After three attempts, our photography meet-up group finally got to go to Pine Mountain Observatory for Milky Way shots. The weather didn't cooperate the first two attempts and we weren't quite sure how it was going to turn out last night, but it turned out to be a perfect night for it. The only obstacle …
Smith Rock at Night
I went out with the photography meet up group last night with a plan to shoot star trails at Smith Rock. When we arrived there was quite a bit of cloud cover which obscured most of the stars. The half-moon was glowing through the clouds which made it fairly light. I took these shots at …
Milky Way at Dee Wright Observatory
Last night I went with the photography meet-up group to photograph the Milky Way at the Dee Wright Observatory. When we arrived there the sun had set but there was still some beautiful color in the sky. To the west there was some haze in the sky from the fires in the area but fortunately …
First Attempt at Time Lapse
I've been curious about doing some time-lapse photography but have always felt a little intimidated by the process. Yesterday I took the plunge. I decided to use a series of photos from a star trails photo shoot I did last year at Sparks Lake. I had 126 sequential photos so I knew it would be …
Mercantile
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 …