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I Name My First Photo And Other Things

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I have taken more pictures than I can count. I mean I have to be pushing close to a million photos over the years. I know you don't see that many but trust me I have taken them. This last trip up to Crater Lake I took some really nice shots, many that I am proud of. But there is one photo that has me thinking it worthy of a name. Let me give you a little back story. I had stopped at one of the turnouts along the rim of the lake, and as normal people aproch me with questions and coments. They see that I am not looking at the lake or photographing Wizard Island, I'm looking over the edge and along the wall, and they ask "What are you taking pictures of?" My normal response is "I'm looking for a picture and if I see one I'll take it." So that was what was going on I had sparked a conversation with a couple and we spoke for about 10 minutes. They asked a lot of questions about the lake and I gave them as much info as I had. While I was talking to them th...
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Crater Lake, Things You Know And Thing You May Not Know

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Cater Lake was formed about 7,700 years ago, give or take. The Mountain collapsed in on it's self then over time filled with rain water and snow melt. It is the deepest lake in the U.S. at 1,943 ft. There are no rivers or creeks filling this lake it is all just from snow and rain. There is also no rivers or creeks running out of the lake. There are only Two Islands on the lake, One is called Wizard Island. This is Wizard Iland, shot through the smoke of near by wildfires. It also has a cone at its top, kind of like a crater in a crater thing. If you know what I mean. The other I land is called Phantom Ship Island. I really don't see the ship in its structure, but hey the name is cool none the less. This is a log that is floating in the lake, standing straight up and down, not laying flat like most other logs do. They call it "The Old Man" I make it a point to find it evey time I go. It only stick up a little so it can be trying to locate it. The...
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A Step Back In Time

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So I'm going back in time a bit, to the begining of the month of July. I made a trip to the Oregon coast to meet up with my family. Its always good to see the grandkids. Of corse I was on a mission to capture some great photos as well. I got to the coast the day before my grandkids and set uo my camp. I was spending two days at South Beach State park Campground. Its a nice campground with lots of spaces and a couple trails that lead to the beach. I snapped some nice pictures and got Six new birds added to my life list. I'll post some of them here. There was some fog two of the days I was there so some of the shots reflect that. I didn't really mind it that much, I mean sure it would of been nice to have it sunny and bright but nature don't play like that. The Pacific Loon was my favorite shot. They say its "Common" there but not at this time of the year, so it was marked as "Uncommon". Either way its a pretty bird. On my way home I decid...
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Oregon Round Trip

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So I had six days to do a round trip of Oregon (with a brief stop in Washington to see the grandkids and of corse my daughter and her husband.). A total of 1,400 miles, in that time I took 9,182 photos. For some reason unknown to me I figured out that I took 63.3 photos per mile. I guess I got my moneys worth on that. I picked up eight new birds on that trip and got some really good shots of others. I haven't really posted any of the shots from that trip besides the new birds (Posted to facebook, look me up there by searching "Ken Duck Geraths") I will be posting those shots here as well and many many more that hasn't been posted yet. So lets get into it shall we... So those are the new birds that bring my total to 227 species. That may sound like a lot to you but it really isn't that high of a number. I know many people that are what are known as "Birders" that have way more than I. But I am not really a "Birder" I take a lot o...
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