Taking the best from 2024, moving into 2025 and leaving the rest behind. Did you make any resolutions? Happy New Year everyone!
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Just when I thought I was going home for the night a faint flash of light caught my eye. I’m red/green colorblind and had to send iPhone pics to friends and ask if they saw any color in the sky. When they all said “Yes! There’s red!” I rushed to set my cameras up again and began shooting. It was insane how much the Aurora was dancing during this sequence. The tall red pillars of light shooting high above followed by the fast rhythm of green on the horizon. An amazing night and I still feel blessed to have had clear enough skies to witness this beautiful event.
So many thanks to @3lau for the absolutely amazing tracks he sent me to use with these timelapses.
Captured on the @sonyalpha A7RV and Sony 24mm f/1.4 G Master lens
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The northern lights were poppin! Love the reflection of them dancing in the glassy water. Surreal and magical are understatements!
Another sick track from my boy@3lau for the Aurora to dance to!
Captured on the @sonyalpha A1 and Sony 14mm GM lens
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Definitely wasn’t expecting much with all the haze in the sky but patience paid off. I was literally packing up to leave when something told me to just hang on for one more minute. As I looked towards the northern part of the sky the clouds disappeared and I began to see faint pillars and color fill the sky. As cold and tired as my body was, all physical feeling went out the window as the lights grew brighter. The aurora was here and I was ready.
Thank you to my amazing friend @3lau for the awesome track!
Captured on the @sonyalpha A1 and Sony 14mm f/1.8 G Master lens.
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The Northern Lights and Perseid Meteor Shower dancing across the sky on August 11, 2024. Did you see it?
Special thanks to my amazing friend @3lau for sending me the sick beats to use for this video!
Captured on the Sony A1 and Sony 24mm G Master lens
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It is with great sadness I announce the passing of one of my favorite great-horned owls. I’ve been photographing her and her owlets for almost five years in the same area oh Hillsboro. She was sitting in a tree being harassed by a Cooper’s hawk who was dive-bombing her and striking her with its talons over and over. Eventually she fell out of the tree. My good friend @rickyrick3000 was able to get her to the Audubon Society where she received amazing care. They suspected she had either a concussion or the highly contagious and deadly avian flu. Unfortunately it was the latter and with her health failing they were forced to end her suffering and euthanize her before she deteriorated any further or passed it on to other birds. I have such fond memories of her sitting there calmly in the trees, most of the time either sleeping or keeping an eye on any movement in the area. She even gave me the evil eye a few times while I was photographing her owlets. Sad to lose such a beautiful bird of prey but hopefully one of her offspring will return to the area and continue the family line. Such is the cycle of life. This video was taken just a few days before the unfortunate incident. Rest well little owl.
@sonyalpha A1 and 600mm G master lens
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Excited to announce this awesome wildlife workshop I’ll be hosting with my friends from @sonyalpha and @prophotosupply ! Huge thanks to our PNW Sony rep @sony.hawk for helping put this together!
We’ll cover a wide range of subjects including camera settings, telephoto technique, how to shoot birds in flight and much more! In addition, you’ll be able to borrow some of the best camera bodies and lenses Sony has to offer! Spots are limited so make sure you sign up now!
When: October 8th, 2023 at 7:30am
Where: Sauvie Island
Register: Link in Bio
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The rare full super blue moon moving across the night sky - August 30, 2023
The term “blue moon” doesn’t actually refer to the color of the moon, but a second full moon within the same calendar month. It appears pretty much the same as any other full moon. While capturing this video I manually adjusted the color temperature of my camera from daylight to cooler makeing the moon appear blue.
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Water like glass. The still night air was perfect for a mirror image of the Milky Way rising over Mt Hood. If you look closely you can see lights illuminating the sky just above the mountain peak. I think these are a combination of car lights and headlamps hitting the water vapor and traces of smoke particles left in the air. What do you think?
Thanks to my good friend @jesse.brackenbury for joining me on this amazing night!
Captured on the @sonyalpha A7S3 and 24mm G Master lens
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What’s under there? That sea foam riding the waves at the oregon coast is so cool to watch!
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How many owls do you see?
This female great-horned owl kept moving around like she had something beneath her. Figuring it might be eggs I did think much of it and snapped off a few photos. To my surprise I got a quick glimpse of what it actually was. A tiny owlet not more than a few days old poked its little beak out then retreated to the warmth of its mother. Can’t wait to see this little fluff-ball again!
Captured on the @sonyalpha A1 and 600mm f/4 G Master lens
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