Stayton (Oregon) Daily Photo
Located in Stayton, Oregon, USA, also featuring other nearby towns in the Willamette Valley.
Showing My Face
May 16th
Here are some random flowers found outside the Stayton Public Library on 1st Ave. a couple of days ago.
Transcendence
May 15th
I went to the library to drop off my ballot yesterday, so I stopped by the little creek next to it to take a few photos. And then I started to feel like I was going to throw up, so I stopped taking pictures and left. But before that second part, I took this picture. It’s a 30-second long exposure.
Street Closed
May 14th
Locals may have noticed the street construction on 10th Ave. The south side (shown above) of it is presently closed. From what I vaguely remember reading (I tried to find the article, I swear!), construction will be ongoing over the next handful of months to give the street sidewalks and actual shoulders the length of the road. Which is cool. The area above has no sidewalks, and I see people walking along there pretty frequently. Good to know it will be safer very soon.
Everything Is Temporary
May 13th
Why, yes, we do have another random bit of spring floweriness for today. I think these are azaleas. They didn’t say, though, and I felt it rude to ask.
TO ALL MOTHERS OF ALL TYPES OUT THERE
You are awesome. Happy Mother’s Day.
Open Arms
May 12th
We have a clematis flower for today. It was shot along Water St., where these flowers are growing on someone’s chain-link fence.
Be Still
May 11th
Yes, I posted a sunset photo yesterday. But I’ve been ill the last couple of days, so… here’s another sunset photo.
In other news, I deleted every single post on this blog a few days ago. I didn’t do it on purpose, of course. The site’s database was having issues, and everything went bye-bye for a bit. Fortunately, I had a backup (though I didn’t think I did for a bit there). It was scary, so I’m going to try to avoid ever doing that again.
The Edge Of Glory
May 10th
I took today’s photo a couple of nights ago, just after sunset. For those who might care, I achieved the look of it in camera by using two ND filters to make things darker (they also add a red tint), and by under-exposing the image.
Doerfler Farms Scuff & Puff
May 9th
Guest photographer saw this rather cool race car in a parking lot a couple of days ago. His description:
You had a shot of a high boy a couple of days ago, here’s a shot of a low boy… I had to stop by WilCo today for some dog food and parked beside this Doerfler Farms race car. I think it’s a circle track racer and in really good shape. A lot of times this type of racer has a lot of bumps and bruises but I didn’t see any on this one. Anyway, it has a very nice paint job.
Thanks, Denny!
Bright Eye
May 8th
The sunset was boring last night. There wasn’t much color and it was pretty much cloudless, so… boring. Mother Nature really needs to step up her game if I’m going to be bothered to actually put on clothing and leave the house to go try to take pictures of the setting sun.
So, instead, I went for the ‘sun peeking through some tree branches’ variation. I can tell how extremely impressed you are by my cleverness. I won’t mention I completely forgot I’d set my camera to take bracketed exposures (two stops below proper exposure, and then two stops above) and it was set to go about three stops under what the camera considers proper exposure (from when I was shooting the supermoon over the weekend), and couldn’t figure out why part of my photos kept coming out really dark and/or really light. I’m smart like that.
Stranger In A Strange Land
May 7th
This curious creature was on a trailer in the parking lot at Bi-Mart on Shaff Rd. a few days ago. I’m not all that familiar with monster trucks, but this one is a bit unusual to me. Is that body on the top part standard fair for monster vehicles? I have no clue.
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