Field Notes
Field Notes is a landscape and nature photography journal, made of video shorts recorded while out in the field making the image that is displayed with the video, these videos give a glimpse to the thought process and the making of the images on this page. Check back for new installments in this ongoing photography series.
Shades of Gold - The stages of decomposition is the story this image is telling. The limited use of color helps to tell the story of autumn, from a newly fallen leaf surrounded by other leaves in more advanced stages of decomposing, returning back to the soil during the cycle of life in the forest. Camera - Nikon D810 Lens - Nikon 85mm 1.8G
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©David Patton
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©David Patton
Duckweed Frog - A frog hides in duckweed near the bank of a small Willamette Valley pond on a hot summer day in Albany, Oregon. Camera - Nikon D810 Lens - Tokina 400 mm 5.6
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©David Patton
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©David Patton
Snow Hummingbird - An image I've never seen before, let alone photograph, A hummingbird in the snow. I didn't have to travel far for this unique image of an Anna's Hummingbird in the snow. I just stepped out my front door in Lebanon, Oregon.
Camera - Nikon D810 Lens - Tokina 400 mm 5.6
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©David Patton
Camera - Nikon D810 Lens - Tokina 400 mm 5.6
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©David Patton
Forest Moss - I found this scene while on a run during a stay at the Oregon Coast, It was the carpet of moss that covered everything that attracted me to this spot.
Camera - Nikon D5200 Lens - Tokina ATX 12-24 mm @ 12mm.
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©David Patton
Camera - Nikon D5200 Lens - Tokina ATX 12-24 mm @ 12mm.
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©David Patton
Dune Tree - This photo was made in the Oregon Dunes on the central Oregon Coast after a long trek across the dunes, what looked like a person standing in the sand from a long ways off, ended up being a lone tree mostly covered up by the sand.
Camera - Pentax 645n Lens - 150 mm Film - Tmax 100.
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©David Patton
Camera - Pentax 645n Lens - 150 mm Film - Tmax 100.
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©David Patton
Fire Fern - If you use your imagination you can see flames dancing around a burned tree in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, Oregon.
Camera - Nikon D5200 Lens - Tokina ATX 12-24 mm @ 12mm.
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©David Patton
Camera - Nikon D5200 Lens - Tokina ATX 12-24 mm @ 12mm.
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©David Patton