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Into the woods, to lose my mind and find my soul
  • Mid morning mist
    Photo Chasing

    Mid morning mist

    ByMichael Goatbells November 17, 2025November 17, 2025

    The camera can say it better – all taken Mon, 11-17

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  • Cold mornings around the lakes
    Photo Chasing

    Cold mornings around the lakes

    ByMichael Goatbells October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

    All week, the mornings were cold less than 40 with wind that made it feel much, much colder. Every morning with headlamp on, deer went back and forth from fields to woods; cars zoomed like idiots. One just barely missed a deer, one car hit another, but the deer survived and ran off. Reminder: Clicking…

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  • Around the lakes after T-Storms
    Photo Chasing

    Around the lakes after T-Storms

    ByMichael Goatbells October 21, 2025October 30, 2025

    T-storms rolled in on Sunday, and then Monday and Tuesday morning, the sunrise was perfectly clear under a new moon. Monday, on the south side of one lake are two farms situated on a knoll looking east … that tree I’ve photographed more than any other tree – it just catches the sun as it…

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  • Lakeside sunrise before T-storms
    Photo Chasing

    Lakeside sunrise before T-storms

    ByMichael Goatbells October 18, 2025October 18, 2025

    Nothing like midwest thunderstorms to bring weirdly unstable air, clouds and wonderful sunrises. Before the sunrise, a few clouds, and a sliver of a moon … As the sun rose, different clouds rolled in and the sun went back and forth behind them. As it came above the treetops, the redness followed And then, …….

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  • Spencer’s first fall foggy fingers
    Day Hikes | Photo Chasing

    Spencer’s first fall foggy fingers

    ByMichael Goatbells September 17, 2025September 17, 2025

    When you wake up in the morning just unwilling to drive a long distance, Spencer Butte is just so close … especially worth considering after recent rains softened up that hard gravel path. Alpine Trail and Hardesty Mt were discarded as too far to drive … I crossed the Mt Baldy meadows without a headlamp…

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  • Kirby’s Crater Lake photos
    Photo Chasing

    Kirby’s Crater Lake photos

    Bygoatbells_bupekm July 15, 2025July 15, 2025

    Oddly, as photos were reviewed for the better ones, several scenes reappeared from last time – Wizard Island and specific trees are photo magnets. If you were looking for hiking trip review – go here. Not surprisingly, Wizard Island is in several photos. Remember to open each photo in 90% resolution

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  • A mighty kestrel’s lunch
    Bikepacking | Photo Chasing

    A mighty kestrel’s lunch

    ByMichael Goatbells June 20, 2025June 20, 2025

    While out riding along the Mckenzie River today, with the flowers blooming, the sun shining, and the wind blowing, a diving small raptor caught my attention. – truly out of side of eye as I was coasting down a hill. I wasn’t sure what it was at first – it dove, and then waveringly flew…

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  • Flowers in my ‘hood
    Photo Chasing

    Flowers in my ‘hood

    Bygoatbells_bupekm April 29, 2025April 29, 2025

    There’s few things as vibrant and colorful as spring time in Willamette Valley when the flowers are just popping … these were all a couple of blocks around my house as I walked around today. Opening any photo will display in high quality resolution – extra bonus points to find the bee.

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  • Moonset, sunrise & friends
    Photo Chasing

    Moonset, sunrise & friends

    ByMichael Goatbells April 12, 2025April 12, 2025

    Continuing the practice of walking around farms and lakes before and during sunrise with better weather, the moon, the sun, birds and deer all made an entrance. The lakes just attract beautiful … < — clicking on the image opens up a higher resolution file — > Moonset Sunrise Friends A heron found a pier…

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  • Farm-side golden hour
    Photo Chasing

    Farm-side golden hour

    ByMichael Goatbells April 9, 2025April 9, 2025

    … and a lake-side sunrise with unusual birds. A very cold April morning with temperatures in upper 20s and a short window of clear skies painted a series of wonderful skies above farms around the lakes. < — clicking on photo opens higher resolution image – do it! — > Sunrise on the lake was…

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