Chuck Gardner

Profile

Age: 68
City: Veneta
Country: United States

Joined: Sep 2008

I came to Oregon 35 years ago because my wife and I were going to be parents and we didn’t want to raise our children in Southern California. I loved to hunt and fish, and enjoy the outdoor life that Oregon had to offer my new family. I still love the outdoors, but I now do my wild game hunting with my camera. It’s much safer and a lot more enjoyable and challenging. Plus, I see so many things I missed before, like the beauty of all the small things around me. I can now do my part to save all the beauty that life has to offer in the pictures that I take. I hope everyone can enjoy and benefit from them.
I got interested photography four years ago when my sister gave me a HP PhotoSmart 618 prototype that HP gave her years earlier to evaluate for them. Needless to say, I got hooked. Now that I am retired, I take my camera everywhere I go never wanting to miss a good shot that might turn out GREAT.
Please enjoy my pictures in my portfolio. Your comments will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to view my work, Chuck Gardner.

Groups

Chuck Gardner is a member of # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE , All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, The Fruit and Veg Shop(2 uploads a Day), Yellow Gallery, ! 100% !, "Old Things - 3 per Day", "Streams & Stream Crossings" 2 posts a day!, ** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), *A Beautiful Blur, *Focus and Lighting*, 1:1 Macro Photography (Limit: 2 posts per 24 hour period), 60 and Beyond, A Garden somewhere....., A Place To Call Home, A Vision Of Flight Photography (AS IS ONLY) 2 per 24 hour period, Abandoned Dark Creepy, Abstract Realism, Abstracts from Nature, Accidental Images, Aeronautics & Aviation, All About Flowers, All About Water, All Animals Great And Small., All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers, All Oregon USA, All That is Nature (Photography Only), All the Colors of the Rainbow, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, All Water in Motion (A Camera In The Description Before It Will Be Accepted), Amateur Photographers' Association, Americas ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free, Animal Kingdom, Arachnids, Artistic Motion Blur, Backyard Macro and Closeups (3 a day), Backyard Photography (NO MACROS, DOGS, CATS, INSECTS, SKYSCAPES), BARNS & Old Grist Mills and Covered Bridges from around the World!, Beach Art, Beach, River and Lake Treasures ( With location ), Bee & Wasp Passions, Benches, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Birds Of Prey (3 per day), Bits and Pieces , Black and White Photography, Boredom Competitions on the 24/7, Both Sides Now, Bridges, Bug Hunt! (with Location please), Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, & Other Winged Insects (2 a Day), Caption Fun, Cars, Motorbikes and Motorsports, Cee's Fun Artsy Friends, Childhood, Christian Churches, Statues and Crosses, Colors of Water, Communities (NO SUNSETS OR SUNRISES OR CLOSEUPS OF PERSONS, PLACES OR THINGS!!), Conservation Photography, Construction and Demolished, contrasting perceptions (NEW RULES PLEASE GO READ THEM), Country Bumpkin, COUNTRY ROADS / around the World, Covered Bridges, Damselflies - (Zygoptera), Dawn and Dusk Light, Day Hikes , Descriptions, Dilapidated Buildings, Dragonflies, Everyday Life, Everything Winter, Extreme Close-Ups, Fabulous Flowers, Fabulous Froggies!, Falling Leaves, Farms and Countryside, Fireworks, First Things, Flotsam & Jetsam, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), Flowers in macro (very close macro please), For the love of Canon - 2 Images per day with type of Canon camera used, Forests, Freedom to Shine, FROM THE EARTH - Jewels, Gems, Shells, Rocks & Fossils, Fungilicious, Funny Kritters, Going Coastal (2 art per day), Green!, Historic Places *2 per day*, Human and Nature, Hummingbirds of the World, Humour Captured, I Love Birds, ImageWriting (2/24), Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), Just Brown, Landscape Photography, Leaves , Light and Reflection 1/24, Live and Let Live, Live, Love, Dream: , LMAO ART - Your funniest work, Macro Untouched. 2 per day only (must not be photoshoped) , Mills & Mines, Miniatures and Mammoths, MIRTH (Members Images Relating To Humour), Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Mother Nature's Finest, Mysteries of the Common, Nature's Wonders, Numbers One to a Trillion, Old farts of redbubble, Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), Outsiders, Pacific Northwest , Photography 101, Point and Shooters, Prize Challenges!!, Public Art, Railway Art and Photography, Retired and Happy. 2 a day limit., Rivers and Streams, ROAD PHOTOGRAPHY - your dashboard point of view!, Ruins, Ancient and Derelict Buildings, Rural Around The Globe, Rustic, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits - 2 Per 24 Hours, Safe Haven, Scenery, Seasonal 'Scapes, Shadows & Reflections, Shoot The Moon, SHOPFRONTS , Shots in the Fog, Signs, Silhouette, Skyscapes, Snow! Glorious Snow!! 2 a day, Something Fishy, Squirrels & Chipmunks, Statues and Such, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Stop and Smell the Roses, Street Photography and Photojournalism, StreetArt, Sun Rays, Sunrise, Sunset, That One Great Shot, The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Beauty of Nature (Nothing Man-Made), The Birds, The Greatest View in the World, The Male Photographer, The Passion of Couples, The Scavenger Hunt, The true beauty, The World, Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Trains, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, United States, United States Challenges Only - NOVEMBER THEME: Signs (3 max), Urban Wildlife, Waterfall Photography, Waterfowl, Waves, Western United States Artists and Photographers, Which Way - walkways, pathways, stairways, and roadways, Who are YOU to Judge?, Wild Birds in Flight, Wild Nature Photography & Writing, Windows and Doors, You're Accepted and Your Magic PLACE.

Journal Entries

Thank you!!! "Arachnids" group

Posted about 1 month ago, 4 comments so far.

Thank You! ‘Fabulous Froggies!’ Members

Posted 6 months ago, 4 comments so far.

Thank you !!! “ImageWriting” Group

Posted 8 months ago, 8 comments so far.

Thank You !!! “Extreme Close-Ups” Group for the Feature

Posted 8 months ago, 4 comments so far.

Thank you !!! “Outsiders” Group

Posted 8 months ago, 6 comments so far.

Thank you!!! “Miniatures and Mammoths” Group

Posted 8 months ago, 6 comments so far.

Thank you!!! Butterflies, “Skippers, moths & other Winged Insects” Group

Posted 9 months ago, 3 comments so far.

I Cannot Believe My Eyes… I Won A Challenge

Posted 9 months ago, 9 comments so far.

Thank You!!! “Macro Photography” for the Feature

Posted 9 months ago, 8 comments so far.

Thank You Sooo Much!!! “Day Hikes” Group