Harvest moon

The harvest moon rises rises behind a Douglas fir as seen from Roseburg, Ore., on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. The full moon this week is called the harvest moon because it's the closest full moon to the autumnal equinox.  Shot with a Nikon 600mm f/4 lens and 1.4x teleconverter on a Nikon D3s.  Shutter speed .3 second. ISO 1000. F-Stop f/5.6.

Pretty as a picture

I don't consider myself much of a landscape photographer.  I guess I'm more into the details of life, but  I bet this guy was making same amazing landscape images from a bluff over the Pacific Ocean at Shore Acres State Park near Charleston, Ore., last night.  He was shooting with a large format camera.

Good Day Sunshine

Light from the morning sun is filtered through fog and the branches of a large Douglas fir tree on a hillside near Oakland, Ore., on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011.

 My photo made it into the Pictures of the Day gallery on Zumapress.com.

Green slime for lunch

A large nutria feeds on aquatic plants in a pond in Roseburg, Ore., on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. Nutria are semi-aquatic rodents originally from South America.  In most cases they are considered an invasive pest species in North America. Feral population have been reported in 40 states. According to a report from Portland State University, research suggests that the highest population densities of nutria in the world may be in Oregon's freshwater marshes.  Check out more or my nature pictures.  Reprints are available from the gallery.

Egg photography

 I self-assigned myself a commercial photography gig yesterday.  I was shooting on spec for a client. If they don't use the pictures at least I get to keep the eggs.  Trying for a nice clean look. 

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My favorite bug

A praying mantis climbs on a plum tree in an orchard on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011 near my home in Oregon. Mantises are exclusively predatory. They primarily feed on insects, but they have been know to prey on lizards, birds, frogs, snakes, and fish. Gardeners often uses mantises as a form of biological pest control.

Playing the angles

I had some fun with angles and light yesterday during a commercial photography shoot near Roseburg.  My client is having me document the construction of a house being build using material produced mostly by a local wood products company.

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