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N 272 B 13.6K C 26 E Oct 19, 2017 F Jun 7, 2019
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Long planted rows of poplars in peak autumn brilliance appear to form a perfect passage toward the distant light of cleared fields under clouded skies, while the trees to each side appear almost to wall off all else in the world including the sad recognition that these trees would soon be no more, near Boardman, Oregon.

As you might imagine, I couldn't help but think of Frost's beloved work as I strolled through this yellow wood, rustling freshly fallen leaves with each step. From this perspective, no paths diverge, but take a few steps any which way and similar geometries repeat in different directions to reveal almost innumerable apparent paths--most with no obvious indication of which would be best. So I chose this path, illusion though it may be, and in "ages hence" I may well even try to convince myself it was "the one less traveled by". Either way, it is one of my favorite simple images from a trip a couple of years ago to see the Boardman Tree Farm at its autumn best before the last of these glorious trees were felled.

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Tags:   Boardman Oregon Tree Farm Autumn Fall Gold Golden Color Poplar Aspen Nikon Nikkor Landscape photobenedict Geometry Rows Alignment Sunrise Morning Dawn Yellow Aspens Poplars Hermiston Forest Trees Tree Farm Beautiful Gilded Passage Geometries Leaves Planted Lost Mysterious Mood Nature Dappled Light Peaceful Wood Quiet Autumnal Serene

N 787 B 31.3K C 72 E Jun 13, 2024 F Sep 1, 2024
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It was quite a treat to have this alluring, sea stack-laden beach almost all to ourselves as we enjoyed this brilliant sunset shining on the shifting sand contours left by retreating waves, at Bandon Beach, Oregon.

Life's been quite the winding road the last couple of years, and moreso still over the past nine or ten months. Some things just happen to you, and some things you have to do, or respond to, or try to fix, or make amends, or whatever the case may be. Over the years, I've often wondered whether I love photography travel so much because it is out there among nature's grandeur that I best find myself. But sometimes I know that the road can be a place to escape a bit as well as a place to be found.

Either way, when I'm out on the road in a place like this, on a night like this, I'm in a great place.

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Tags:   Bandon Beach Oregon Sunset Oregon Coast Wizard's Hat Pacific Northwest Ocean Nikon Landscape Beautiful Scene photobenedict Sea Stacks Rocks Coast Sand Sea Stack Reflections Tide Reflection Dusk Night Color Clouds Light Ripples Travel

N 1.1K B 54.9K C 66 E Jun 3, 2016 F Jul 5, 2016
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Ragged and overhanging portions of the canyon walls conspire with a fallen tree to create the illusion of an archway entering the verdant confines of Oneonta Gorge, in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon.

Oneonta Gorge is another of those places that rose higher and higher on the must-see list as my passion for photography has grown over the years, so it was awesome to finally get there while on a fantastic photography outing with Sky Matthews last month. We got into the gorge a little late, as the morning light had already gotten quite harsh on the higher portions of the canyon walls, and quite a crowd of people had already begun working their way up the gorge toward the waterfall, the cold water being little impediment in the unseasonably hot and sunny weather. Since we were planning to stay in the gorge to see how the light would change throughout the day, we had plenty of time to contemplate different compositions that might work with the conditions of the day and that could possibly be photographed during brief lulls in the steady stream of visitors.

For a good while I found myself focusing too much on always looking deeper into the gorge and rarely looking back toward the entrance. When I finally did turn around and pay attention, I noticed that the shape of the gorge walls appeared to close in above from certain perspectives--which looked particularly cool with the golden sunlight visible back near the "logjam" at the entrance to the main portion of the gorge--and so the search began for a place where an illusion like this could be captured. Needless to say, it took a little while, but I did finally find this location which I think communicates the effect fairly well.

If you look closely, you can see the next group of visitors surmounting the log jam under the "archway" in the distance. While the large number of people moving in and out of the gorge did not make landscape photography easy that day, a place as beautiful as Oneonta Gorge is a place to be shared happily with all comers.

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Tags:   Oneonta Gorge Columbia River Gorge Oregon Nikon Landscape Perspective Illusion Arch Slot Canyon Canyon Verdant Green Lush Rain Forest photobenedict Stream Creek River Waterfall Logjam Hike

N 322 B 16.4K C 28 E Oct 19, 2017 F May 7, 2018
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Golden autumn leaves hang off high boughs above what appear as narrow open passages between rows upon rows of (almost) straight poplar trunks at what's left of the Boardman Tree Farm, Oregon.

Taking a little break from Iceland pictures led me back to all the shots from our autumn stop by Boardman to catch some of the last remaining stands of those magnificent trees. One thing I loved about photographing the trees here is how little tweaks in perspective could change the look and feel of the image so substantially in my mind, even though the underlying geometries of the trees planted in rows remains the same. Of course, the varying age and size of the trees, and how the stands were maintained (back when the tree farm was being operated as such) also contributed greatly to the range of available compositions.

Since the farm was sold for conversion to dairy and irrigated agriculture, it appears that the undergrowth and lower limbs are no longer being cleared in most of the limited sections that remain, which opened up some very different, wilder compositions (I'll post an example sometime later), but this beautiful area was one of the few sections we found that had gorgeous peak fall color and was still nicely open underneath the golden canopy.

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Tags:   Boardman Oregon Tree Farm Autumn Fall Gold Golden Color Poplar Aspen Nikon Landscape photobenedict Geometry Rows Alignment Sunrise Morning Dawn Yellow Aspens Poplars Hermiston Forest Trees Tree Farm Beautiful Gilded Passage Geometries Leaves Planted Lost Mysterious Mood Nature Dappled Light Peaceful Wood Quiet Autumnal Serene

N 742 B 18.5K C 45 E Oct 19, 2017 F Mar 26, 2023
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A small sapling arches low into an autumn leaf-covered path between glittering golden poplars at the now-defunct Boardman Tree Farm, near Boardman, Oregon.

Plantings by human hands surely don't exceed the beauties of natural forests in general, but this vast ordered grove was one of the most compelling, and fun to photograph, places I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. In my ongoing meanders through my old photo files, I keep finding myself happily drawn back to shots like this one from my wanderings in the dappled light among these stately aligned beauties.

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Tags:   Boardman Oregon Tree Farm Autumn Fall Gold Golden Color Poplar Aspen Nikon Nikkor Landscape photobenedict Geometry Rows Alignment Sunrise Morning Dawn Yellow Aspens Poplars Hermiston Forest Trees Tree Farm Beautiful Gilded Passage Geometries Leaves Planted Lost Mysterious Mood Nature Dappled Light Peaceful Wood Quiet Autumnal Serene


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