Category: Olympic National Forest

Autumn Colors (again)

Autumn Colors (again) – 1

I thought I would share one of the last of the images from our recent hike up the Dosewallips River Trail. The images above was taken with my iPhone 16 Pro Max. Note the lack of a ‘sun burst’ where the sun is peaking around the maple. (for comparison, see previous post https://ajjphotoblog.com/?p=15948)

Below, another view of the Dosewallips River Trail. We both enjoyed hiking this section of the trail where there were lots of dry leaves to kick and crunch. A joy not to have to rake all these! (in the past I spent one day each weekend working on clearing the lawn of leaves this time of year)

Dosewallips Trail with Plenty of Leaves
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Leaves or No Leaves

Maple with Leaves

It seems that there are differences in how individual trees in a particular location respond to the advent of fall … leaf coloration and leaf retention. For instance, the image above was taken the same day as the image below … and just a short distance away on the Dosewallips River trail in the Olympic National Forest. I suppose some difference is genetic and some is due to the amount of water each gives in comparison to the other.

Maple without Leaves

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More Autumn Colors

More Autumn Colors 1

I have visited the Dosewallips River Trail for the last few years during autumn for the colors of the maples (both Big Leaf Maples and Vine Maples). Prior to moving to Port Townsend, I would hike up the North Fork Skokomish valley (in Olympic National Park) … it being my favorite valley and closest to Olympia, where I lived at the time. The Dosewallips valley is offers some differences compared to the North Fork Skok … the Dose is in the National Forest (not the National Park) and there are many more big leaf maples along the Dose, whereas the Skok has more vine maples. The North Fork Skokomish is a lot further away from Port Townsend and has just burned this year and is still closed to entry.

More Autumn Colors 2

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Backlit Fall Colors

Backlit Fall Colors 1

More images from the fall colors along the Dosewallips River trail in the Olympic National Forest. The maples here usually are covered in moss. I try to get images where the moss is backlit and causing a green halo around the trunks and limbs. It’s hard to get that to stand out and get the rest of the image properly exposed. Post-production in LIghtroom helps, but it still isn’t perfect, in my opinion. The image below I’m happier with.

Backlit Fall Colors 2
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