Another shot from Steptoe Butte. The wind was so fierce at the top of the Butte that I had to anchor the tripod with my camera backpack to hold the tripod still.
Farm Land
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Jun 10
Barn In The Distance
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Jun 10
View From Steptoe Butte
Steptoe Butte is is a peak that rises approximately 1,000 feet above the hills of the Palouse region. It offers wonderful views in every direction of the hills planted in wheat and other crops. The hills and hollows are dramatic when lighted from the side by the rising or setting sun.
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Jun 10
The Palouse Region
I recently spent several days in eastern Washington, participating in a photography workshop with Scott Bourne and Gary Hamburgh. The area is part of a larger region known as the Palouse, a wheat-growing region characterized by numerous hills, humps and hollows. Crops follow the contours of the hills and create a compelling variety of textures and patterns for the photographer.
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May 10
Farming Community and Mt. Hood
An image from Hood River, Oregon. This was taken from a small park that overlooked a beautiful valley of farms, fields and orchards. Mt. Hood appeared to generate its own weather system on this late October morning.
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May 10
Grape Vineyard and Setting Sun
Another image from Easton, California. This was from late November as the grape leaves were turning color and the sun set early in the day.
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May 10
Grapevines and Sierra Snow
This shot is from Easton, California, a small farming community a few miles southwest of Fresno. The Sierras are not often visible from the San Joaquin Valley because of air pollution. The snow covered peaks were beautiful on an early March morning in 2006. I used a telephoto lens to bring the mountains in the distance much closer to the vineyard in the foreground.
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May 10
Spreckels Sugar Factory and Snow on the Hills
This is a view of the Specklels, California sugar beet factory with the Santa Lucia range in the background. Occasional snow on the peaks is not unusual in winter, but this was taken a few days before the Spring Equinox. The sugar factory processed sugar beets from 1889 to 1982.
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May 10
Strawberry Sunrise
This is a view of the sun rising behind the Gabilan Range in the Salinas Valley with light reflected from plastic covered rows that will be planted in strawberries. The rows are wrapped in black plastic and treated with Methyl Bromide, a pre-plant soil fumigant used to control diseases and pests in agriculture. Methyl Bromide use is being phased out in California. The plastic made a nice reflective surface for the light of the rising sun. November, 2004.
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May 10
Nashua Road Fields
Agriculture and farmers sustain us all. In this series of posts, I’ll share some images that are related to farming. This photograph is of fields ready for planting but still wet from Spring rains. These fields are near Nashua Road and Highway 1 near Castroville, California.