The western Oregon forest in winter.

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Tiger Lily

It's almost summer - time for the Tiger Lilys in the NW forests.

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Great Blue Heron

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Duckweed on Chicken Creek

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Great

Great Blue Heron and Great Egret


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New Printer

As a print maker I need a good printer. My Epson 1280 died after six years and I purchased a new Epson 1800 today. As an engineer I know that Epson makes a great product - I worked for them for several years. As an artist I know they make a great product in part because of the wonderful media selections they have. Well I have been testing my new 1800 today. I was curious how it would do black and white. The picture above was taken with a Hasselblad about 30 years ago. I had a good 11x14 silver print so it seemed like a good test since I also had a scanned negative. I printed the scanned image - not as good as the silver image but close. I suspect that with a little effort I could make it as good since I did no tweaking in Photoshop. I think Ansel Adams would love the possibilities.

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Bald Eagles

Two Bald eagles in a snag at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge.


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Long-billed Dowitcher

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A day at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge

Killdeer protecting nest and eggs

Long-billed Dowitcher

Pair of Bald Eagles in snag
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Color in the forest

It's mid spring here in Oregon and the forests are coming alive with color as the rhodedenderons bloom.



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Western Trillium

The Western Trillium is snow white when it first blooms (example here) but turns purple with age.

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Giant Trillium

Giant Trillium (sissile) trillium albidum

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Killdeer

Killdeer

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Western Trillium

It's spring and the trilliums are blooming. This is a Western Trillium

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Great Egret

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Morning Visitor

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Squirrel

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Great Egret

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Soft Landing

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Great Blue Heron v2

Here is another photoshop variation of the picture below.
I like this one a lot more.

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