I was up at Stonehenge last weekend on a beautiful, cloudless day, so I thought I would make this shot a little more interesting by inserting a different sky. Cloudy sky courtesy of this guy, used under this license.
Category: Outdoors
We’ve had some beautiful, clear sunsets and sunrises this week, so I was excited to wake up early this morning so that I could accomplish something on my photography bucket list, a panorama of Wallula Gap. I left my house at 5:30am with just a faint glow starting to show up in the east, and clear skies with wispy clouds overhead. It was going to be perfect. I head up the river, and about five miles from my destination, I run into…fog. Dense, cold, frosty fog. Instead of turning back, I went ahead and parked at the base of the twin sisters, grabbed my gear, and trudged up the hill. At the top, where I would have had a glorious, expansive view, I couldn’t even see the river just a few hundred feet away. Rather than give up, I went ahead and grabbed some shots of the trees up there, and at least take advantage of the atmosphere that the fog was creating. I’ll try the pano again in a few weeks. Thankfully, spring is just around the corner.
If this shot looks familiar, it’s because it’s the winter version of my White River Falls series. When all is said and done, I’ll have four shots here taken in each of the four seasons. I had hoped for a little more snow when I went down there this time, but I was glad for what was there. A week or so ago, I may not have been able to get here.
I took a detour this afternoon and stopped at White River Falls in North Central Oregon. This is the lower falls only, handheld with my Canon L 70-200mm f/4.0. What a difference a lens makes. There’s a little more water going over this time of the year, due at least in part to the recent rain in the foothills and slightly warmer day time temps. I will post the long exposure shot of both falls later on as a continuation of my White River Falls seasonal series.
Some rainy weather has prevented me from getting the camera out much, but I was able to make a trip down Icicle Way south of town and get a few shots along the creek here. This would be an excellent place to return to in the summer, as much of this area is USFS land. I would have liked to have gotten closer to the water’s edge, but the rocks going down to it were snowy and icy. I didn’t feel like taking a bath in this. As it is, I was able to use my 70-200 L-series and at least get some shots closer up.
Detail of architecture in Portland, above the Saturday Market on a cold day in December. Met up with several other Flickr members for lunch and had a great time. Composition idea by Mark Frisco.
Took a few minutes this afternoon to run out to Hat Rock where, perhaps ironically, I took my first serious shots with my new SLR a year ago. The lighting here isn’t great, but I am quickly falling in love with this new Canon L 70-200mm f/4. It sure is sharp. Now all I have to do is find a better angle on these birds and try to catch them without the sunlight blowing out their white feathers.
I took a detour today and wound up at White River Falls in North Central Oregon. I had been there last spring, so it was good to get back here with different colors, lighting, etc… Probably the biggest change this time around was that the volume of water going over the falls was significantly less than the first time I was there. The long exposure shots always seem to be popular, so here it is. I also got some faster shutter times as well.
