12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 5: Beard 📷
I didn’t have to travel any further than my desk for this macro shot.
“The View”
Looking out from the top of Mount Pisgah on a sunny winter’s day.
“Sentinel”
There have been birds in this particular tree on my hikes so many times that I’ve started mounting a zoom lens when I’m getting close to it.
“Tuft”
Playing with in-camera focus stacking at Mount Pisgah.
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 4: Evergreen 📷
We have no shortage of evergreens in Oregon. These are from a hike to the top of Patterson Mountain in January this year.
“To the Top”
Trail leading up Mount Pisgah. It looks like a nice spring day, but in fact it’s still mid-December.
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 3: Firelight 📷
Previous owners had converted the original fireplace to natural gas. That’s a non-starter for us, so we had it ripped out. But chimney repair was outside our remodeling budget. So, it’s only electric firelight for us these days.
“Feast Before the Flood”
Mural on the side of the Eugene area Chamber of Commerce building. More details
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 2: Cozy 📷
This is where I post from, and where I spend 90% of my time when home. Most of my stuff now fits in this one room. Some might call it cluttered, but for me, it’s cozy.
“The Clouds Parted”
I came out of the trees and the scene ahead was so dramatically lit that I had to stop for photos.
“Puddle”
It was gray and drizzly this morning in Eugene, making me thankful that I now have a weather-sealed camera body to play with. Also grateful to have found beauty in the mud.
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge - Day 1: Frost 📷
Heavy fog had condensed into these extravagant ice crystals at the side of the road as I hiked between trailheads.
This is Lower Island Lake, because, yes, that tree is on an island (which at the moment is surrounded by ice). And yes, there is an Upper Island Lake right nearby.
“Perseverance”
I have a photo of this exact same tree (along the Fuji Mountain Trail) from two years ago. It hasn’t grown much, but I’m pleased to see that it’s still hanging on just fine.
“I Want to Grow Up Just Like You”
A patch of sun where an old tree went down has enabled this new tree to start up.
“Above and Below”
Weather was lovely yesterday, but the ice on the ponds says winter is really here.
“Spider House”
This little gal worked hard to make a home under a mushroom. Only the fog and sun made all that work visible.
“Song Dog”
This coyote was hanging out right next to the trail at Mount Pisgah, and barely moved even when people and dogs came down the trail. At the closest I was only a dozen feet away. I suspect it’s been acclimated to people by being fed.
It was a dreary foggy day when I started hiking, but halfway up Mount Pisgah I broke out of the fog layer into a lovely day. It was clear enough to see Middle and South Sister (on the horizon to the left), which is rare in this location.
“Washed Out”
Believe it or not, this is a color photo. I love most everything about it: the way the fog softened and desaturated everything in view, the shape of the tree and weeds, even the ghostly telephone poles in the back. Photos like this make me think I’m getting better at the craft.
