I went off in search of wildflowers again today. It was too hot to be out too long so I went as far as the local shopping center where they have a small field filled with daisies, black-eyed Susan, and indian paintbrush flowers. It's the same area where the lupines were blooming a couple of …
Day 217 – Classic Cars
This weekend was the Flashback Cruz classic car show at Drake Park here in Bend. I'm really not into cars, but I can appreciate all the work that people go through to restore some of these old relics. And by the appearance of most of the cars at the show, everyone took great pride in …
Day 216 – Macro Lupines
I have one lupine plant that is blooming right now. It had the perfect shades of lavender and purple - my favorite colors. I've done lupines previously but this time I thought I would get up very close and use different apertures. I was going for a narrow depth of field and throwing the background …
Day 215 – Cone Flower
I seem to be running out of time to take photos these days. I'm a huge fan of the Olympics and between work, photos and Olympics, there's not much time to spare. So on my lunch hour today I went home to photograph a single cone flower that is growing in our garden. I noticed …
Day 214 – Full Sturgeon Moon
I almost missed the full moon tonight. The two moon charts I refer to said the moon would rise at 8:28 or 8:30. So as I'm driving up Pilot Butte at 8:20, I see the moon has already risen and is above the horizon. I drove as quickly as I could on the narrow, busy …
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