“Red Light District”

Just playing with a little LED spotlight on the trail.

red-lit mushroom and water drops

“Type 2 Fun”

Blowdowns and trail debris on the North Umpqua Trail. In case you can’t see it, the “trail” runs right up the center of this picture.

fallen trees on a hillside trail

I think I’ll try uploading image descriptions instead of technical info for a bit. People can always ask if they want to know about the camera gear.

“Buttery Smooth”

Witches Butter fungus growing on a stump along the North Umpqua Trail, Tioga segment. This was a truly miserable hike but I still managed to find a few things to photograph when I wasn’t stuck in brambles or sliding down muddy hills.

“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