A Japanese Maple (one of many) at the Portland Japanese Garden; its autumnal red, orange, and subtle golden hued leaves set above the lush green carpet of moss simply cried out to be photographed. Equipment: Canon EOS 40D body Canon EF 20mm f/2.8 USM lens Settings: F-stop: f/3.2 Exposure time: 1/40 sec. ISO speed: ISO-100 […]
Born Again Bird Watcher Archive
The archive of posts from the original Born Again Bird Watcher blog.
The Sea is Not Full… Yet
So saith the Preacher: All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. (Ecclesiastes, chapter 1, verse 7) Ten miles from where I was born and raised, and seventy-five miles from where my family and I now live, one […]
Photo Interlude: Sometimes…
…it all just comes together. The bird, its posture, the light, the background – all the good karma you’ve accrued over many years of diligent study and work is cashed in all at once as the price of admission to witness the perfect photographic moment. My souvenir of that moment? This image of a Caspian […]
Photo Interlude: Multnomah Falls
Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area is the second highest year-round waterfall in the United States (620 feet from its source on Larch Mountain to its basin beside the Columbia River). Its extraordinary accessibility from I-84 just east of Portland, Oregon makes it a very popular subject for both amateur and […]