“Dusty Trail”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 18mm, f/11, 1/400s, ISO 500. What’s left of a section of the Rigdon Lakes Trail.
“Missing Trees”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 20mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 320. Upper Rigdon Lake (trees are missing due to the 2022 Cedar Creek fire).
“Oregon Morning”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 200. Diamond Peak behind Waldo Lake.
“Hang on”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 35mm, f/9, 1/400s, ISO 2500. Along the Deception Butte trail.
Finished: Bull Mountain, by Brian Panowich 📚. Multi-generational novel revolving around a family of outlaws in Georgia who move from moonshine to pot to meth over the decades. I did not see the ending twist coming at all, though in retrospect it was well-telegraphed. Enjoyable.
“Peaceful”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/20s, ISO 640. Bridge over Deception Creek.
#mbjune Day 26: bridge 📷
“Lunch Counter”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 lens with MC-20 teleconverter @ 629mm, f/12.6, 1/500, ISO 800. Turkey vultures with sea lion carcass at Baker Beach.
#mbjune Day 25: decay 📷
“Burnt Diamond”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 100mm, f/11, 1/640, ISO 320. Diamond Peak through standing dead timber from the top of Deception Butte.
“Posing”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 500. At the Deception Butte trailhead.
The Trump administration has already branded this as fake news, which is how you know it’s true.
Finished: Mercies in Disguise, by Gina Kolata 📚. The story of a family with an inherited prion disease, intercut with the history of prion research. Focuses quite a bit on using pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to ensure a next generation of healthy children.
The $50 Billion Company That Does Almost Nothing
In case you’re unclear on why stablecoins are a scam, this should help.
Trump to rescind ‘Roadless Rule’ which protects 58 million acres of forest land
I try not to hate people, but I’m certainly not fond of those who view forests as just places to cut down.
“Fuzzy Bear”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 150mm, f/5.6, 1/640, ISO 320. Bear grass at the top of Deception Butte.
#mbjune Day 24: bloom 📷
Supreme Court lifts limits on Trump deporting migrants to countries not their own
Yeah, fuck the conservative supermajority. Leonard Leo should rot in hell.
Tesla Robotaxi Day 1: Significant Screw-up
Oops.
To be fair, I don’t think this tells us much about the future of autonomous vehicles, because pretty much everyone with a brain agrees that Tesla is doing it wrong.
Not that I’ll ever ride in one myself.
“Blocks”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/500, ISO 320. Along the Eugene to Crest Trail
#mbjune Day 23: fracture 📷
Almost halfway through the year, I have taken 8,283 photos. 474 (5.7%) of them were good enough (in my not very humble opinion) to work up as wallpaper. I guess if practice makes perfect I should at least be making progress.
“Minaret”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens and Raynox M-250 macro lens @ f/11, 1/60, ISO 2000. Horsetail fern at Mount Pisgah.
“Nature and Man”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/10, 1/30, ISO 125. BPA power lines at Mount Pisgah.
