Cinematic sunset

An old cow skull hangs on a fence as the sun sets early on the first day of November after the end of Daylight Saving Time as seen from rural Douglas County Oregon.

Fall colors with dog and mushrooms

With a colorful maple tree in the background, a ranch dog named Lily plays fetch in a pasture near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015.

Lily rides in a pickup through a pasture near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. We only drive very slow on the ranch with Lily in the back of the pickup. Never on actual roads. 

Colorful maple leaves blanket the ground as small  mushrooms grow in the pasture.

It's my photo in Hakai magazine

It's my photo in Hakia magazine via ZUMA Press and Corbis Imgaes.

Itsy bitsy spider

A small spider weaves its web on a fence under a large raindrop on a farm near Elkton, Ore., on Sunday. Oct. 25, 2015. After a long dry summer the fall rains seem to have started in Oregon.

Jiminy Cricket! It's my photo in the Guardian

It's my photo, via ZUMAPRESS.com, in The Week in Wildlife Pictures in the Guardian.

Rain dance

Rain falls as a pair of black tailed deer appear to have a disagreement in a field along a country road near Elkton in Southwestern Oregon on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015.

...and the winner is...

Roosevelt elk in Oregon

A herd of Roosevelt elk run across a country road near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Monday, Oct. 19, 2015. The Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti), also known as Olympic elk, is the largest of the four surviving subspecies of elk in North America. 

The herd of Roosevelt elk feed in an orchard along a country road near Elkton in southwestern Oregon.