Dyes Inlet from Washington Narrows on the Kitsap Peninsula
Alpenglow on Dyes Inlet near Tracyton on Puget Sound’s Kitsap Peninsula – Washington state ©2011 Ed Book A few days ago, I was in Bremerton to visit to see his spiffy new electric motor scooter and pick up the box that it was shipped in (I always need large strong cardboard for shipping large framed [...]
April panorama of the Olympic Mountains from across the Hood Canal on the Kitsap Peninsula of Puget Sound © Ed Book This is the view from our home on Nika Trail on the Kitsap Peninsula in April when the clouds are giving us a break. We haven’t seen them in a few days because of [...]
Mount Whitney in late winter
Mount Whitney along the the Sierra Crest, California ©EdBookPhoto Peace
earthshadow – hole in the sky – snowgauge
Earthshadow – Fullmoon – Snowgauge on High Hut Ridgebefore the snow ©2010 Ed Book This time of day and that month remembered as pictures on my big screen but also recalled on the inside of my eyelids when I close my eyes. I can’t see it when the clouds cover the sky unless [...]
daytrip to the ocean yesterday
Teahwhit Headacross Strawberry Bay from Third Beachin the Olympic National Park, Washington state ©2010 Ed Book ‘took a daytrip to the coast yesterday… was a sleepy day with lucky unrainy portions. Most of our time was spent driving to and from but we had a couple reprises on the trail and beach. For me, fairly [...]
My LiveJournal Blog is nine years old
On the 15th of this month, I will have Nine years of posting in my LiveJournal. In the spirit of celebrating the anniversary of my birth for a week vice day–which I started doing a few years ago when I missed my actual birth"day"–I’ll celebrate this LiveJournal anniversary for a week… whatever that entails… maybe [...]
Mt Jupiter alpenglo this week
Mount Jupiter Sunset Alpenglo in the Olympic Mountains viewed from the Kitsap Peninsula Puget Sound, Washington, USA ©2010 Ed Book I had my camera staged and ready for some bald eagle photos down at Big Beef Creek on the Hood Canal and sitting waiting cushioned on the bed in the back of my van… the [...]
it’s not always sunny in western Washington
‘seems a few clouds images are being posted here and there today so… evening alpenglo on cumulus clouds – Kitsap Peninsula, Puget Sound, Washington ©2010 Ed Book Yesterday evening the liquid sunshine stopped for a while and that strange blue filled the air before a new weather system came in from the southwest bringing in [...]
Moonset over the Olympic Mountains from Nika Trail
Moonset over the Olympic Mountains Boulder Ridge, The Needles, Buckhorn Mountain, Iron Mountain and the Jupiter Hills from the Kitsap Peninsula in Puget Sound, Washington ©2009 Ed Book Watching the full moon set over the snowcovered Olympic Mountains is a rare treat for me. Although I only have to sit up to see the mountains [...]
morning light on the Sneffels Range from Dallas Divide
Sneffels Range autumn morning light from Dallas Divide San Juan Mountains, SW Colorado ©2009 Ed Book I recorded this image last month during my autumn tour. It was one location that I wanted to visit on the tour… in fact one of the locations that has been calling me since my first visit a few [...]
northeastern Nevada three weeks ago
riding off into the sunset Nevada style (Great Basin National Park) ©2009 Ed Book I was hoping that this pass-through of this region would include a few days at Great Basin National Park but I was homeward bound and only had a couple days before something I had to be home for… so, my only [...]
Last Chance Range
Last Chance Range, Death Valley National Park ©2005 Ed Book
Big Leaf Maple with moss and Vine Maple and Stinging Nettles
alpenglo in the Duckabush River valley rain forest – Olympic National Forest, WA USA ©2008 Ed Book Big Leaf Maple, Vine Maple, Stinging Nettles, mossPeace
Looking at Oregon from Washington at dawn
Mount Hood in Oregon as viewed from Washington from the north ©2008 Ed Book early one morning about three weeks ago… Peace
Grand Ronde River Canyon evening light
The Grand Ronde River Canyon – cutting it’s course through the Blue Mountains ©2008 Ed Book Peace
a short break from printing
The Brothers – (named for the Fauntleroy brothers, Edward and Arthur) Olympic Mountains, as viewed from Nika Trail on the Kitsap Peninsula Puget Sound, Washington ©2006 Ed Book ‘taking a short break from printing (getting ready for displaying new images at our Silverdale Fine Arts gallery in ‘Oldtown’) Peace ps ‘climbed it many years ago.
Merry Christmas
Christmas Eve morning 2007 moonset over Mt Constance in the Olympic Mountains from our home on Nika Trail on the Kitsap Peninsula in Puget Sound ©2007 Ed Book Peace
Lake Crescent and Mount Storm King – Olympic National Park
©2007 Ed Book I made this image last weekend after a workshop where I was helping out. The composition was good as was the idea to display the ripples and reflections in the foreground. I used a polarizer to increase the contrast and deepen the color and cut haze but I used it at minimum [...]
Purple Penstemon sunrise at Mt St Helens
Purple Penstemon springtime at the Plains of Abraham – southeast side of Mt St Helens at sunrise ©2006 Ed Book Peace
sailor out on a yardarm
©2007 Ed Book I once served in the Navy… so many years ago that it seems it was a different lifetime or dream recalled. Between a year+ of electronics schools and another year+ of nuclear propulsion schools I spent a few months here and there aboard a few ships working as an Electronics Technician. One [...]