Painted Hills Abstract

My favorite lens is the 10-22 wide angle lens but at the Painted Hills there were opportunities to use a telephoto lens. The challenge was getting lines and shapes in balance.

Technical: WB at 7500

Waiting for color

I arrived as the moon was setting through the clouds and the eastern sky was overcast. The meadowlarks were singing but no color. Finally the sun broke through for a minute or so, just long enough to arrange a few compositions. All in all, a memorable morning.

Painted Hills

Oregon has tremendous diversity and is a photographer's dream. One out of the way treasure is a national monument known as John Day Fossil Beds. Mitchell is the nearest town, population 103, and has a great drive through coffee shop for the caffeine starved photographer. I'm starting with this shot to give a sense of place.  My daughter has been our tour guide. You can see her images of Oregon at: Forty-five Degrees North