danstark

danstark

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

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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

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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)

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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)

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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.
Feb 2025

Lenticular Zoom

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A dramatic cloud formation arcs over a jagged mountain peak against a backdrop of a textured sky.
Feb 2025

Winter’s Willamette


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A calm Willamette River reflects the surrounding trees and cloudy sky, creating a serene natural scene.
Jan 2025

Gone

What. Else. Will. We. Lose.

[Where are the swifts?] (https://birdallianceoregon.org/blog/where-did-the-vauxs-swifts-go/ )

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A Portland birders seasonal milestone in years past, an impossibly large flock of vaux swifts is flying around the Chapman Elementary chimney against a cloudy sky. Very few swifts returned this year.
Jan 2025

Grand Canyon: Aerial Tour

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A dramatic black-and-white aerial view showcases the deep layers and rugged formations of the Grand Canyon.A dramatic aerial view showcases the deep layers and rugged formations of the Grand Canyon.
Jan 2025

Peak Fall

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A snow-capped Mt Hood towers over a forested Government Island in the Columbia River in the foreground under a clear blue sky.

Jan 2025

Full Color, Monochrome.
Light snow weaves together.
Branches of the Trees.

#AlmostHaiku

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Jan 2025

Peak

We call this Wy’East. No matter what Google does with it’s cartographic annotations.

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A snow-covered Wy'East peak is set against a clear blue sky.
Jan 2025

The @pinksky.app is looking pretty pretty good friends

@pinksky #atprotocol #Photography

Pinksky app iconPinksky app profile page Pinksky grid of my media posts to Bluesky
Jan 2025

And what is good, Phaedrus,
And what is not good—
Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?

-Robert M Pirsig

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Monochrome: A narrow forest path is surrounded by tall, bare trees, creating a peaceful and slightly mysterious atmosphere.A sunlit forest path is surrounded by tall, leafless trees under a clear blue sky.
Jan 2025

Winter Volcano

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A snow-capped Mt St Helens stands in the distance beyond a forested area and the Columbia River.
Jan 2025

My first sighting of Hair Ice.

#Photography #MakeToEscape #Oregon #PNW

A delicate, feathery formation of "hair ice" clings to a branch amidst mossy and leafy surroundings in a woodland setting.iNaturalist: Hair ice, with its delicate, white, hair-like structures, is shown on a branch, alongside a map highlighting its observations in various regions.
Jan 2025

Hidden Bounty

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Monochrome: A cluster of mushrooms grows at the base of a tree surrounded by ferns.A cluster of mushrooms grows on the forest floor surrounded by ferns and a tree trunk.
Jan 2025

Autum, Winter, Spring
None are Summertime
Each a Favorite


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A wooden bridge surrounded by leafless trees under a dramatic, cloudy sky in a black and white setting.A wooden bridge spans a path in a forested area under a partly cloudy blue sky.A wooden bridge crosses a path in a forested area under a vibrant blue sky with fluffy clouds.