While waiting for fish to jump at Tumwater Falls Park, there was this spider crawling along a fence post. I liked the grain of the wood against the blurred background with the spider between.
Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Zeiss Milvus 135mm ISO 1000 1/250 sec f/5.6
We had a trip to hike the Queets River trail (Olympic National Park) planned for several weeks. The summer had been dry and the river was low. That’s important since the first thing is to ford the river. Most of the year, the trail is inaccessible.
But of course, it is the rain forest … and so the day we arrived the river had just peaked at three times the “safe-to-ford” level. But the drive in was worth it… with mists in the forest, and elk crossing the road, and hardly anyone else around.
Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Nikon 24-85mm at 24mm ISO 640 1/160 sec f/6.3
While I enjoy summers in the Pacific Northwest, I’ll have to admit that I don’t see as many sunrises during May, June and July. This was September 2nd and I was up at 6 AM. But worth the early rise to enjoy this colorful display. This is taken from Marrowstone Island, the water is Admiralty Inlet, and if it wasn’t cloudy, you would see some of the Cascade Mountains in the distance.
Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Nikon 28-300mm Top Photo set at 100mm ISO 100 1/640 sec f/13 Bottom Photo Lens set at 28mm ISO 200 1/60 sec f4.0
In clear weather, you would see Mt Rainier just to the left of the point. But it was nice to have the sun out and see the highlights on the water.
Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Nikon 28-300mm set at 300mm ISO 200 1/800 sec f/11
I have been paying more attention to all the dragonflies and damselflies down at Capitol Lake (where I often walk). There are so many different varieties of these little critters … if you aren’t paying attention, they just all blur into a single amorphous category of “bugs”. In order to identify the photos, I’ve had to purchase some nature guides … bug books.
I like trying to track down the species… and I think I have these locked in … but if anyone disagrees with my identification, please let me know. I’m interested in accuracy, and my college studies were in geology, chemistry and math. not much help there in id-ing bugs.
Male Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Zeiss Milvus 135mm ISO 400 1/500 sec f/11 Female Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Nikon 105mm Macro ISO 200 1/320 sec f/9
