This is part of the Dosewallips Elk herd that hangs out in the Brinnon area on the east side of the Olympic Peninsula. I found them relaxing in the Dosewallips State Park campground.
One of the local farm stands had a selection of plants and as I was looking at this sunflower, a bee came up and posed for me.
August 27, 2018
These are salmon waiting below the dam into Capitol Lake (Olympia, WA) to make their run up the Deschutes River. A nice group of fish… In the lower right corner you can see a fish half out of the water … a couple others are partially out elsewhere.
There were herons, gulls and a harbor seal or two around ….
Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Nikon 105mm ISO: 200 1/125 sec f/5.6
This ducks were all standing on this log in the morning sun. I think they may have just wanted to get out of the scummy water. I know I sure would have.
Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Nikon 28-300mm set at 250mm ISO 200 1/250 sec f/8.0
We were camped at Mary’s Falls Camp on the Elwha River in Olympic National Park. In the morning, while having coffee and breakfast, had a young doe walk through camp. Shortly thereafter, her two young fawns followed … clearly a little nervous about the (smelly) strangers.
A nice way to start the day for us.
Camera: Nikon 1 AW1 Lens: 11-27.5mm set at 27.5 ISO 560 1/125 sec f/5.6