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Larry Coonrod
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Threads and Instagram escapee finding solace in the great outdoors. Sharing scenic adventures, fly fishing tales, and a touch of serenity—keeping the politics to a minimum and the nature vibes to a max.
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This Long-Jawed Orb Weaver spider hitched a ride on my hat today. #oregonspiders #spiders #Tetragnatha
June 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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The Astoria-Megler Columbia River Bridge at blue hour.
Minolta 7D

#stunsunday #astoriaoregon #Minolta7D, #photography #Oregon #ColumbiaRiver #oregoncoast #PNW
A mixture of blue light and the last traces of golden hour combine under the silhouette of the Astoria-Megler bridge over the Columbia River at Astoria, Oregon. Photo taken on a vintage Minolta 7D DSLR.
March 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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The container ship Glovis Star enters the Columbia River at Astoria. The star transports Hyundai and Kia vehicles from South Korea to the U.S.

#Astoria #Columbiariver #Glovisstar #containership #Minolta7D #Oregon
The large car transport ship Glovis Star enters the Columbia River bound for Portland to offload Hyundai and Kia vehicles. Minolta 7D 28-135mm 4-4.5 ISO 200 135mm f9.5
March 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Cannery Pier Hotel & Spa on the Columbia River at Astoria, Oregon.
#minolta7d #astoriaoregon #cannerypierhotelspa #vingagecamera #oregon #columbiariver
The Cannery Pier Hotel and Spa on the Astoria, Oregon riverfront at twighlight. Taken with a vintage Minolta 7D DSLR
March 20, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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The Astoria-Mergler Bridge over the Columbia River at sunset tonight. Shot on a vintage Minolta 7D from 2006.
#astoriaoregon #Minolta7d #astoriabridge #landscapephotography #oregon #columbiariver
The Astoria-Mergler Bridge over the Columbia River at sunset tonight. Shot on a vintage Minolta 7D from 2006. The 7D doesn’t have the greatest dynamic range but Inlove the colors that come out of the CCD sensor
March 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Just ordered this Soviet era ZENIT-C camera for the Crappy Commie Camera Party in June.

The best part is it’s coming from Ukraine. Doing a small part to support the country since our coward president betrayed Ukraine on behalf of Putin.

#crappycommiecameraparty
#Shittycamerachalenge
A 1957 Russian ZENIT-C 35mm SLR camera. The ZENIT does not have an internal exposure meter. You have do it old school with a handheld light meter
March 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Black-Capped Chickadee photographed with a 20-year-old 6 megapixel Minolta 7D and a Sigma 400mm lens from 1991.
#birds #birdphotography #blackcappedchickadee #oregonbirds #wildlifephotography #minolta7d
Black-capped chickadee at a bird feeder. Taken on a vintage Minolta 7D. Minolta introduced the camera in 2005. It was the first DSLR with IBIS. Sony bought Minolta the following year and reintroduced the the 7D as the A100 with a 10MP sensor in 2006
March 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Thirty year old film in a 50 year old camera. What could go wrong?

#shittycamerachallenge #kodakx15 #film #filmphotography
My childhood Kodak X-15 Instamatic cameraand a 30 year old roll of 126 film I bought off eBay for $18
February 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Ran across this Red Wing Blackbird while on a walk at Cheadle Lake in Lebanon, Oregon today.

#redwingblackbird #birds #birdphotography #lebanonoregon #cheadlelake
February 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Lucky the cat watching the sun come up over the Cascade Mountains and Foster Lake.
#cats #catphotography #sunrise #sweethomeoregon
A young male cat perches on a deck railing above the lake as the early morning sky turns orange over the Cascade Mountains
February 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Painted Hills in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument , Oregon

#paintedhills, #paintedhillsoregon, #johndayfossillbeds #landscape #landscapephotography
The Painted Hills glow with a bright mixture of reds, yellows and oranges in the afternoon sun
February 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Old Trail Town Cody, Wyoming

#wildwest, #Codywyoming #blackandwhite #photography #oldwest #WyomingHistoricTown
Six old west wagon wheels in a line lean against a wood cabin near Cody, Wyoming.
February 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Since all the cool kids are shooting film again I dug out my remaining OG cameras to give it a go.
#kodakx15 #pentaxk1000 #Minolta7xi
Kodak X-15: My mom gave me this camera for Christmas when I was 10. I can’t imagine how many rolls of film she paid to develop—only to get blurry shots, fingers in the frame, or my “artistic” compositions of trash cans and toilets. It's disappointing that they quit making 126 film cartridges 25 years ago. I't like to use it again. Just to see if I can get better photos. Pentax K1000: I bought this right after finishing Army basic training at the Fort Polk PX. My first SLR—fully manual. Manual focus, aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. It wasn’t the best camera available, but it was the best I could afford as an E2 private making $640 a month. A great camera to learn on. Minolta 7xi: My pride and joy for years. When I bought it, it was hands down the most advanced autofocus camera on the market. It was the first to use AI—Minolta called it “fuzzy logic.” With eye-start technology, it would begin focusing and metering as soon as I looked through the viewfinder. Paired with xi telephoto lenses, it even auto-zoomed to frame what it thought was the best composition. The matrix metering was awesome. Pretty advanced stuff for 1991, especially after shooting with the K1000 for six years. The battery door broke sometime in the early 2000s, and like everyone else, I moved on to digital. By then, Sony had bought out Minolta. Recently, I found a replacement battery door on eBay, and to my surprise, the camera still works. The 7xi represents a special time in my life—I was 26, making $100K a year clearing landmines in postwar Kuwait, and had no real adult responsibilities and was still confident of my immortality.
February 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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I’ve had enough of this.
February 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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My brother landing a Deschutes River redside trout in January near Maupin. Blistering cold and windy day. I think between the two of us we landed three trout.

#deschutesriver #flyfishing #deschutesredside #maupinoregon #flyfishingphotography #outdoorphotography
Rick struggled all day trying to euro nymph in winds gusting to 30mph. I stuck to a heavy sink tip and a black wooly bugger and lots of sidearm double hauling.
February 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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A Great Blue Heron foraging in Oregon's Alsea Bay caught a sculpin for dinner.

#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #nature #greatblueheron #naturephotgraphy #oregon #alsea
Great Blue Heron in the shallows near Drift Creek on the Alsea Bay. I've always found it interesting just how long a heron will stand in one place waiting for prey to happen by. Canon 80D EF 70-300mm
February 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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I'll take two dozen eggs and an AR-15. Yes this is really a guns and grocery store in Beaver, Oregon.

#beaver_oregon #guns&groceries #Oregoncoast #ruralamerica #2ndamendment #firearmsstore
Besides a gas station, I think this is the only other store in Beaver.
February 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Early morning fly fishing on the Middle Fork Santiam River, Oregon. Took this as the early morning fog was starting to lift.

#outdoorphotography #flyfishing #santiamriver #sweethome #canon80d
Backlit photo of my brother fly fishing on the Middle Fork Santiam River near Sweet Home. Canon 8OD EF 24-105mm
February 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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A gull (California?) with a small Dungeness crab it caught in the Alsea Bay on the central Oregon coast.
#bird #birdphotography #naturephotoragphy #canon80D #oregoncoast #waldport #naturephotography
I took this photo during fall Chinook season. The gull was so busy guarding its prize from other birds that it didn’t even notice the boat nearby. Canon 80D Canon EF 70-300mm MK2 1/400sec f/8 ISO 100
February 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Skylight Cave, located about 10 miles outside Sisters, Oregon, is a 900-foot-long lava tube known for its natural light beams.

#skylightcave #oregonskylightcave #Sistersoregon #cave #oregon
I visted the cave in September when the morning sun sits lower in the sky and only one beam was visible. The moment the light appears is almost instantaneous—like a switch being flipped. To protect the hibernating Townsend’s big-eared bats, the U.S. Forest Service removes the descent ladder from October through May, closing access to the cave during this period. The descent ladder to reach the mouth of the cave. from the mouth of the cave it is about a 900 foot walk back to the skylights. The Forest Service pulls the ladder out between October and May to protect hibernating Townsend's big eared bats One of the three window collapses in the lava tube that lets light beams enter the cave.
February 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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This was Salem, Oregon today
February 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Some photos from the Save Democracy Rally in Salem, Oregon this afternoon. #feb5Rally #savedemocracy #antitrump #oregonprotest #salemprotest #trump #Elonmusk
February 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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This video pretty much sums up the feeling of the crowd during the Save Democracy Rally in Salem, Oregon Feb. 5
February 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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A Great Golden Digger Wasp on a Yellow Sage flower near Frenchglen, Oregon in the southeastern part of the state. I took this in mid-September a few years ago while looking for a wild horse herd. #greatgoldendiggerwasp #oregon #steensmountain #wildlifephotography #invertebrates #frenchglen
A Great Golden Digger Wasp perched on a Yellow Sage flower near Frenchglen, Oregon, in the southeastern part of the state near the Steens Mountain. These non-aggressive wasps are beneficial pollinators, and while males lack a stinger, females rarely use theirs except to paralyze prey. Nesting underground, the female stocks each chamber with immobilized insects—often grasshoppers or katydids—on which she lays a single egg. When the larva hatches, it consumes the still-living prey, ensuring a fresh food source.
February 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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This video was made with ChatGPT SORA using the simple prompt "people whitewater rafting." Tem Polor’s AI ID it as a rafting video and generated a custom music track. I added river sound effect from Epidemic Sound. The whole process took 10 minutes! How long before AI creates full feature films?
February 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM