I took this series of images of misty marshland, but couldn’t decide which one(s) I liked, so I’m including them all. These were taken a while back at the Nisqually – Billy Frank Jr. National Wildlife Refuge … and they are unaltered color images … even though they look like sepia toned.
I was wandering through my photos and came across this image of one of the twin barns at the Nisqually – Billy Frank Jr. National Wildlife Refuge. It wasn’t taken lately, so no, we aren’t having that kind of weather this week. Good think, too. I want some warmer weather, thank you.
I thought this was interesting algae that had grown on one of the beaver ponds at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Reserve (just east of Olympia). I like the bare branches of the alder and cottonwood in the background … a nice contrast. Sorry I don’t have a name for the Algae for those of you interested in such details.
Here’s another image from the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge from before the breach of the Nisqually dike system (which opened up acres of salt water marsh for young salmon habitat). I love the monochrome of this image … monochrome, even though in full color. Click on the image for an enlarged view and see the interesting texture that this one ended up with. (just don’t ask me what I did!)
This is a road that runs through the Nisqually Natural Wildlife Refuge … or did before they breached the dikes to provide for salmon habitat. It was a wonderful spot for bird watching … with an occasional other critter … like a long tailed weasel that was carrying a sparrow in its mouth and ran right alongside me. Now visitors are channeled on an elevated boardwalk. You can see water birds from the boardwalk and lots of others in the woods near the visitor center, though. Still worth a visit if you’re in the area.
Here’s a close up of frost on the native blackberry:
