Random Photo thread

[gustovh]

Colorfull. Yes, sunsets are different when can see all the way to the horizon.

Pacific coast ?

Yes not far from Lincoln City, about 140 miles from home. We were treated to that sky for 7 days.

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[Redman]

Yes not far from Lincoln City, about 140 miles from home. . . . . . . . . .

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THanks.
Ah, now I know where Vernonia is.
(n.w. Oregon, somewhat near Portland)

[gustovh]

THanks.
Ah, now I know where Vernonia is.
(n.w. Oregon, somewhat near Portland)

Yes about 30 miles west. Jan 1 brought a change, wet and grey for the rest of our stay

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[650Skull]

IMG_20251219_152225.jpgthis little dude has been coming around every day.
First saw it a couple of weeks ago picking up lychies that had fallen on the ground.

Still a young un, dad rejects them around a year old because they, (primary carer of the nest and chicks), have a new batch to look over. Have seen then this age still with their dad.
Great Southern Cassowary

[Redman]

this little dude has been coming around every day.
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Great Southern Cassowary

You will need a road sign warning .

Make sure the car is insured.
B wary o Cassawaries
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[Redman]

. . . . . has been a long winter so far.



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Thought I had something more to say.

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[Sandy]

Out for short drive and walk yesterday and bumped into this herd of Elk grazing in the outskirts of town. This is about 1/2 of the herd and counting the ones that weren't in the photo the herd would be about 200.



20260213_142029-Pano.jpg by soates50, on Flickr

[cowboyup3371]

Charmayne and the kids came over Friday night leaving today. Knowing they are starting to get old enough, I thought I'd ask for their help moving the Bandit inside the shop. So after moving my woodworking tools around, I gave them both a short ride

Rose is about 3-1/2 foot tall now at 4 but her 2 year old brother Hunter is only a foot shorter

Wearing Grandma's helmet:

IMG_8342 by Scott Baker, on Flickr

and their rides

Hunter is still way too short in the legs right now

IMG_1654 by Scott Baker, on Flickr

Rose can just about reach the rear pegs

IMG_1653 by Scott Baker, on Flickr

Not quite sure why the videos won't play but it probably has something to do with Flickr

[Redman]

Charmayne and the kids came over Friday night ..................
............................... I gave them both a short ride.
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Ha!
Nice!

(I would say that qualifies for Went For Ride Today.)

[Redman]

Late March, when can catch sunset between the two lighthouses like this.

(is a vidio, might need to click it to get the vidio to run)

CAmera (Panasonic GX85) has function to take successive shots for a number of shots. I think I did 100 shots at 12 second intervals, and then made a video at something like 10 frames per second. dont really recall the specifics, but something like 15 minutes before sunset and 5 minutes after.
The difficult part is figuring where to setup tripod and how to frame it, but I had been there a couple evenings prior so that made it easier.
Other thing is determine what to do with the exposure as it changes in that 20 minutes. I chose an auto mode and set the target away from expected path of the sun

I wanted to be in a position to catch the sunset traverse all the way, I missed it some as it went partly behind the lighthouse, but what I did catch was better.
Notice what happens after seems like sun should be completly below the horizon.

[Sandy]

That is very cool Dave. Well done.

[Carter Turk]

Mike Baldwin's Honda RS 500 V-3
IMG_4594(1) by Carter Turk, on Flickr