Herring Gull
I found this Herring Gull keeping watch over the Heceta Head Lighthouse on the Oregon Coast, just north of Florence, Oregon.
Kilauea
This is the view into the Kilauea cater at night at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Lava
We walked nearly 20 miles today across open lava fields in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in search of lava pouring into the ocean. No running lava to be found, but the views were still pretty amazing! (Click on images to see larger versions).
Haleakala National Park
I was luck enough to watch the sunset from Mount Haleakala at Haleakala National Park in Maui. The observatory and tourists at the top made for some interesting silhouhettes!
Latourelle Falls – Portland Fine Art Photographer
The waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge are spectacular this time of year. This is a shot of the lower Latourelle Falls taken from the historic Columbia River Highway in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge.
Oregon Capitol
Oregon’s capitol building in Salem, Oregon has been through some troubled times. In fact, this is Oregon’s third capitol building – the first two were destroyed by fires. The current building was completed in 1938, and it hasn’t been without its share of catastrophe — an earthquake caused serious damage to the Capitol Dome in 1993 and another fire caused the Governor to evacuate a number of his offices in 2008. Here is a photo of Oregon’s Capitol at twilight.
Mount Hood
Mt Hood has received quite a bit of snow lately, and I’ve had a couple of recent opportunities to photograph this big hill in my backyard!.I grabbed this image as I drove into Boring, Oregon on 282nd just at sunset. The light was amazing – not only producing a beautiful “alpenglow” on the snow-covered flanks of the Mountain, but it was also lighting the church and the community in the valley below. I quickly pulled over — making my wife wait in the car while I jumped across the street with my camera!
Horse Thief Butte
This is the view of Horse Thief Butte and Horse Thief Lake from Washington’s Horse Thief State Park.
Looking East
Here is the view of Mount Hood, looking east from Portand’s Mount Tabor Park, just affter sunset on a misty, fall day (click to see a larger image).
