Black Pool
Of all the grand sights at Yellowstone National Park, one of my favorite photographs from there has turned out to be this close-up, abstract shot of Black Pool in the West Thumb Geyser Basin. As you can see, the pool … Continued
Lady Bowen Falls
Lady Bowen Falls drops more than 500 feet into world-famous Milford Sound on New Zealand’s South Island. It’s one of only two permanent waterfalls in the fjord, though many more falls make an appearance after a good rain. Despite it’s … Continued
Three Sisters Wilderness
Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Wilderness Act, which set aside areas “where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” Here are a … Continued
Soccer slide
This weekend, Oregon State hosts its first sporting events of the season, as the football team and both soccer teams play in Corvallis. I don’t have many chances to shoot sports, and close access can be restricted to official media … Continued
Broken Top sunrise
Turns out that August 2009 was a pretty great month for pictures. It started with an amazing sunset at Sparks Lake, but there was also this memorable sunrise. The trek to Broken Top’s glacial lake is one of the best bang-for-your-buck … Continued
Proxy Falls
Oregon is overflowing with waterfalls, particularly west of the (well-named) Cascade Range. There’s the Columbia River Gorge, where falls are so abundant that one section is known as Waterfall Alley. There’s Silver Falls State Park, which features what has to … Continued
Persian shield
It should come as no surprise that the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden houses an incredibly diverse display of plants. More than 2,000 species, according to its website. The different shapes, sizes and colors are astonishing. The Persian shield was striking … Continued
Tenderfoot Trail
I’m not the hiker I used to be. That was clear to me even before I set out on an overnight trip into the Eagle Cap Wilderness. For one thing, circumstances allowed me to start my trek at the well-named Tenderfoot … Continued
Lower Proxy Falls
There was a time when I was really into photographing waterfalls. More than I am now, which is saying something. But the pursuit was the equivalent of a checklist, trying to see them all and getting a shot that featured each waterfall completely … Continued
Imnaha and Hells Canyon
No, it’s probably not as jaw-dropping as the Grand Canyon (still haven’t seen that one in person), but Hells Canyon is pretty grand in its own right. It just happens to be in the middle of nowhere, and that makes finding … Continued