Snail - Santa Cruz Rock band - now on CD

Not photography today, but good old homegrown Rock-n-Roll music from a Santa Cruz band from the 70's.

Ken Kraft and Snail have finally released a remastered CD of their two albums, "Snail" & "Flow" !

A free song is available, so folks who have never heard of Snail can check them out, and CD ordering info can be had here:

http://www.jbmockus.com/Snail/

ENJOY!!

Eagles & Salmon in the Oregon Cascades

A beautiful November day in 2007 at a High Cascades Mountain Lake with Kokanee Salmon spawning up a creek and Eagles feeding heartily!

Gorgeous younger Golden Eagle launching from perch:


Pair of spawning Kokanee Salmon in shallow creek with natural watercolor effects:


Younger Bald Eagle enjoying the warm sun (in November!):


What a day! Special "Thanks!" to my good friend, Pat Windsor (www.windsorphotography.com) and his dog, Sage, for the fine company!

Bill Clinton Stumping for Hillary in Bend Oregon

On Monday, March 31st, 2008 - Ex President Bill Clinton graced Central Oregon with a visit while campaigning (stumping) for his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton.

I missed getting into the Bend High School gym by about 50 people, or so. Stood by the back exit with a couple hundred other yahoos, in the freezing cold and wind for almost 3 hrs while it got dark, so flashes were a plenty when ol' Bill paid a very quick homage to the frozen, wiley crowd.

Bill finally exits the gym's back door - just before he shook my (frozen) hand:


Elvis has left the building:


Bill stooping down talking to some Bend, Oregon children... "and if you're a good little girl..." (sorry ;)


Well, we don't get out much here in ol' Bend Oregon! But photographing Ex President Bill Clinton was kinda fun. No political agenda for me... just shooting pics!

Spider web-building at night

Photographing insects is a wonderful way to burn some time! I was standing on our daughter's back porch, at night, where a Silver Maple tree's leaves hung near head-level. I turned around and this arachnid almost hit my face.

With my camera just inside, I experimented with the pop-up flash brightness on my Nikon D200 until the subject was "lit just right." The spider (and I'm not sure of the species, but they're all over Eugene/Springfield, Oregon) paid little attention to me as it went about its business of spinning a web.

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I love photography, and with the advent of digital cameras, computers, digital image editing, etc., I love taking photos even more! This blog is for my favorite photographs and creative images, and maybe some thoughts on photography in general. I hope you enjoy!