photojournal

madrone

2011-12-13T23:03:00.001-08:00

madrone, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

so, wow. I haven't posted a photo in over a year and a half.

I blame flickr. really.

goat hero

2011-12-13T22:14:00.001-08:00

goat hero, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

Beau, on top of the world. two pillars, mill creek wilderness, central oregon.

fuel stop

2011-12-13T22:12:00.001-08:00

fuel stop, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

lela and the bike in Ojo Caliente, NM, after a dusk thunderstorm.

scavenger

2010-05-15T19:51:00.005-07:00

DSC_0107, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

cozy

2010-05-15T19:51:00.003-07:00

DSC_0239, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

yes, I took a picture in yosemite

2010-05-15T19:51:00.001-07:00

DSC_0079, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

this is absurd

2010-05-12T16:39:00.001-07:00

DSC_0117, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

heading west into humboldt around sunset - seriously, is this for real? check out the larger sizes...

sundog

2010-04-10T13:01:00.001-07:00

DSC_9999_2, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

I will blow this up

2010-04-10T13:00:00.001-07:00

DSC_0003_1, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

you should too: Original

hyampom valley from the mountains to the north, after a snow.

DSC_9896

2010-03-30T14:25:00.001-07:00

DSC_9896, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

zombie party PART 1

2010-03-06T17:51:00.007-08:00

DSC_9524, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

zombie party PART 2

2010-03-06T17:51:00.005-08:00

DSC_9529, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

zombie party PART 3

2010-03-06T17:51:00.003-08:00

DSC_9532, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

zombie party PART 4

2010-03-06T17:51:00.001-08:00

DSC_9557, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

zombie party PART 5

2010-03-06T17:50:00.001-08:00

DSC_9540, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

out of the dark

2010-03-01T12:53:00.001-08:00

DSC_9348, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

from the top

2010-03-01T12:52:00.001-08:00

DSC_9660, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

sunset crater lava fields, blowing after a storm...

to the bottom...

2010-03-01T12:51:00.001-08:00

DSC_9690, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

in one day.

diamond creek canyon @ grand canyon.

I haunt this

2010-02-05T15:23:00.003-08:00

_DSC9084, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

the fog in the mountains here is amazing- every time it rains, sometimes when it doesn't, it clings to the folds in the hills and highlights the topography as well as the trees. I can't count how many times I have tried to capture it and been disappointed by how the sense of magic gets lost in that little box. I think this might finally come close.

the queen

2010-02-05T15:23:00.001-08:00

_DSC8932, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

I finally took the plunge and upgraded my equipment - as well as switching manufacturers to nikon, mostly due to nikon's CLS system that allows in-camera control of remotely placed wireless flashes. this was one I took just trying to learn a little about how the system works, and how to use it. I'm not sure I could have gotten this photo without this system, because my walking back and forth to change settings on the flash would have distracted sucia and made her more interested in what I was doing than in lying in the sun. which is what she was doing.

IMGP5294

2009-10-15T16:45:00.001-07:00

IMGP5294, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

boots!

2009-08-16T13:41:00.001-07:00

IMGP5141, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

first pair of boots. after they've been worn for a hike, of course...

walls!

2009-08-16T13:40:00.001-07:00

IMGP5076, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

walls going up on the straw bale... the stairs serve as scaffolding to get the bales to the top of the walls.... have 2 more courses to go before the roof goes on. interrupted by bootmaking...

ear protection

2009-08-16T13:39:00.001-07:00

IMGP5049, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

IMGP4916

2009-07-31T18:22:00.001-07:00

IMGP4916, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

goodbye

2009-07-14T13:18:00.001-07:00

IMGP3944, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

IMGP3923

2009-07-03T16:30:00.001-07:00

IMGP3923, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

mmm... chicken.

farmin' muck

2009-06-26T18:12:00.001-07:00

IMGP3807, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

justin caught me harvesting pond muck for the compost pile...

the bailout

2009-06-01T12:19:00.001-07:00

IMGP8925, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

rescue practice in the san juans.

2009-06-01T12:18:00.003-07:00

IMGP3595, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

cliche'

2009-06-01T12:18:00.001-07:00

IMGP9027, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

I can't believe I didn't post this one earlier. sunrise on sucia island, san juans, washington.

boxes

2009-06-01T12:17:00.001-07:00

IMGP1341, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

christmas storm at the winery project.

IMGP3631

2009-06-01T12:16:00.003-07:00

IMGP3631, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

hot chicks

2009-06-01T12:16:00.001-07:00

IMGP3668, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

week-old chicks...

IMGP3447

2009-05-13T14:40:00.001-07:00

IMGP3447, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

stars and stripes

2009-05-13T13:29:00.003-07:00

IMGP3535, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

cherries!

pine box farms

2009-05-13T13:29:00.001-07:00

IMGP3394, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

it's not the official title, but there's 36 4x10 boxes full of dirt, that was all moved by hand. plus a wood-fired hot tub.

IMGP3525

2009-05-13T13:27:00.005-07:00

IMGP3525, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

angel wings

2009-05-13T13:27:00.003-07:00

IMGP3559, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

a cicada emerging from it's chrysalis.

pow-pow

2009-05-13T13:27:00.001-07:00

IMGP3022, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

watching life through glass

2009-05-13T13:08:00.001-07:00

IMGP3067, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

sangre de cristo mountains in colorado, whizzing by in the window of the truck...

lost

2009-04-04T12:55:00.003-07:00

IMGP1279, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

big update! here's a few photos I never got up from the last year. this one was from christmas.

grasshopper jousting

2009-04-04T12:55:00.001-07:00

IMGP0800, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

....

IMGP0838

2009-04-04T12:54:00.005-07:00

IMGP0838, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

old burn on the south fork. last summer.

confection

2009-04-04T12:54:00.003-07:00

IMGP0897, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

yum.

lean on me

2009-04-04T12:54:00.001-07:00

IMGP0903, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

claire inspects this massive ponderosa...

letharia columbiana

2009-04-04T12:53:00.001-07:00

IMGP0912-2, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

lichen found in trinity county, ca.

dyna nobel, st. helens

2009-04-04T12:51:00.001-07:00

IMGP1079, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

longview

2009-04-04T12:50:00.001-07:00

IMGP1083, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

follow the link to flickr and view it large.

welcome mat

2009-04-04T12:49:00.001-07:00

IMGP1112-2, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

driveway to a fancy 'horse property' on hwy 26, during the snowstorms at christmas

gimme

2009-04-04T12:48:00.003-07:00

081223IMGP1153, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

kids drooling over the vending machines at the amtrak station in portland

a conversation

2009-04-04T12:48:00.001-07:00

IMGP1202, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

a snow-sculpture at the park at christmas

vines

2009-04-04T12:36:00.001-07:00

IMGP1239, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

icicles on the wall of the conservatory near megan's apartment, during the christmas storm.

winter scene

2009-04-04T12:34:00.001-07:00

IMGP1903, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

morning after camping out in the mountains outside of salt lake on the way to wintercount... it got down to 10*F that night. we rescued some poor city fellow in a subaru who had gotten himself stuck in a snowbank here, 10 miles from the nearest busy road. he only had slacks and dress shoes and a t-shirt. not even water.

IMGP3277

2009-04-04T12:32:00.001-07:00

IMGP3277, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

zack deep in conversation around the fire at wintercount

IMGP3443-2

2009-03-27T15:37:00.001-07:00

IMGP3443-2, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

... I've been training sucia with a clicker, so the camera shutter is confusing to her.

IMGP3373

2009-03-27T15:36:00.001-07:00

IMGP3373, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

claire adoped ginger from the dog ranch, I decided I wanted to start from scratch and adopted a new puppy. sucia is taking a nap as ginger pretends to not exist.

dominic D.B.

2009-03-27T15:35:00.001-07:00

dominic collage2, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

stopped in silver on the road trip, and visited with dominic for an evening...

IMGP2272

2009-01-24T20:21:00.007-08:00

IMGP2272, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

IMGP2529

2009-01-24T20:21:00.005-08:00

IMGP2529, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

IMGP2718

2009-01-24T20:21:00.003-08:00

IMGP2718, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

IMGP2464

2009-01-24T20:21:00.001-08:00

IMGP2464, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

a short update

2009-01-22T21:17:00.001-08:00

IMGP1953, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

here's a couple highlights from today's racing... http://www.sanjuanstagerace.com/

it's late, and I'm tired, but I will be even more so tomorrow. so here it is today. more on flickr, and more to come.

IMGP1916

2009-01-22T21:15:00.003-08:00

IMGP1916, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

IMGP1974

2009-01-22T21:15:00.001-08:00

IMGP1974, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

my head is swimming

2008-12-14T13:50:00.001-08:00

my head is swimming, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

yes, i'ts been a long time since I've last posted. my computer was dying... but I have a new one! and it snowed on the beach today! I woke up before dawn and dragged claire out to the spit to see the snow on the dunes.

I am giving you this

2008-12-14T13:48:00.001-08:00

I am giving you this, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

sometimes dealing with roadkill I have a hard time dealing with feelings of disgust and frustration - rotting flesh can be disgusting, and if you want to preserve what you can of it, it's very difficult to keep from spreading the filth all over everything. last night I took care of a coyote that had suffered a blow to the chest that burst the capillaries in her lungs. out in the cold and without horrendous internal trauma, she was preserved as if still close to life. I had no sense of squeamishness about her flesh that I often have with roadkills. as I finished pulling the skin from her face, I was struck by the way the blood looked so much like tears. I am grateful to her for giving me her flesh to eat, for giving me her beautiful coat to wear, but most of all for showing me that bringing the dead back to life can be satisfying and beautiful .

sometimes we are hungry for nothing

2008-12-14T13:22:00.005-08:00

sometimes we are hungry for nothing, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

solar system

2008-12-14T13:22:00.003-08:00

solar system, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

following the footsteps of others

2008-12-14T13:22:00.001-08:00

following the footsteps of others, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

all together now

2008-12-14T13:17:00.001-08:00

all together now, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

alone in a crowd

2008-10-02T15:46:00.001-07:00

alone in a crowd, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

we started a fire

2008-10-02T15:43:00.001-07:00

we started a fire, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

mask night @ rabbitstick

this is my beet

2008-10-02T15:42:00.001-07:00

this is my beet, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

dozens of fist-sized beets. I'll be pooping red for months.

IMGP0672

2008-10-02T14:48:00.001-07:00

IMGP0672, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

patrick paddles his F1 on the henry's fork. there was a full moon, and a gorgeous sunset.

flying

2008-10-02T14:46:00.001-07:00

IMGP0645, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

big boats, little car. big trip.

road warrior

2008-08-21T14:06:00.001-07:00

IMGP9628, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

thinking about you

2008-08-21T14:05:00.001-07:00

IMGP9505, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

this one is from back in june, dad, kiliii, patrick and I went paddling on barney reservoir, which was at it's highest level I've ever seen it. we made it all the way back up into the swamp at the head of it. really pretty...

showy thistle

2008-08-21T14:03:00.001-07:00

IMGP9329, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

these things stand out from the landscape in an incredible way - fuzzy, bright white, with bright magenta flowers.

this is for your new album

2008-08-13T15:13:00.001-07:00

IMGP0064, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

a couple of now-late photos from megan and ana's visit. I'm falling way behind on processing, I'm also running out of disk space. I'm working on it.

quiet on the set

2008-08-13T15:12:00.001-07:00

IMGP0202, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

reaching up

2008-07-20T12:51:00.001-07:00

reaching up, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

hell's half

2008-07-20T12:49:00.001-07:00

hell's half, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

this is the southernmost edge of the hell's half complex, which is a 5 mile ride up the road (and river valley) from the house. I hear rumors that they have the southern edge mostly contained and calmed down now, and they're working primarily on the north half now.

skeletons

2008-07-20T12:48:00.001-07:00

skeletons, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

facing southeast from within an old burn area, just a ways up the hillside from where this year's hell's half fire is burning now.

blackcaps!

2008-07-20T12:46:00.001-07:00

blackcaps!, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

this is actually the second harvesting round on these blackcaps, I hit them once already. almost a gallon total harvest between this and another patch... maybe 3 or 4 hours picking time. only catch is that I had to literally wade through poison oak to get to some of them. I paid with a bit of a rash on my legs where my pants rode up, but it wasn't too bad. worth it!

the river

2008-07-20T12:44:00.001-07:00

IMGP9921, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

this is the river, facing downstream (north west). this is a short walk across the valley/floodplain from the house.

electric blue

2008-07-08T13:43:00.001-07:00

IMGP9700, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

I love the color of these wasps. I swear I didn't crank the color on this photo at all.

props to the color rendition from the K-10 for capturing it too.

greeting card

2008-07-08T13:40:00.001-07:00

IMGP9686, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

pie

2008-07-02T15:18:00.001-07:00

IMGP9263, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

the photo isn't the best, but the rhubarb-apple-pear pie was.

with honey and coconut milk. and yes, pie crust thrown together in five minutes might be a little crunchier but it's still damn good.

I'm the star now

2008-07-02T15:16:00.001-07:00

IMGP9255, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

I am grappling with the fact that a large portion of my photography has been of people, which is something I don't see a lot of these days. so I've turned to occasionally attempting to photograph myself as a last resort.

I what you can't really see here is that I just went swimming and I'm also watching the sunset while I play. the solo time has been good for me so far...

trinity trees

2008-07-02T15:14:00.001-07:00

IMGP9244, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

mariners

2008-07-02T15:13:00.001-07:00

IMGP5168_1, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

from last summer.

I've got your cap

2008-07-02T15:12:00.001-07:00

IMGP8764, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

ernie in the morning sun, during the recent umiak building camp. cedar grove sign in the background...

IMGP3539

2008-07-02T15:11:00.003-07:00

IMGP3539, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

fog over the valley near veneta. from last year sometime...

sleeping ute

2008-07-02T15:11:00.001-07:00

IMGP1784, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

more archives... sleeping ute mountain, in the four corners area, as seen during a break in a winter storm from an old cave dwelling ruin.

ghosts of wal-mart

2008-07-02T15:10:00.001-07:00

IMGP0072, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

combing through the archives... from the january when I first bought the k-10.

watch out for the chicks

2008-06-13T12:12:00.001-07:00

IMGP9218, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

if you look close, there's a quail chick in this photo. it seems like there might be up to a dozen or so in the little group, they're very cute, running around and peeping at each other. amazingly well camoflaged, and surprisingly fast and agile. I had a hard time getting even this.

I am watching

2008-06-13T12:09:00.001-07:00

IMGP9212, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

there's a family of quail living in and around the back yard, you can hear them peeping away all day long. very cute.

this is teamwork

2008-06-13T12:08:00.001-07:00

IMGP9192, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

caught these ants trying to stuff a large, very green beetle - still alive - into a very small crack. I need a better macro lens, the tight crop on this leaves much detail sharpness to be desired... still, I tried the optio and this shot with the SLR was better than what I got with the optio.

intent

2008-06-13T12:06:00.001-07:00

IMGP9152, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

I stopped in cave junction to visit grandma & grandpa briefly. there's a couple more photos on flickr...