Splash of Autumn
When out hiking its easy to get caught up in the big views, mountains, trees, etc.. Sometimes the smaller details get lost. Hiking near Mt. Hood in the autumn of 2015 I was really trying to pay attention to the small things. I came across this scene and really loved the juxtaposition of the colorful leaves and the needles.
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Daggers
Ice cycles hanging over the trail to Falls Creek Falls...
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Just a Tree...
Going for a walk one evening I came upon this tree at just the right angle to catch some dramatic shadows in the grass as the sun was heading down for the day.
Roosevelt Elk
A Roosevelt Elk basking in the evening sunlight in Redwood National Park..
King of His Domain
A male mountain goat patrolling my campsite during a backpacking trip into The Enchantments.
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Family
A family of trees toughing out a cold Mt. hood winter...
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Conifer Yeti
A snow laden tree near Trillium Lake, Oregon
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Somewhere in the Forest...
Some people get so wrapped up in the destination they forget to enjoy the journey...
Lunch With A View
I took this picture on July 4th of 2013 from Tom, Dick, and Harry Mountain near Mt. Hood. Behind the little chipmunk you can see Mt. Jefferson. I was trying to bait Harry (the name which I gave the Chipmunk) with trail mix so I could get a few shots of him. He would stuff his face full and then run back to wherever he was stashing his booty. One time it seemed to be taking a long time for him to get back as I was setting up my camera. I looked over to my back pack which was leaning up against a rock and there he was... going direct to the source, all up in my bag. I might have been the one being baited....
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Standing Out
An autumn scene of aspen trees in the Steens Mountain Wilderness.
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From The Forest
Sentinel on the Bluff
This twisted tree looks down upon Willamette Falls from the basalt cliffs in Oregon City.
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Pillars of the Gorge
These amazing rock features near Shepard's Dell were carved by ancient ice age floods that passed through the Columbia River Gorge...
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