Cape Alava Trail

Taken in Olympic National Park. This is a short and fun trail to the Pacific Coast, but it is incredibly slick when it is wet. I have taken several spills on this trail, but I always end up falling harmlessly in the shrubbery on the side. Most of the time I can avoid the fall by throwing my arms out in the air to balance myself. I'm sure I look awfully strange to the possums and coons watching from the trees!

Horizontal Version

This is another shot from the Washington trip. I think I like the vertical version better. The waves were actually pretty violent but the intensiy of the waves does not show up in the slow shutter speed. I am looking forward to printing some of these out at 12x18 to see how they look.

In other news, I am going on a kayaking/camping trip this weekend. The fun never ends :-)

From Mountains to the Sea

One thing I like about Northwest Washington is that one day I can be shooting great winter scenes in the mountains, and the next day I can be on coast where the temperature is more mild and shoot scenes like this. Finding a good composition in this area was not hard, but it was difficult (as it always is) to find a truly great composition. This is probably one of my favorites for this area, as composition goes.

Canon 20D, Canon EF 17-40mm lens, SS6", f13, ISO 200

Nooksack Valley View

In further anticipation of my trip to Washington state, I am posting another winter photo from the Mt. Baker area in Northwest Washington. I took this photo after a light snowfall last year. After you have spent some time in the south where it does not snow, you come to realize there is nothing like the smell of evergreen trees and the sight of snow sprinkling the trees. I am looking forward to my visit back.