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Chambers Railroad Bridge; the old and the new

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ShareEightteen of Oregon’s 50 or 51 (depending on count criteria;  I photographed 52, 1 is not registered) registered covered bridges are in Lane County;  Two are in the city of Cottage Grove and located within a couple blocks of each … Continue reading

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Of Making “Pregnant” Images…

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ShareLori, our daughter-in-law, and Matthew are getting very close to the minute of welcoming a little boy into their lives and about a month ago she allowed me to take some “pregnant” photographs (it was approximately the beginning of month … Continue reading

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of horses and cows… the barns in which they sleep

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ShareLast week I had the chance to be in Illinois and Indiana looking for and taking pictures of… what I call “interesting” farm barns. One of my favorite people (I call him a “life friend”) John Otto, who lives in … Continue reading

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Another Red Barn Casualty…

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ShareA couple days ago my wife and I were returning home from a wedding at The Butteville Country Store (now thats a nice story by itself — a fun afternoon with a really cool wedding ceremony). Unusual for the past … Continue reading

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Steam Locomotives Up Close….

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Share     This past Saturday I joined a photoshoot meet-up at the Pacific Railroad Preservation Association’s soon-to-be-demolished roundhouse in SE Portland.  A “Roundhouse” is a huge lazy susan used to turn around (180 degrees) train locomotives. P.R.P.A. is a … Continue reading

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A little bit about Changing Skies….

ShareWith my last post I talked about changing a photograph from the actual image capture to that of adding a different sky.  To many of us the issue is a lot about making the image as interesting as possible and … Continue reading

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Sometimes you just “have to do it” change the sky….

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ShareMy friend Milt made a comment five or six years ago when I first began “messing with photograph pixels” that he’s “going to hire me to do the pictures the next time he runs for political office”.  His comment makes … Continue reading

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HDR again….. the Grand Canyon, and the need for a tri-pod

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ShareHigh Dynamic Range…    In an earlier blog I’d made comments about the post processing technique of “hdr” and now I want to show how using it allowed me to make this more expressive panorama during our recent visit to Grand … Continue reading

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redbubble sale link…

Share(nov 22)  please dis-regard this post — I’m trying to learn a little about embedding code so to link to other URLs and maybe run video routines.  Who knows??? I post some of my work on Red Bubble (www.redbubble.com), a … Continue reading

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My first barns from Washington State… and slideshows

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ShareI’ve acquired quite a few farm barn images in Indiana and Oregon but hadn’t found the right mix of available time, blue sky, and photogenic barns when I’ve been in neighboring Washington State. Until last week… when I had two … Continue reading

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