Oregon Trip Dec '09

[GopherM]

Panorama of Mt. Hood

Mt. Hood from Hwy 14

Farm on the Columbia River

Maryhill Art Museum

 

[flomaster]

Awesome pics. You got them at the right time as now it won't quit raining!!!! Working out of Hood River for a few weeks.

 

[hvp05]

That's a nice farm; very different overall landscape from what's found in the east.

The museum is also nice; feels like something in the English countryside.

 

[GopherM]

That's a nice farm; very different overall landscape from what's found in the east.

The museum is also nice; feels like something in the English countryside.

The museum is in the high desert area and is about 600' above the Columbia River and about a mile or so east of the Maryhill Vineyards. The wind was blowing about 30 mph and gusting higher.

 

[GopherM]

Awesome pics. You got them at the right time as now it won't quit raining!!!! Working out of Hood River for a few weeks.

Thanks. I was working aboard a ship at Swan Island in Portland and it was FREEZING cold that entire week. No rain, but cold and windy. This was my first trip there and I was kind of awe struck by the scenery.

Take care and stay dry while you're there.

 

[flomaster]

Thanks. I was working aboard a ship at Swan Island in Portland and it was FREEZING cold that entire week. No rain, but cold and windy. This was my first trip there and I was kind of awe struck by the scenery.

Take care and stay dry while you're there.

It is pretty amazing here. I couldn't live without the sun for too long. Weather in the 40's now so not to cold. I hear it gets really cold in January so not looking forward to that. They use pebbles on the road instead of salt which is weird and they don't seem to use the plows to their fill affect so the interstate gets really rough with ice. Very strange. But on top of all that its a Beautiful place. Take care.

 

[GopherM]

It is pretty amazing here. I couldn't live without the sun for too long. Weather in the 40's now so not to cold. I hear it gets really cold in January so not looking forward to that. They use pebbles on the road instead of salt which is weird and they don't seem to use the plows to their fill affect so the interstate gets really rough with ice. Very strange. But on top of all that its a Beautiful place. Take care.

They were putting what they called an "anti-freeze" powder down last Friday night and I noticed that the roads have a much more coarse surface than back here.

We did get to drive by NASCAR driver, Greg Biffle's house in Camas while we were there...nice neighborhood.

 

[pixelmeister]

Nice pics!
Good to see you such a great outcome of your boondoggle...

 

[itsbob]

Awesome pics. You got them at the right time as now it won't quit raining!!!! Working out of Hood River for a few weeks.

What OEM are you working with out of Hood River??

UAVs or TTLS??

 

[itsbob]

They were putting what they called an "anti-freeze" powder down last Friday night and I noticed that the roads have a much more coarse surface than back here.

We did get to drive by NASCAR driver, Greg Biffle's house in Camas while we were there...nice neighborhood.

The coarse surface isn't intentional it's from the STUDS they run in their tires.. If you move a little to the left or right in your lane you'll notice it gets MUCH quieter when you get out of the stud grooves..

 

[GopherM]

The coarse surface isn't intentional it's from the STUDS they run in their tires.. If you move a little to the left or right in your lane you'll notice it gets MUCH quieter when you get out of the stud grooves..

I'm pretty sure it wasn't from the studs. I spent 5 winters in Maine and know what you mean. This rough surface was from shoulder to shoulder. Just a universal rough gravely surface.

 

[GopherM]

Nice pics!
Good to see you such a great outcome of your boondoggle...

Thanks. These were the first I shot in raw and did any PP on. I'll have to go back and work on the same images again and see how many variations I can get.

 

[hvp05]

I'll have to go back and work on the same images again and see how many variations I can get.

That could take you a while. Can you show any new images?

And isn't RAW great?

 

[itsbob]

I'm pretty sure it wasn't from the studs. I spent 5 winters in Maine and know what you mean. This rough surface was from shoulder to shoulder. Just a universal rough gravely surface.

I travel the gorge quite a bit (or used to). REALLY irritating sound.

I don't remember it from Maine at all.. though Maniacs know how to drive in the snow and most don't use studs, but in the Gorge they said it was ice more than snow..

 

[GopherM]

That could take you a while. Can you show any new images?

And isn't RAW great?

Most of the rest of the shots were family, from the work site. I have a few others from some of the vineyards that I haven't had time to play with yet.

I just read an article that said you should shoot everything raw if your camera has that capability. The processing software keeps being updated, so once you have it in raw format, the future updates will always let you do things with raw that don't exist with jpeg.

 

[hvp05]

though Maniacs know how to drive in the snow and most don't use studs, but in the Gorge they said it was ice more than snow..

I can't speak for Mainers, but in Vermont if you need to travel backroads with any regularity, studs can be quite helpful to have installed. On ice they might be the only thing between you and the ditch.

I just read an article that said you should shoot everything raw if your camera has that capability. The processing software keeps being updated, so once you have it in raw format, the future updates will always let you do things with raw that don't exist with jpeg.

Yeah, jpg is a 'flat' format in that you are rather limited in how much you can edit; plus, as you said, RAW continues to be developed and enhanced so it is better today than even a couple years ago.

 

[itsbob]

I can't speak for Mainers, but in Vermont if you need to travel backroads with any regularity, studs can be quite helpful to have installed. On ice they might be the only thing between you and the ditch.


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In NH studs were frowned upon, and the natives would make fun of the lowlanders that would have them on their cars.

Then get pissed at them about the damage they did to the roads..

 

[hvp05]

In NH studs were frowned upon, and the natives would make fun of the lowlanders that would have them on their cars.

Then get pissed at them about the damage they did to the roads..

I had them put on my new tires last year per the recommendation of a longtime Vt. resident, and no one has laughed at or complained about me. Not to my face anyway.

There used to be a law that if one had studded tires they had to be off by 15 May (or about), but supposedly you can run them all year nowadays.

It's funny how many folks get worked up over a coming snow, much as people in Md./D.C./Va. But maybe they're the transplants.

 

[itsbob]

There used to be a law that if one had studded tires they had to be off by 15 May (or about), but supposedly you can run them all year nowadays.

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WOW, no kidding??

I never ran studs on any of my cars, trucks or minivans while I lived up there. Just one of those things my dad always told me was unncecessary. Did have snowtires for the '76 Nova though..

 

[hvp05]

WOW, no kidding??

I had to have my tires replaced in October. Instead of buying new all-terrains for one or two month's use, I wanted to have my winters put on but was worried if it was too early. The shop said it wasn't, and even tried to find some information on it, and told me I could run with studs all year.

I never ran studs on any of my cars, trucks or minivans while I lived up there.

I was at a good elevation and on a backroad last year, but now am lower and stay on paved roads, so I probably don't need studs... still nice to know they're there though.