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Owyhee (oh -WHY- hee) Reservoir or Owyhee Lake is a reservoir on the Owyhee River in Malheur County, Oregon. Located in far Eastern Oregon near the Idaho border, the reservoir is Oregon's longest at 52 miles (84 km).
The name of the lake is from the older spelling of "Hawaii." It was named for three Hawaiian trappers, in the employ of the North West Company, who were sent to explore the uncharted river. They failed to return to the rendezvous near the Boise River and were never seen again. Due to this, the lake and its region were named "Owyhee.
View looking up at one of the many pretty trees there in the forest of Silver Creek Falls in Oregon.
HTT :)
I've been to Oregon (in this case I'm in Washington) several times and each time I've been there when hiking I've never had a clear view of Mt. Hood - it has always been encased in a cloud.
I was so happy to get this view from the top of Coyote Wall from the Washington side of the Columbia River.
Peter Iredale was a four-masted steel barque that ran ashore October 25, 1906, on the Oregon coast in route to the Columbia River. She was abandoned on Clatsop Spit near Fort Stevens in Warrenton about four miles south of the Columbia River channel.
I love the Oregon coast, it is where I grew up as a child, I moved to Seattle, but my heart never left,
I went camping up by Garibaldi this weekend with some friends. I didn't get a whole lot of photography in because I had my 2.5 year old with me. This one was taken just before sunset...
Polarizer
B+W ND3 - 3-stop GND
A view from one of the many overlooks in the park. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Wizard Island to the rear of the lake.
On this trip it was fun trying to come up with a variety of different compositions given the same subject and viewpoint.
For this shot, I found these rocks that are emerging from the still lake reminded me of the rocks placed in a zen garden.
They help to balance and ground the composition by introducing some visual weight at the bottom of the image, in addition to the depth they bring by being in the foreground.
Let me know what you think!
Based on some feedback and my warped sense of mind, here is my version of my Oculus capture taken on the coast of Oregon, and combining it with one of my captures there at Crater Lake (technically all happened in Oregon, therefore it stays in Oregon ..)
Took the image posted below and converted to B&W, then applied a small amount of warming tint to simulate the full moon light spilling over the scene, and then took the night sky from Crater Lake and made that into the sky through the rock openings.
Thoughts ... if someone lives out there, this could be a fun capture to try for real, but need some moonlight, stars, and low tide!!!! all to happen at the same time ... with clear skies.
Looking S thru the branches at the scene from Oregon's Cape Meares.
Short Beach and the jutting headland of Cape Lookout in the distance.
Thanks for taking a peek!
An advancing storm, a wave receding to the sea and a long exposure combine to create drama at this iconic Southern Oregon landscape.
A gang of around 15 pigeons discovered my bird feeders a couple of months ago and have shown up every day since then. While they are very pretty and are welcome to the food, I really wish they would leave! They are such bullies!
Gone are the idyllic scenes where a dozen of my little resident sparrows would sit around the dish and all eat peacefully together in the morning sun. Gone are the gentle ring-necked doves. Gone are the occasional songbirds.
Instead there is noisy flapping of large pigeon wings to and fro, a lot of pushing and shoving with puffed chests, scattering of seeds everywhere and collective trampling all across the roof.
I have tried to "disinvite" the pigeons by reducing my offering to only one tube feeder for small birds but the most agile pigeons hang from it, flapping wildly while the seed drops to their comrades below!
Nature has many different strategies for living. Aggressive bullying is also one of them but I think Nature has her own delicately balanced ways of maintaining limits on bullies. Tinkering with that balance can open a Pandora's box.
It also occurred to me that the drama in my garden and that on the world stage are at times very nearly identical.
Was out for a drive when we found this horse shoe in the hills. I jumped out of the car and struggled up a steep muddy hill to get this shot. Was it worth it? Yes.
They say that still waters run deep. The water at this lovely little spot along Oregon Creek is neither still, nor is it deep, yet is still a place of deep peace. Nestled deep in a gorge with steep cliffs on either side, the silence here is cathedral-like if you don't count the soft sound of the creek as it babbles through the rocks.
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Lighthouse on the Oregon coast, set high up on a hill to get above the fog (which is still visible in the background). 6760
Our first snow fall of the winter season.
The fresh snow flocks the old growth Douglas fir trees up on Peterson's Butte, just a short distance from my home.
I hope you all had a Merry Christmas, and I am wishing you all a fantastic New Year!
No use of my winter landscape image without my permission! Thank you so much.