“Fishing Day”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mm lens @ 58mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 200. Shot at Clear Lake.

rowboat on a lake

“Rainy Day”

Olympus TG-6 @ 14.6mm, f/4.3, 1/250s, ISO 800. Shot at Clearwater Park.

Water drops on clover leaves

“Not Quite Ocean”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 25mm, f/11, 1/500s, ISO 200. Brackish lake behind the foredune at Baker Beach.

lake, sky, dunes

“Drawdown”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/125s, ISO 200. Every year they empty out some of the reservoirs here to make it possible for fish to spawn, giving us these stump-punctuated moonscapes.

Great. Google News added AI-generated section headings which (a) less actual news on the page (b) fuck AI.

One more push to get me to stop reading news entirely, I guess. The intersection of AI with arrogant designers (large font, no off switch) makes this especially annoying.

“One Seed Escaping”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4, 1/50s, ISO 400. Shot from Mount Pisgah.

dandelion head with a seed blowing loose

“Decline and Fall”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 12800. Shot from Mount Pisgah.

decaying mushroom

“Waking Up”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 2500. Shot from Mount Pisgah.

fog burning off at dawn over eugene

“Brilliant Morning”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/5.6, 1/640s, ISO 200. Shot at Mount Pisgah.

bird silhouetted in a dead tree

“Flower Farm”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/5.6, 1/250s, ISO 1000. Shot at Mount Pisgah.

striped field from above

“Skyline”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/5.6, 1/200s, ISO 250. Shot at Mount Pisgah.

“Candelabra”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/9, 1/25s, ISO 1000. Shot along the Clear Lake Trail.

coral fungus

“Beach Umbrella”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/25s, ISO 1000. Shot along the Clear Lake Trail.

fly sheltering under a mushroom cap

“Waves in the Sky”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 15mm, f/7.1, 1/1000s, ISO 400. Shot at Clear Lake.

clouds and trees reflected in a lake

“Brutalist Tree”

Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/100s, ISO 1320. Shot in Eugene.

skeletal tree with concrete building

“Christmas Crab”

Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/4.9, 1/8s, ISO 1600. Shot in Eugene.

light-up inflatable crab surrounded by candy cane lights

“Fairy Umbrella”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/4, 1/80s, ISO 500. Shot along FR 21 near the Middle Fork Trail.

a single mushroom on a moss pad

“Ex-Bridge”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/50s, ISO 250. Shot along the Chuckle Springs Trail.

burned-out trail bridge

“Bolts”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/5.6, 1/50s, ISO 640. Shot along the Middle Fork Trail.

bolts holding a trail bridge together

“Edge of the Burn”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/5.6, 1/160s, ISO 2000. Shot along the Middle Fork Trail

a half-scorched tree in the forest