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I went for a quick hike the other day. Powell Butte is one of my favorite places to walk and mountain bike – it’s near my in-law’s house in Gresham, Oregon. It used to be an apple orchard, the remains of which are at the top of the open fields on the hill. The edges of the park are ringed with dense old-growth (I think) forest.

I love the light there near the end of the day. Usually you can see many Cascade peaks from that spot; it was cloudy to the East, so I focused on the light and trees.

And, there’s daisies!

Also of note: I processed these images in the now-shipping version of Lightroom 3, with which I am pleased. Aperture 3 also is looking good, but I think LR3 has the edge in speed, noise reduction (it’s very impressive), stability and image-processing quality. I think Aperture does a nicer job of integrating DSLR video footage, but I have separate tools for dealing with that already. If I were recommending one solution (to deal with both) to a non-technical user, it would likely be Aperture for pure ease of use.

Posted by Allan White in Landscape & Still Life