The Slab Camp Trail runs from the subalpine meadows near Deer Park in the Olympic National Park down to Slab Camp on the Graywolf River in the Olympic National Forest. We just hiked the mile and a half from Deer Park to the park boundary, only dropping 600 feet of elevation. Once in a while we had some clearing and views, but most of the afternoon we were hiking with clouds blowing over the ridge, cutting our view down to the local environs. Just happy that it never rained.
I like the muted tones that fog gives you … it softens everything.
I took this near Capitol Lake in Olympia, WA. using a 300mm lens on my Nikon D810. I cropped the bottom off, it seemed to distract from the main photo element.
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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.
Going through my hiking photos from years past. I didn’t take nearly as many photos when it was foggy or misty or raining. Since I primarily hiked in the Olympic National Park, that meant that I had my camera in the pack a lot of days. After a while I got a couple of different waterproof (or resistant) cameras … first a Minolta and then a Nikonos. But the Minolta didn’t have a real good lens on it and the Nikonos was a brick. Like real heavy. I was delighted when I found the digital cameras became available in a waterproof, rugged vesion (my favorite was the Nikon AW series). These were all taken the same day, but I’m not sure what camera. It was film, though.
Just some photos of trees. Always my favorite.
This time of year they sleep and I think I’ll join them and go take a nap.
On the other hand, once the fog burns off, the trees like the warmth of the sun. So do I.
