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Elowah and Latourell in the spring

Elowah and Latourell in the spring

Last weekend I met some new friends who recently moved to the Portland area and wanted to show them the grandure of Gorge nature. I took them to the Vista House and showed them later few short hikes to Latourell and Elowah waterfalls. I couldn't resist catching few

Cape Kiwanda (revisited)

Cape Kiwanda (revisited)

I went back to Cape Kiwanda near Pacific City, OR again last weekend and had some more time to explore the area which is definitely one of a kind on the Oregon Coast. I'm also trying out a new processing flow with more of Photoshop + Color Efex Pro

Cannon Beach Sunset

Cannon Beach Sunset

I went surfing with few friends earlier this month to Indian Beach and from the clouds I could see that the sunset will show some spectacular colors, so I've moved to Canon Beach made a fire and waited. I know sunsets are cliche but I cannot resist when

Sandy River (in the backyard)

Sandy River (in the backyard)

Last weekend was party-busy so I didn't get much done photography wise but I did get to open the 2015 kitesurfing season in Rufus, OR and after got to spend some nice time with friends in a house which has Sandy River flowing in the backyard. I do

Angel's Rest sunset

Angel's Rest sunset

Angel's Rest is one of the best hikes in the Gorge, perfect to kick off hiking season and with the amazing weather we had here lately I did a sunset walk up the mountain. The sunset was missing some clouds to get those spectacular red colors but the

Discovering Oregon #1 (White River Falls)

Discovering Oregon #1 (White River Falls)

I found a great resource for finding some amazing waterfalls lately (at http://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/nws) and decided to check out White River Falls near Maupin, OR. I must say this one is a trully hidden gem. Pentax HD Ltd. 20-40mm/2.8-4.0 @23mm f/8 30s ISO

Buried in time (Peter Iredale wreck)

Buried in time (Peter Iredale wreck)

We had some very nice spring-like weather in PDX for last few days so yesterday I drove to Fort Stevens to take some pictures of the shipwreck of Peter Iredale that grounded on the Oregon coast over 100 years ago. Pentax HD Ltd. 20-40mm/2.8-4.0 @26mm f/8

Portland

While waiting for the awesome weather to pass I've been looking through some older pictures and I came upon this one I took last year from one of the apartment buildings in the Pearl. You have to admit downtown Portland is looking preety darn good in the summer

Silver Falls

Last weekend together with a group of friends I went for a hike along the Silver Falls loop, if you're in Oregon for a short time this hike is definitely one you wouldn't want to miss. I did this one last year in the summer and

Sunset at Mount Hood

Sunset at Mount Hood

I have decided that with this spring-like weather and a forecast of clear skies last weekend it's a good time to go for a sunset hike and capture Mount Hood in the soft evening light. I've picked up a Mirror Lake trail hike leading up to

Horsetail Falls Loop

Columbia River Gorge

Horsetail Falls Loop

Last weekend was particularly gloomy and wet, nonetheless as soon as I saw a little sun on Sunday I've decided to go for a short hike and drove to the Horsetail Falls Loop in the Gorge. It's a perfect hike for beginners with just about 2.

Maui

I broke my weekly cadence of creating new posts, it was bound to happen sooner or later I hoped it would be later but unfortunately some nasty cold got the better of me for the last two weeks. Anyway since I didn't had a chance to get out

Columbia Gorge Waterfalls

Columbia River Gorge

Columbia Gorge Waterfalls

Columbia River Gorge has a lot to offer with hundreds of hikes, spectacular views of the river and mountains and plenty of waterfalls. I did a lot of hiking past two years but I still have lots of places I need to discover and I want to come back to

San Francisco

Weather this weekend in Oregon is not very photography friendly so instead I went back to my library and decided to share some of the pictures I took in San Francisco earlier this year. In February I extended one of the weekends and flew to the Bay Area for a

Cape Kiwanda

Recently I've seen some amazing pictures from Cape Kiwanda and decided to make a trip there myself, it's located near to Pacific City, OR around 2h drive from Portland. I was planning to get there for the sunset, unfortunately as it turned out in December the

Copenhagen

Going through my photo library I got to reminisce about my short visit to the beautiful city of Copenhagen. During late spring of 2012 I payed a visit to one of my best friend who lives in Aalborg (another nice Danish city). I spent some time in his town before

Pacific coast in all it's glory

Pacific coast in all it's glory

It's a new blog but I have quite few photographs from 2013 as well as last summer, since I did mention how I enjoy the Pacific NW let me start with showing some of my favourite shots from Cannon Beach and the magnificent forests that surround it plus