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. Field Notes will be moving to my Patreon page, consider joining to see more content like this and help support the photography journey I share on the Riding The Edge Photography Youtube channel.

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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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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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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Camera - Pentax 645n Lens - 150 mm Film - Tmax 100.
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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