"...Like a shaving that fell on the floor of a carpenter's shop" Settings: ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/400 s.

"I stand in the half light with the dust of ruins on these traveling shoes..." Made this photo last October on our way to Portland, OR, by way of Arches National Monument (if you look on a map,

Made this photo back in 2014 from the northern shore of Lake Almanor. Settings: ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/800 s.

Made this photo last October in Lacey, WA. One of my favorites from last year. Settings: ISO 400, f/2.8, 1/50 s.

A somewhat early morning in Lockwood, MT. Made this photo shortly before leaving our hotel. Settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/100 s.

My first entry for @daveks' B&W Photo Contest. This week's judge is @scottshots. Made this photo yesterday in our backyard as a rain storm was breaking up. Lot of fast moving, high altitude clouds

Looking west from the top of Lava Butte in Newberry National Volcanic Monument (south of Bend, OR). That lonely peak in the back there is Mt. Bachelor. Settings: ISO 100, f/6.3, 1/800 s.

Late morning at a friend's house in Lacey, WA. These cats truly are diminutive lions, and they are out to get you. Settings: ISO 3200, f/2.8, 1/100 s.

Just taking a walk one damp and misty afternoon in Lacey, WA. Settings: ISO 800, f/2.8, 1/2500 s.

My (mostly good) friend Erasmus being up much too late. Settings: ISO 1600, f/2.8, 1/60 s.

Crossing over the Columbia river near Ellensburg, Washington. Made this photo back in 2017 en route to Seattle. Settings: ISO 800, f/8, 1/640 s.

Made this photo last Saturday at a little conference held at Concordia University. Neat little place with a fair about history (it opened back in the 1850s), but you could easily get lost here for weeks.

An exiled guitar at my brother's house. Made on iPhone

My good nephew, Timothy. Or, Mophus, as he is sometimes known. Wild Mophus, if you know him well. Settings: ISO 1600, f/1.8, 1/640 s.

Making our way through the Pumice Plane. The ridge behind us here was basically sandblasted during the May 18th eruption in 1980. Settings: ISO 100, f/8, 1/160 s.

Another photo from our 12 Mile Hike™ at Mt. St. Helens. Here we're making our way through the landslide debris up to the northern slope of the mountain. Settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/320 s.

Made this photo back in 2013 on a twelve mile hike we took from Johnston Ridge to Windy Ridge in Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. Oh, and Busy tells me Steem is at 40 cents. I think that's an

Made this photo in the car heading north on I-25. I'm guessing this is near Buffalo, WY, but I'm not sure. Settings: ISO 400, f/10, 1/800 s.

From a little trip we made down to the City. The man has been waiting to cross the street for some time. Settings: ISO 25, f/2.2, 1/60 s.

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