fallen oak leaf on a mossy rock

“Nobody Home”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/40s, ISO 200. Shot along the Fall Creek National Recreation Trail.

tiny empty snail shell

“New Life From Old”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/40s, ISO 400. Shot along the Fall Creek National Recreation Trail.

clump of mushrooms on a burned log

“My Lovely Hat”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/40s, ISO 250. Shot along the Fall Creek National Recreation Trail.

orange mushroom growing out of a burnt log

“After the Fire”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/10, 1/40s, ISO 1250. Shot along the Koch Mountain Trail.

“Lonely”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 15mm, f/8.0, 1/250s, ISO 250. Lookout atop Waldo Mountain.

weathered cabin in poor shape