THE OAKS OF KLICKITAT CANYON
ANNOUNCING MY NEW BOOK: Preview THE OAKS OF KLICKITAT CANYON just sayin, Peace
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 [...]
Huckleberry leaves at Takh Takh Meadow
Last week, I was in Washington state’s Cascade Mountain Range south of Mt Rainier and north of the Columbia River… I started at the Mount Tahoma Trails Association’s The Yurt for a couple days of work helping install the new laminate floor and some other tasks to get the hut ready for the snow season [...]
Mount Adams autumn book cover
Mount Adams from Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Klickitat County, WA ©2010 Ed Book This image, new book cover for a hiking guide book by Sasquatch Books. I’ll be down in this area in the next week again as well as some other favorite Cascade Range locales for autumn images. And I’ll be setting [...]
stepping into autumn wetly
I was not ready for autumn as I was up in the mountains to photograph the last of the wildflowers. There hadn’t been a hard frost so the flowers were still blooming, making up for a late summer. But, there were some clear nights where heat is lost via radiation to space. When this happens [...]
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 [...]
Sally and Bronka and their amazing dancing bear
…who would think a boy and bear would be well accepted anywhere… well, the bear was wild and I didn’t see it dance, but I did see and photograph it eating huckleberries and mountain ash berries, walking down the trail, startling Sally which amused Bronka, and then stopping about ten feet from the trail to [...]
The Garry Oaks of Klickitat Canyon
autumn Garry oak, Klickitat County, Washington ©2008 Ed Book Peace
Garry Oak
(Quercus garryana) Garry Oak, Gray Oak, Oregon White Oak, White Oak, Post Oak, Brewer Oak, Shin Oak ©2008 Ed Book Peace
old growth forest
Ohanapecosh River Valley just outside Mount Rainier National Park, Washington ©2008 Ed Book I prefer to camp in this forest when I’m in the area although there are many campgrounds near. Peace
overnight frost and lake surface freeze lasting till mid afternoon
Mount Rainier in Reflection Lake early ice ©2008 Ed Book winter isn’t just lurking ’round the corner… Peace
Black Bear
Ursus americanus on his own and hungry for desert ©2008 Ed Book When I was up at Paradise last, I spent the better part of a day photographing along about a half mile of trail following the antics of the recently posted coyote, Steller’s Jay, and a couple of bear cubs. The cubs were concentrating [...]
Grand Ronde River Canyon evening light
The Grand Ronde River Canyon – cutting it’s course through the Blue Mountains ©2008 Ed Book Peace
Where the elk slept
elk slept here the night before – Ponderosa Pine needles and grasses ©2006 Ed Book Peace
Naches Peak loop trail
Naches Peak trail – Chinook Pass – Mount Rainier National Park, Washington ©2006 Ed Book This image caught my eye while working on my LightRoom data base and asked me to post it–so here… Peace
Takh Takh wet spot
Takh Takh Meadow – Gifford Pinchot National Forest near Mt Adams, Washington ©2008 Ed Book This is a closer look at the wet area in the last image posted at Takh Takh Meadows near Takh Lakh Lake. It isn’t an HGR image like the last though. Peace
Takh Takh Meadow and Mt Adams in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Takh Takh Meadow and Mt Adams ©2008 Ed Book Did you recognize this as a HDR (High Dynamic Range) image? It’s my first try using Photoshop CS3. I have been bracketing exposures for a long time but this is my first try at combining them via HDR. In the past, I’ve used bracketed exposures for [...]