danstark

danstark

Mar 2025

Celebrate Spring!
Without discriminating,
It spreads joy again

#Haiku #Photography
*#MonochromeAndColor #FlowerPhotography
#MakeToEscape
#Portland
#Oregon

A cluster of Trillium with water droplets is in focus, set against a blurred forest background in black and white.A cluster of white trillium flowers with broad green leaves grows in a forest setting with blurred trees in the background.
Mar 2025

Spring Comes Despite All
Trillium Bloom On Time
Rivers Rise and Fall

#haiku #Photography #MonochromeAndColor #MakeToEscape #Oregon #PNW

A black and white photo of a single Trillium surrounded by large leaves in a forest setting.A color photo of a single Trillium surrounded by large leaves in a forest setting.Puffy white clouds in a blue sky over the Willamette River surrounded by the green forest.A monochrome photo of puffy clouds, and clear sky over the glassy Willamette River surrounded by trees.
Mar 2025

Spring Starts When the Trillium Bloom

#Photography #MakeToEscape #Oregon #MonochromeAndColor #Trillium #FlowerPhotography

My first sighting of the trillium blooming in the spring of 2025 at Trion Creek state natural area in Portland, Oregon.My first sighting of the trillium blooming in the spring of 2025 at Trion Creek state natural area in Portland, Oregon.&10;&10;AltAlt:&10;A white trillium flower is blooming amidst a forest floor covered with leaves and surrounded by greenery.
Mar 2025

In honor of the cloudy skies in the PNW for tonight’s eclipse, here’s the May 26, 2021 eclipse.

#MakeToEscape #PhotoTimeLapse #Eclipse
Mar 2025

Winter’s Quiet Willamette

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #MonochromeAndColor #MakeToEscape #Oregon #PNW

A monochrome picture of the Willamette River with water reflecting a winter sky.A tranquil Willamette River scene captures a mirrored reflection of the cloudy sky and surrounding trees along the shoreline.
Mar 2025

Earthshine Evening

#Photography #MakeToEscape #moonpics (re-edit from the archives 3/16/21)

Earthshine: noun. earth·​shine ˈərth-ˌshīn. : sunlight reflected by the earth that illuminates the dark part of the moon.
Mar 2025

Wilson’s Warbler

Wilson’s Warblers flit restlessly between perches and make direct flights with rapid wingbeats through the understory. Unlike most warblers, they spend most of their time in the understory grabbing insects by hovering or by picking insects from foliage. -allaboutbirds.org

#BirdPhotography #Photography #MakeToEsacape #Oregon #PNW #TryonCreekStateNaturalArea

A lone Wilson’s Warbler with it's vibrant feathers in a vine maple
Mar 2025

Lenticular Dawn

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #MakeToEscape #PNW

The dawn sky explodes with color above the silhouetted form of Mt. Hood, its peak adorned with a striking lenticular cap. In the foreground, the Columbia River perfectly reflects the breathtaking palette.
Mar 2025

Pacific Night

#MilkyWay #Photography #LandscapePhotography #MakeToEscape #PacificCity #Oregon

The light of a fishing vessel shines bright in a long expsure of the beach and sky at Pacfic City Oregon. The Milky Way towers above the ocean water, Haystack Rock and Cape Kiwanda loom prominently in the foreground.
Mar 2025

Pacific City’s Milky Way

#reedit #Photography #MakeToEscape #LandscapePhotography #PacificCity #Oregon

The Milky Way towers over Cape Kiwanda and Haystack Rock at Pacific City Oregon’s beach alongside the Pacific Ocean.
Mar 2025

When all hope is lost, you can still take a walk on the beach.
#Photography #MaketoEscape #LandscapePhotography #Oregon

Two people and a dog walk toward the Pacific Ocean waves while Canon Beach's Haystack Rock looms in the background.
Mar 2025

Morning Dune

#MonochromeAndColor
#Photography
#MakeToEscape
#LandscapePhotography

Cape Kiwanda dune ridge at Oregon's Pacific Coast lit by sunrise light.Cape Kiwanda dune ridge at Oregon's Pacific Coast lit by sunrise light.
Feb 2025

Unfiltered Fungus Photo


#Photography #MakeToEscape #MonochromeAndColor

Mushroom with intricate gills are growing on a mossy branch.Monochrome: Mushroom with intricate gills are growing on a mossy branch.
Feb 2025

The clouds above us join and separate,
The breeze in the courtyard leaves and returns.
Life is like that, so why not relax?
Who can stop us from celebrating?
Lu Yu

#MonochromeAndColor #Photography #MakeToEscape #LandscapePhotography

Monochrome: A serene Willamette River reflects the dramatic, cloudy sky, flanked by trees on both sides.A serene Willamette River reflects the dramatic, cloudy sky, flanked by trees on both sides.
Feb 2025

Run Away With Me?

#Photography #MakeToEscape #WyEast #Oregon

A vintage Ford pickup truck drives down a rural road toward a snow-capped WyEast under a cloud dotted bright blue sky.
Feb 2025

Lunch Walk

The world is in color. It feels black and white.

#MonochromeAndColor #Photography #MakeToEscape #LandscapePhotography #Oregon

A calm Willamette River reflects the trees lining its banks under a cloudy sky.A calm Willamette River reflects the trees lining its banks under a cloudy sky.
Feb 2025

The tallest peaks appear small under the vastness of the open sky.

The world has me feeling small.

#MakeToEscape #Photography #LandscapePhotography #WyEast #Oregon #PNW

Wy'East, Oregon's highest peak, appears small under a vast, clear, star-filled sky.
Feb 2025

Snow Day

Portland #Snowpocalypse 2025

#MonochromeAndColor #MakeToEscape #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Oregon

Monochrome: A snow-covered path winds through a tranquil forest with bare, frosted trees under a cloudy sky.A snow-covered path winds through a wintery forest, with trees coated in snow under a blue sky.
Feb 2025

In the darkest days, there’s light.

#Photography #MakeToEscape #LandscapePhotography #Oregon

A sunlit path winds through a forest with tall trees and dense foliage.A sunlit path winds through a forest with tall trees and dense foliage.A sunlit path winds through a forest with tall trees and dense foliage.
Feb 2025

Seven

#DiscGolf. #Photography #LandscapePhotography #MakeToEscape #Oregon #Wilsonville

The 7th fairway and basket at the Memorial Park Disc Golf course sits in a serene landscape featuring a grassy field bordered by trees under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.
Feb 2025

Sunday Service

#Photography #MakeToEscape #Oregon #LandscapePhotography #pnw A favorite trail in Tryon Creek State Park. This trail is wide and allows access to State Park vehicles. They are rarely seen however and mostly it’s just a well groomed, walking path with towering Douglas Fir trees on either side.
Feb 2025

Winter River

#LandscapePhotography #Photography #MakeToEscape #Oregon

The Willamette River bordered by trees reflects the partly cloudy blue sky above.Monochrome: The Willamette River bordered by trees reflects the partly cloudy blue sky above.
Feb 2025

Sundog River

A sundog is a concentrated patch of sunlight occasionally seen about 22° to the left or right of the Sun. Sundogs often ...
Feb 2025

Sunrise Over Paradise (Park)

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #MakeToEscape

The morning sun rises over Paradis Park, just above the tree line on Wy'East. I post using the hashtage "make to escape" to convey, in some small way, the utter despair and hopelessness I feel about the state of our community. Have people been so utterly horrible my entire life and were only constrained by the norms and restrictions of polite society? How is it that we are witnessing in real time the utter destrutions of all that is good. I "make to escape" what now feels like a simulation of the worst of all possible outcomes.The morning sun rises over Paradis Park, just above the tree line on Wy'East. I post using the hashtage "make to escape" to convey, in some small way, the utter despair and hopelessness I feel about the state of our community. Have people been so utterly horrible my entire life and were only constrained by the norms and restrictions of polite society? How is it that we are witnessing in real time the utter destrutions of all that is good. I "make to escape" what now feels like a simulation of the worst of all possible outcomes.The morning sun rises over Paradis Park, just above the tree line on Wy'East. I post using the hashtage "make to escape" to convey, in some small way, the utter despair and hopelessness I feel about the state of our community. Have people been so utterly horrible my entire life and were only constrained by the norms and restrictions of polite society? How is it that we are witnessing in real time the utter destrutions of all that is good. I "make to escape" what now feels like a simulation of the worst of all possible outcomes.
Feb 2025

Sunrise Over Paradise (Park)

#Photography
#LandscapePhotography
#MakeToEscape

A dramatic black and white landscape features a rugged Wy'East with swirling clouds above and patches of snow.A dramatic landscape features a rugged Wy'East with swirling clouds above and patches of snow.A dramatic landscape features a rugged Wy'East with swirling clouds above and patches of snow.