The jet contrail added some interest to the sky, in addition to the sunset. There is also a little bit of a solar bar coming up from the sun … at least it looks like one to me. This is the waterfront at Port Townsend, WA.
Beach and Sunset
Soft Sunsets
These are a couple of old favorites that I haven’t posted before. Both have a very soft feel to them. They’re a little different from the usual sunset photos I post. O’Neil Pass (top photo) is in the Olympic National Park between the Duckabush and East Fork Quinault river valleys.
Port Townsend Paper Mill (sunset)
I like the juxtaposition of the industrial/maritime with the distant ridge line of the NE Olympic Mountains in the background. The Port Townsend Paper Mill is the single largest employer in Port Townsend, WA … (the maritime industry is larger, but made up of a lot of smaller businesses).
Tree Silhouettes (Color)
These are images of tree silhouettes that were taken at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA. The image below looks a lot like a black and white image, but if you look closely, you’ll see some color in the trunk of the madrone. That’s what happens when you are shooting with the camera exposing for large areas of sky. I was going to convert it to black and white, but decided I liked the effect of the faint color.
In addition, these images were taken with a digital camera, not on film as with my previous post.
Virga in the Sunset
Virga is rain that evaporates before hitting the ground. It’s also called ‘dry storm’. This one I saw in Olympia, Washington and was backlit by the sunset.