“Lilies”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/4.5, 1/800s, ISO 250. Subalpine Mariposa Lilies (I think) at a high point on Bunchgrass Ridge along the Eugene to Crest Trail.
Finished: Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long, by Richard D. White, Jr. 📚. Long was basically Donald Trump 90 years earlier: elected on a populist platform by people he ultimately hurt while enriching others, ruthless pursuit of endless power, venal, corrupt, governing by retribution. If he hadn’t been shot he probably would have been President, too. This biography filled in a lot of details I wasn’t aware of, and leads to reflection about the disastrous path we’re on.
“Chow Time”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 6400. Veiled polypore fungus on burnt standing tree on Bunchgrass Ridge,
#mbjune Day 6: contrast 📷
“Reflected Sadness”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 22mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 320. Unnamed lake in the Separation fire burn scar near Foley Ridge trail.
#mbjune Day 5: reflection 📷
“A Bad Place to Sprout”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 24mm, f/5, 1/320s, ISO 320. Along the Foley Ridge Trail
“Separation Point”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 300mm, f/11.5, 1/400s, ISO 800. I’ve been up there, but this time there were several feet of snow on the trail so I took this picture from nearby Proxy Point.
“Ex-forest”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/9.0, 1/1000s, ISO 500. Snow in the Separation fire burn scar between Proxy Point and Substitute Point, along the Foley Ridge Trail.
“Recovery”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 30mm, f/6.3, 1/25s, ISO 250. A new tree struggling to life in the devastated area of the 2017 Separation Fire, along the Foley Ridge Trail.
“Famous Forty”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/13, 1/15s, ISO 1600. Some of the Oz books. I read the entire 40 canonical books to my kids, as my dad read some of them to me.
#mbjune Day 4: nostalgia 📷
“Buttgall”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.5, 1/500s, ISO 250. Shot at Mt. Pisgah.
Finished: Corum: The Prince in the Scarlet Robe 📚. The definitive edition of the Swords Trilogy, the first part of Corum’s story. It’s interesting to see how the idea of the Eternal Champion and his Companion get fleshed out beyond what was evident in the Elric books and to see some of the threads from Moorcock’s other works weaving together. I’m enjoying my trip through the entire Eternal Champion corpus though it’s certainly not for everyone.
Finished: Unknown Valor, by Martha MacCallum 📚. Pretty straightforward history of the Pacific Teater in WWII, interspersed with the story of some of the boys who went to war (including one of the author’s own relatives). Notable perhaps for the hardline treatment of Emperor Hirohito as a war criminal rather than a dupe of the military, interesting perhaps for the anecdotes from the home front.
“Tree Wings”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/1.8, 1/2500s, ISO 2000. Shot at Mt. Pisgah.
Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers
Fuck Meta. If your business model depends on hacking my browser and spying on me, then you’re not a business, you’re a thug.
Trump pardons Florida divers who freed sharks
There’s something deeply symbolic about this.
“Sunrise”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.5, 1/1250s, ISO 800. Shot at Mt. Pisgah.
“Love in a Shadow”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/1.8, 1/4000s, ISO 100. Shot on my back deck.
#mbjune Day 3: shadow 📷
“‘Scuse Me, I’m Using This Trail”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/4, 1/100s, ISO 320. Shot at Mt. Pisgah.
Education Department declares June ‘Title IX Month’
Yes, they really do want to just completely erase LGBTQ+ people entirely. Fortunately, I expect most people will just ignore this idiocy and continue to call June Pride Month.
“Loop the Loop”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/3.2, 1/400s, ISO 2000. Wild cucumber at Mt. Pisgah.
#mbjune Day 2: curve 📷
