I went backpacking to the same spot again this weekend. This time I wanted to show some of the wonderful little plants growing alongside the melt streams. Photographed on September 6, 2008.

Here’s another image from my recent backpacking trip. Once the sun peeked over the horizon, it was hard to avoid getting my shadow in the frame. I decided to take advantage of this and create a photo where you could really see the silhouette of the tripod and me. Hopefully it says “nature photography”. Photographed on August 31, 2008.

I’ve always liked the amazing rock formations of North Sister. Just imagine the geologic forces involved in creating something that looks this way. Photographed on August 31, 2008.

North Sister glows pink as it is struck by the morning sun. It was so cold overnight that the stream in the foreground is iced over. Photographed on August 31, 2008.

I went backpacking in the Cascades last night. We camped near some beautiful streams of glacial melt water. Here I’ve tried to accentuate the mossy banks and the curves of the stream. Photographed on August 30, 2008.

I went outside to photograph the bees that have been attracted to the sunflowers outside my house, but I noticed this one on a Black-eyed Susan instead. Photographed on August 28, 2008.

I wasn’t close enough for a portrait of an individual pelican, so I decided to try some group shots. I waited until these ones were evenly spaced. I like the ripple reflections on the beaks of the right-hand birds. Photographed on August 23, 2008.

On my way to the wildlife refuge this morning, I noticed this flock of geese in a field near my house. I liked seeing the fog behind them, and the way their heads are poking up out of the grass. They sort of remind me of garden eels. Photographed on August 23, 2008.

Taken this morning at the local wildlife refuge. I was fortunate to have this duck come very close to my blind, and I managed to catch a few frames as it was shaking it’s wings. I was shooting at 1/250 of a second, mostly because of the available light, and I was glad that the relatively slow shutter speed gave me a nice motion blur effect on the wings. Photographed on August 22, 2008.

My first successful photo of a quail. Usually they run away awfully fast. Unfortunately this is a pretty severe crop, but I’ve now seen this group of quail in the same place a number of times, so maybe I can stake it out and get closer with a blind or some camo. Photographed on August 20, 2008.