A brief timelapse of Castle Crags

Posted on April 17, 2024 by Skip@RR

A very brief timelapse I captured in late Spring of 2024 featuring the famous Castle Crags of southern Siskiyou County. More a learning exercise than anything. I hope to do more and longer timelapse videos.

Snow dusted Xastle Crags from Spring of 2024

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Timelapse sunrise over Redding CA 4/12/2024 – 5 seconds long.

Posted on April 13, 2024 by Skip@RR

Did this TL yesterday. Turned out nice.

sunrise 4-12-2024Skip Murphy

While 5 seconds may be my attention span lately, bear in mind that this took a lot longer to shoot and edit. I shot a frame every 10 seconds and you see it here at 24 frames per second. So, roughly 128 shots taken over 20 minutes or so. Took about an hour to edit it to what you see here. Makes you appreciate those really long timelapses you see some artists do.

 

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Glowing Wild at Turtle Bay

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Skip@RR

Blog author and photographer Skip Murphy with The Lovely Karry at Glowing Wild exhibit

Here are a few images I captured of the Glowing Wild exhibit at the McConnell Arboretum at the Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding.

Butterfly
Wolves
Feather
Caterpillar-Copy
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Butterfly-tree
Butterfly-tree-Copy
Dragon
Critter
Fountain-Copy
Green-tunnel

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Glowing Wild at Turtle Bay is lovely and well worth your time:
 
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Sunset over the Sacramento River at the Sundial Bridge

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Skip@RR

Sunset over the Sacramento River in Redding in March of 2024.

Lovely evening. Brief excerpt of music by Craig Padilla and me from Eye of the Storm.

Sunset over the Sacramento River

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Good morning from the Sacramento River at the Diestlehorst Bridge

Posted on March 9, 2024 by Skip@RR

Diestlehorst bridge in the morning

Good morning! That’s all. -Skip

 

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3 Shastas early March 2024

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Skip@RR

Looks like a good water year.

3 Shastas 3-7-2024

 

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Shasta Dam Spillway in use again

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Skip@RR

Even though we are just barely over an average rainfall year, they opened up some valves to keep the reservoir from overfilling/overtopping. Always a tough call, trying to balance conserving water in the lake, but not being so greedy that they lose control and get flooding downstream.

Shasta Dam Spillway 2-22-2024

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New Courthouse in Redding is about to open

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Skip@RR

I see the new courthouse in Redding  is finally set to open. I captured this aerial footage of it under construction in the fall of 2022. The scene starts across the street at the old courthouse, dressed in beautiful fall colors, and then (takes too long) to circle the new structure. Worth a view, if you haven’t seen it elsewhere on social media.

River looking east in the fall

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Redding projected as #1 for real estate appreciation by Core Logic

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Skip@RR

Rare (read: Never) is it that I re-post anything here from our local paper, which is often very negative about my favorite city. If it bleeds, it leads. But this article really caught my attention. People are starting to notice that Redding is actually a pretty nice place to live:

https://www.redding.com/story/money/business/2024/01/20/the-buzz-redding-downtown-public-market-on-track-summer-opening-craft-cocktail-bar/72288376007/

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Chamise Peak Trail delivers a splendid perspective

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Skip@RR

A rare view that includes both Castle Crags on the left, and the 3 Shastas to the right.

A perspective gained from the top of the Chamise Peak Trail just north of Redding. The Chamise Peak Trail is considered “easy.” I guess that depends on your skills. It’s only about 2.6 miles one way, but it does rise about 600 ft. Most of the trail is wide and smooth, but towards the peak it gets more narrow and rocky. Click on images to enlarge.


 Still, the results are worth the effort. Follow Flanagan Road off Lake Boulevard west to the end, to the trailhead.

A pleasant hike rewards hikers with new perspectives. The Chamise Peak Trail.

It’s Really Redding.

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