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It all depends on which way you look…

Looking NE towards Mt Baker

I thought these photos were all interesting … even without the fact that they were all taken from about the same spot. (not on the same day) They are all taken from Marrowstone Island, which is just southeast of Port Townsend, WA. The body of water is Puget Sound. I like the variation in mood between these. I especially like the stormy weather shot just below that has the grass blowing into a blur.

I should add that these are all shot on film. The black and white on Tri-X and the color on Portra 400. The black and whites were shot using a Nikon F100 and the color using a Nikon F75.

Looking South towards Seattle
Looking Due East
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Raccoons

Raccoon eating blackberries

We’ve got raccoons in the neighborhood … and I think we’ve got one that comes up onto our deck and get water out of the dog’s water dish. (if the dog could learn to drink water with a straw, maybe the water dish could be inside again) The worst, of course is when the dog notices the raccoon on the deck and reacts with manaical barking in the middle of the night. Regardless, the raccoons can pose well and they aren’t as camera shy as many other critters.

Who? Me?
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The Upper Dungeness Basin

Home Lake in the Upper Dungeness Basin

These photos were taken from scans of photos that I took back years ago. Fortunately, I had shared prints with a friend and he still had them after my digital files were lost in a change to a new editing/organizing program (after which point I developed a significantly more thorough backup system). The Upper Dungeness Valley is outside of the Olympic National Park in the Buckhorn Wilderness.

View of the west side of the Mt Constance – Warrior Peak group from Upper Dungeness Basin
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Visit to Hurricane Ridge and Snowpack Comparison

Bailey Range from Hurricane Hill Road — May 3, 2026

Taking advantage of beautiful warm spring weather, we went up to Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park. The views were stunning, but comparing the view (above) with a photo from about the same spot back 5 years ago and three weeks later in May shows that we have a very low snowpack this year.

Bailey Range from Hurricane Hill Road — May 21, 2021

For another view, this time looking down the Elwha River valley. This one is a little more difficult to compare snowfields, because they are similar and both are a long ways away.

The Elwha River Valley from Hurricane Hill Road — May 3, 2026
The Elwha River Valley from Hurricane Hill Road — May 21, 2021
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