This area is a photographer's dream for waterfalls. All three area's. The upper Falls, middle Falls, and the lower Falls are a cornucopia of opportunities. This was taken in the early morning as the mist was slowly disappearing. A magical place!
Mid morning at the Sol Duc river. I grew up about an hour from here and visit whenever the opportunity arises.
Lake Crescent is 624 feet deep. It's also known for its brilliant blue waters and amazing clarity (Olympic National Park) As a child I remember driving around lake Crescent's twisty road with my Mom & Dad, secretly hoping we wouldn't drive off the road into the lake. Having picnic's and camping were part of my earliest recollections. I can recall my Mom telling me to wait for an hour before I could go swimming. I spent my 20th Birthday at this same spot, diving off the dock into it's frigid waters, surfacing, whilst hollering how cold it was to my friends. The scene before me was mesmerizing as it had not changed since my childhood. The morning I shot this photo it was a quiet morning with no one around but myself. It was a time to reflect about my childhood memories, and the great times spent here . "Each year I return, it's like visiting an old friend."
One of the many obscure little waterfalls in the Gifford national forest.
Latourell Falls is unique among the best-known Columbia Gorge waterfalls, in the way that it drops straight down from an overhanging basalt cliff.
This is Two Medicine Lake with Mount Sinopah as a backdrop. It was a blustery October morning with a strong wind that was whipping up the lake.
Fall Creek Falls plummets sixty feet into the South Fork of the Snake River.
A chilly December afternoon finishes with a warm glow on Lake Fernan near Coeur D Alene Idaho.
If you were to look at a cross section of this tree, you would see the tree trunk is made up of a series of concentric rings. Since a living tree adds one growth ring each year, you can determine the age of the tree by counting the number of growth rings. A core sample taken from this triple twist tree, showed it to be at least 1,350 years old. " A sign a few feet from the tree read." This tree died around 1950. The sign had a image that showed a few precarious green leaves hanging on for life.
One of the many Waterfalls on the Lewis River in Southwest Washington. The Lewis River is a Treasure trove of beauty and certainly Nirvana for the photographer who loves capturing Waterfalls. This one minute exposure gives the image a dreamy silky look. Over the course of a one minute exposure the camera records movement that we cannot see with our own eyes. It is the expression of time, taken in a single image.
Upper Lewis River in late October is a photographer's dream.
This area is a photographer's dream for waterfalls. All three area's. The upper Falls, middle Falls, and the lower Falls are a cornucopia of opportunities. This was taken in the early morning as the mist was slowly disappearing. A magical place!
As I was walking out the door underneath my deck to throw the ball for our dog Brandy, I noticed this spiderweb with the sun illuminating it, I sprayed the web with water to highlight it, and found a leaf. in our front yard. Although it turned out, I wanted to try it with a larger leaf, and to get the small water droplet, just before it fell from the tip of the leaf. My wife Ardys is pretty resourceful. She found the perfect orange leaf to compliment the spiderweb.
The Autumn colors compliment Trapper's Peak in Montana.
This is the Salmon River, known as the" River of no return" as it flows 425 miles and is one of the longest rivers in the continental United States. The fisherman was not sure what I was up tp.
Autumn leaves embrace an old growth tree in Gifford National Forest.
~Autumn Window~ Vine Maples overlook the Lower Lewis Falls. I walked past this view several times looking for a better view of the Falls. For some reason I glanced to my left and liked the way the branches and leaves framed the waterfalls.
Spirit Falls is a scramble down a steep moss covered talus slope. It's not an easy go as there really isn't a trail or signs to follow. As I made my way down to the river I could hear the roar of the falls. It's only 33' high, but it's a monster. Two kayakers have drowned going over the falls. It's a beautifully dangerous area.
Fall Creek Falls plummets sixty feet into the South Fork of the Snake River as two fisherman examine their catch.
This was our last night camping in Montana. I noticed the sun beaming through the Aspens. Later that evening the four of us were enjoying some good conversation around the campfire when fifty feet into these trees a Wolf was skirting our campsite. He disappeared into the darkness howling and barking.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot surrounds this unique fence on the Idaho/Wyoming border.
Dancing Lupines make a grand entrance on the bank of a glacier-fed stream near Mount Adams. They seem to be peeking into the stream to see something special that only they can see. They appear each July for two weeks or a bit more, than vanish until the following Summer.
This small creek is located in the Olympic National Park near Solduc Falls Solduc Falls is always the main attraction, however I enjoy visiting this little creek each year.
"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and Autumn a mosaic of them all." - Stanley Horowitz We finished our last leg of the Trail of the Coeur D Alene's today, and had lunch at this colorful spot.
