A most happy holiday season to all.
These trees are my current favorite image. A nice reminder that nature knows how to decorate better than humans.
- Camera: Nikon D850
- Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm set at 330mm
- ISO 200 1/400 sec f/8
Decorated Trees
Foggy Winter Scene
This was from the same day as the previous post (Sunny Winter Scene) and about an hour later. The clouds came up the mountain and everything was totally socked in. Not much to shoot except the outlines of trees. So, I shot outlines of trees. This is not a black and white image, by the way. There just isn’t any color making it through the fog.
- Camera: Nikon D850
- Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm set at 400mm
- ISO 200 1/32o sec f/7.1
Sunny Winter Scene
I was walking around up at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park recently. Not much snow, so easy walking. A couple of folks were cross-country skiing, mostly because it was the first time they could.
- Camera: Nikon D850
- Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm set at 400
- ISO 200 1/640 sec f/14
Gray Jay
We were eating lunch during a hike at Hurricane Hill in Olympic National Park. We immediately attracted a number of Gray Jays … aka camp robbers.
They are not shy at all, so I was able to get several nice photos of this little guy. I was especially happy with the details on the chest feathers.
- Camera: Nikon D850
- Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm set at 400mm
- ISO 200 1/500 sec f/11
Silver Snag
The mountain forests have scattered among them an assortment of silver snags … trees have that died and remained standing. The wood bleaches out and the wood takes on a beautiful silver color that is difficult to show on a web post. This one is in the Hurricane Ridge area of Olympic National Park.
- Camera: Nikon D850
- Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm set at 400mm
- ISO 500 1/800 sec f/8
More Wildflowers
Another group of wildflowers from the Hurricane Ridge area of Olympic National Park. One of the advantages of the area is the road running up to over 5000′ … and the only high country access via motor vehicle in the park. That translates into a pretty crowded area.
- Camera – Lens:
- Paintbrush and Yarrow: Fujifilm GFX-50R and Fujinon 120mm
- Mountain Bluebells: Nikon D850 and Nikkor 80-400mm
Blue Flowers
This assortment of blue wildflowers were all within a few yards of each other. These were along the Hurricane Hill Road in Olympic National Park.
- Camera: Fujifilm GFX-50R
- Lens: Fujinon GF 120mm
Alaska Rein-Orchid
A visit to the high country of the Olympic National Park in the summer takes you to wildflower heaven. There are lots of very showy wildflowers, but there are also some that may not be showy, but are favorites, non the less. The non showy orchid here is one of my favorites in that category.
had a problem with the post schedule. Sorry this is a little late….
- Camera: Fujifilm GFX-50R
- Lens: Fujinon GF120mm
- ISO 400 1/400 sec f/10
Bailey Range from the East
This is the east side of the Bailey Range in Olympic National Park from the Hurricane Hill road.
There is an off-trail route along the other side. I have tried to hike that trail several times, but always got rained out … or ran out of time after searching for the route.
- Camera: Fujifilm GFX-50R
- Lens: Fujinon GF 120mm
- ISO 400 1/320 sec f/14