I had a hard time getting a decent shot of the mercantile at the Fort Rock Homestead. The lighting inside the mercantile was actually red and too bright so I duplicated the photo, converted it to black and white, toned down the lighting in the black and white photo and then combined the two in …
Old Wagon and the Milky Way
More photos from our night shoot at Fort Rock. This old wagon was sitting behind some of the buildings at the site. Maralee
Fort Rock Milky Way
Friday night I went with a group from our photography meet-up to Fort Rock Homestead Museum to take photos of their old buildings with the Milky Way in the background. Fort Rock is a little over an hour from home (without road construction) but it took us closer to an hour and a half because …
Milky Way at Todd Lake
Last night I joined the local photography meet-up group for a Milky Way shoot at Todd Lake. When we left Bend, the skies were clear but as we traveled toward the mountains we could see a heavy cloud bank covering the area of the mountain we would be shooting. Even so, we were hopeful that …
Pine Mountain Observatory
Last night I went out with the local photography meet up group to photograph the Milky Way over the Pine Mountain Observatory. It was a crystal clear evening when we arrived and hoped that we would get some nice photos. The Milky way was to start appearing over one of the domes around 11:30 p.m. …