I have taken photos of the trees casting shadows on this building before, but this one shows nice branching that the others lacked. This is one of the building that is still in use on the grounds of Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend.
I was walking around Fort Flagler on Marrowstone Island (just SE of Port Townsend, WA) and it was awfully wet. The area is close to sea level, just off the beach, and at the base of a bluff. I think the water that pools up just sits on top of the brackish groundwater. I liked the reflections it provided.
These were taken at Fort Worden State Park and show some of the relics left over from when it was more a Fort than a State Park. Taken with a Nikon FM3a on Kodak Tri-X film.
These images were all taken at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA. In addition, they were all taken with a Nikon FM3a on Kodak Tri-X black and white film. I have taken a number of photos of the poplars shown above, but typically they were taken of their shadows. The bottom photo is a little different, showing some branches with a background of the Admiralty Inlet area (where the Strait of Juan de Fuca meets Puget Sound with Whidbey Island in the background). There are a couple of viewing locations along the top of the bluff that look out through the trees to the water.
I give myself shooting assignments sometimes to keep practicing different photographic vision or skills. This day I was looking for shapes and textures … since I was shooting black and white film (with a Nikon F100), shapes and textures increase the likelihood that there will be some interesting part to the image.
I was happy with both of these.
