This sunrise offered a contemplatively, almost hauntingly beautiful overtone, at a crossroads of two photogenic paths in time and space. About 14 hours earlier, the sunshine last rotated off our plot of planetary ground with one of the most spectacular and unusual sunsets in recent times. Then at this very spot, I've captured a couple of other memorable sunrises, one to open 2015, another … [Read more...]
Sunset Waving at Us
Sometimes a special and unique scene, one of uncommon splendor, sneaks up on the observer and photographer, which is why it's a good idea never to leave all the gear at home. Returning from a weekend road trip involving fun with friends but drabness of sky, we assumed (wrongly) that there were too many clouds for a decent sunset. Then the sunshine from below the horizon found its way through a … [Read more...]
Sunrise High Rise
Despite not being morning people, motivation wasn't hard to force ourselves out of bed, out of the motel, and out to the photography spot for moments like this on a few consecutive dawns. We shifted uphill from a previous day's shooting spot to view this: the first breaking of the sun's glow across the top of tallest and most spectacular "high rise" in all of the Pacific Northwest, and one of … [Read more...]
The Carhenge Supercell
After nearly giving up on the storm-observing day and unloading our provisions in an Alliance motel room, some storms rolled southeastward off the Black Hills, surfing a gust front from earlier activity. One of these storms erupted into a classic supercell not far north of town, so we decided to head out and take a look. Along the way, as the main updraft's hard towers solidly rolled up into the … [Read more...]
Storm Structure Slopes
Headed N out of Alliance, we made an irresistible but quick stop to shoot the Carhenge Supercell's early mature growth, then settled into a fine observation point, amidst a most pleasing Great Plains landscape of wheat fields bisected by a lonesome gravel road. The storm was becoming outflow-dominant, its unusually straight-sloped flanking line riding atop the rear-flank gust front. The primary … [Read more...]
Willamette Dock
The scene seems so peaceful, so tranquil, the apparent epitome of cool, quiet solitude in the fog, down on the river. Yet from this photo alone, no one could guess that within 50 feet to the left and behind, a group of over a hundred election protestors was holding a vigil beside an illegal bonfire—chanting, singing, smoking assorted stuff, and milling about peacefully, beneath the east end of … [Read more...]
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