Nature & Landscape

Sunset over Victoria Island

Looking out over Lime Kiln Park at dusk, Victoria Island in the distance over Juan de Fuca Straight. I found this vantage point while working for the county parks and walking trails during the summer. An abandoned rock quarry juts out about of water with a tiny precipice just large enough to set up a tripod and camera.

Sunset over Victoria BC

Looking out over Lime Kiln Park at dusk, Victoria Island in the distance over Juan de Fuca Straight. I found this vantage point while working for the county parks and walking trails during the summer. An abandoned rock quarry juts out about of water with a tiny precipice just large enough to set up a tripod and camera.

Windswept Treeline on San Juan Island

These Trees have a finite height due to the wind that constantly sweeps over the hill.

Waldo Lake, Central Oregon

Taken during a 2-day hike around Waldo Lake during Summer. Little pockets of snow continue to fill the icy cold lake before continuing down the mountain into the Willamette River.

Island in Waldo Lake

A small island in Waldo Lake, surrounded by some of the cleanest fresh water in the USA. The water is clear enough that you can see the rocks and sands 50 feet below the water's surface, adding a new dynamic to this photo.

Fire Timber by Pond, landscape

a decade-old fire stand of trees stands testament by a small pond, creating a mirrored image.

After the Fire

The twisting of the trunk seems to mirror that swirling of the fire that stripped it bare.

After the Fire

DO NOT EAT

Most-Likely-Poisonous Mushroom.

Mt. Thielsen in Winter

Snowshoeing around the frozen Diamond Lake in Central Oregon with a view of Mt Thielsen. It's steep a craggy peak make it one of the most challenging mountains in Oregon that can be climbed.

Mt Thielsen

Snowshoeing around the frozen Diamond Lake in Central Oregon with a view of Mt Thielsen. It's steep a craggy peak make it one of the most challenging mountains in Oregon that can be climbed.

Mt Thielsen over the Forest

Snowshoeing around the frozen Diamond Lake in Central Oregon with a view of Mt Thielsen. It's steep a craggy peak make it one of the most challenging mountains in Oregon that can be climbed.

Mt Thielsen over the Forest

Snowshoeing around the frozen Diamond Lake in Central Oregon with a view of Mt Thielsen. It's steep a craggy peak make it one of the most challenging mountains in Oregon that can be climbed.

Liquid Mirror B&W

A small creek and McMinnville, dappled by sunlight and reflecting shadows from the trees lining the banks.

Liquid Mirror

A small creek and McMinnville, dappled by sunlight and reflecting shadows from the trees lining the banks.

Sunset behind the Trees

From the top of a barren hill on top of San Juan Island, the sun sets through ocean fog behind madrone and fir trees.

Setting Sky of Haro Straight

As the last glimmer of sun sets behind Victoria Island, the sky fades from fiery orange to dark blue.

Golden Grass

As the sun sets, it lights up the grass along an old barbed wire fence over a field on San Juan Island.

Reflections on Roche Harbor Lake

A short hike on San Juan Island above Roche Harbor.

Lightening Strike on Orcas Island.

Sitting atop San Juan Island, I could see across to Orcas Island as a storm moved in from the channel. I set my camera shutter to a longer exposure, and got lucky enough to capture one of the strikes from cloud to ground.

Lightning over Orcas

Sitting atop San Juan Island, I could see across to Orcas Island as a storm moved in from the channel. I set my camera shutter to a longer exposure, and got lucky enough to capture one of the strikes from cloud to ground.

Ferns in the Myrtlewood

One of the few broadleaf trees in Oregon that doesn't lose its foliage during the winter, this myrtlewood grove and ferns made for a wonderful vivid green contrast to the reddish brown soil.

Wizard Island in Winter

Crater Lake was formed when the mountain erupted thousands of years ago, blowing the entire top of the mountain away and creating a basin for water to fill up. Wizard Island is the small cinder cone that the lava has pushed up in the middle of the lake, and now it is the island in the center of the lake.

Wizard Island

Crater Lake was formed when the mountain erupted thousands of years ago, blowing the entire top of the mountain away and creating a basin for water to fill up. Wizard Island is the small cinder cone that the lava has pushed up in the middle of the lake, and now it is the island in the center of the lake. This photo took half a day to take, as we had to snowshoe around the rim of the crater since all the roads were closed from snow.

Rim of Crater Lake

A giant wall of rock lit up by the setting sun above Crater Lake.

Beginning of Willamette River

The Willamette River starts its journey as a cascading waterfall over a log jam out of Waldo Lake.

Beginning of Willamette River B&W

The Willamette River starts its journey as a cascading waterfall over a log jam out of Waldo Lake.