“Sleepytime”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens and MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/13, 1/80s, ISO 400. Steller’s Sea Lions on the Oregon coast.
“Dawn”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 250. Looking over Lookout Reservoir. towards Diamond Peak
“Quiet Morning”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 37mm, f/8, 1/5s, ISO 6400. Pre-dawn twilight over Lookout Reservoir.
“Lunchtime”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens @ 400mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 1600.
“Beetle Time”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5, 1/30s, ISO 320. Shot at Wild Iris Ridge.
Finished: The Exile, by Pearl S. Buck 📚: This is the author’s lightly-fictionalized memoir of her mother, who was a Christian missionary’s wife in China and apparently a thoroughly good person, devoted to the service of others, though she never actually found the God she was searching for. I enjoyed reading it and pondering this now-forgotten life, though books like this are enough out of fashion that it’s now out of print as well.
“Moo”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/30s, ISO 3200. Cow parsnip seeds at Wild Iris Ridge.
“Slightly Squished”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 100-400mm lens plus MC-20 teleconverter @ 800mm, f/18, 1/500s, ISO 2500. One day post-full moon shot handheld at Wild Iris Ridge.
Finished: The Steel Wave, by Jeff Shaara 📚: Second of Shaara’s novels of WWII, this one covers from preparations for the Normandy invasion through the death of Rommel in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Hitler. Told through a mix of frontline and command-staff characters, as far as I can tell it stays pretty faithful to actual history, while still telling some good stories.
Finished: Unicorn Variations, by Roger Zelazny 📚: Probably my favorite collection of Zelazny shorts. The titular story holds up well, and “Home is the Hangman” is surprisingly resonant in these AI-heavy days (as is the cute little “Walpurgisnacht”). I think I reread this one about once a year.
Am I forgetting more because of age, or just noticing it more because I have spare time? Either way I was out in 90-degree full sun for a mile or more of walking today before I realized I wasn’t wearing my hat.
Fortunately I’m retired so it probably doesn’t matter if I cook my brains a bit.
“Waiting for the Wind”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens and Raynox M-250 macro lens @ f/2.5, 1/400s, ISO 1000. Shot at Wild Iris Ridge.
“Moonset”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/350s, ISO 200. Shot at Wild Iris Ridge.
“Posing”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/160s, ISO 160. I think a California Tortoiseshell along the South Waldo Trail.
“Snow Cone”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/250s, ISO 100. Shot along the Mount Ray Trail.
“Miles of Hiking”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 100. Looking across Waldo Lake into the Three Sisters Wilderness from the High Divide Trail.
“Cliff”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 150mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 160. Fuji Mountain seen from just above Deer Camp Lake.
“Old Life, New Life”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 640. Along the High Divide Trail.
“e”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 34mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 640. Along the High Divide Trail.
