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