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 …
Astrophotography Part 2
As I have mentioned before, I have wanted to do more astrophotography, but the idea of going out in the middle of the night by myself doesn't appeal to me. So when I found out about a local photography meet-up group, I joined. Thursday night, a group of 16 photographers took off for Todd Lake …
Day 260 – In My “Backyard” Part II
The wildfire that has been burning here for the past week tripled in size Friday night and is now 16,000 acres (or 25 square miles). Some areas near the town of Sisters are on pre-evacuation notice. The wind changed direction, blowing the smoke right into Bend. All we had to do to get away from …
