Category Archives: photography

Cloud Shots 01

I’m trying to learn how to capture clouds. With our storms out here in the flatlands, the views can be dramatic at times. The problem is that, if there’s anything where the camera viewscreen deceives you, it’s surely with cloud … Continue reading

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Ride Photos 09

This is the trailing edge of a passing storm front. It didn’t rain all that much right where I was at the time. We fell into a gap in the system, which is partly why the opening appeared as it … Continue reading

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Ride Photos 08

Shot from a distance over a golf course, this fancy building is the infamous Douglas High School. It’s all minorities and violence is quite common. It’s run almost like a prison, I’m told. Sylvester Stalone is in Oklahoma filming a … Continue reading

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Ride Photos 07

On a ride around Draper Lake a couple of days ago I was enjoying the fact the clouds were hiding the sun, keeping the temperatures down. These were rain clouds about 50 miles away, over the next county east of … Continue reading

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Ride Photos 06

I once rode in 112°F temps. I learned that you have to ride slower than normal, but be careful not to stop without shade, and stay hydrated. In order to make my rides right now, I have to leave at … Continue reading

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Ride Photos 05

Looking back from the south bank River Trail, this is the Portland Avenue bridge. This is the turn-around point for one of my most frequent loops. I ride across this bridge at least once per week as one of my … Continue reading

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Ride Photos 04

A very nice homemade stock fence; this is strong enough to contain horses, but I’ve never seen any in this pasture. The upright posts between the welded frames are made of cedar, a tree that grows abundantly wild here in … Continue reading

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Ride Photos 03

I finally got a taste of dewberries this season. These are in the fence along the promenade trail on the NW corner of Draper Lake. As you can see, they have just begun to turn ripe (black). Meanwhile, the blackberries … Continue reading

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Random Ride Photos

Collected random photos from rides the previous week or two — this one is a protected cove on Hefner Lake. I rode past the lake twice and this was the better shot that came out. I did my 50-miler Friday … Continue reading

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Spring Flower Edition 2022

Not much commentary to offer; I’ll let the flowers speak for themselves mostly. But the first shot is not just any flower; it’s dewberry vines in bloom. That means dewberries in a couple of weeks.

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