the dancing forest
or the dancing camera… depending on the point of view Red Alder (Alnus rubra) forest in the South Fork Skokomish River – Olympic National Forest, WA ©2011 Ed Book camera motion blur in the forest …or is it the dancing photographer? Here are some more of the forest from last week [...]
tumbling water to travel down deep canyons and across tidal flows to the Hood Canal in Puget Sound
this water will flow into Cedar Creek and then down the Skokomish to the Hood Canal in Puget Sound ©2011 Ed Book Last week, I spent a few days up the drainage of the South Fork of the Skokomish River in the Olympic National Forest on the south side of the Olympic Mountains. It’s an [...]
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 [...]
Meandering through a meadow in the Indian Heaven Wilderness
a meander through an autumn dry meadow in the Indian Heaven Wilderness Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Cascade Range, Washington ©2010 Ed Book A few weeks ago, I was in the Cascade Mountain Range between Mt St Helens and Mt Adams. I spent most of a day in Takh Takh Meadow near the Mt Adams Wilderness. [...]
The forest near The Yurt
Although it rained all of the six days I was up at The Yurt early this month, it didn’t rain continuously. When it wasn’t raining, I was out and about in the forest, on the trails–light maintenance, trimming errant branches that will be snowladen and hanging low over the ski trails and a hinderance to [...]
I want a pond…
…was just looking at some photos a Facebook friend posted of their new pond/waterfall feature in their backyard. My own pond is still under construction… In case you dear readers/watchers/observers don’t remember from way back in this LJ, I used to post photos of the progress on my hill/waterfall/pond as it progressed… I haven’t posted [...]
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
a walk in the forest
late evening passage – Kitsap Peninsula, Puget Sound, Washington, USA ©2009 Ed Book ‘went for a walk in the forest this afternoon, made photographs got dark no light got lost surprised by getting lost Peace
and along the trail…
Bobcat tracks along the trail ©2009 Ed Book I see Bobcat tracks along the trail often but have only seen an actual cat a couple times and it was in the summer. Their main food is the Snowshoe Hare which I noticed this winter being rare probably because of the extremely deep snows of last [...]
the snow up there is about ten feet deep right now
…and then, there are the drifts wall of snow The Gifford Pinchot NF from High Hut ©2008 Ed Book Peace ps we saw the first hummingbird of the season today
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
Cottonwood Poplar grove Black Cottonwood x Eastern Cottonwood
Cottonwood grove – Boardman, Oregon©2008 Ed Book Peace
Cottonwoods
Cottonwood Grove dream ©2008 Ed Book I should mention that the effect here was not generated in Photoshop but instead in the camera during the exposure… it’s called ‘moving the camera’. Peace
Black Cottonwood x Eastern Cottonwood = Hybrid Poplar
Hybrid Poplar grove, Boardman, Oregon ©2008 Ed Book If you travel east on I-84 through eastern Oregon, you’ll see this grove. Get off the exit and go walk in the grove, It’s quite surreal, all the trees the same size and in lines… I’ve been by here a few times but this was the first [...]
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
a visit to a waterfall friend this week
tumbling water near Walker Pass – Olympic National Forest – Washington ©2008 Ed Book Before my Daughter and my Grandkids flew back to the east coast, I spent a few days camping with them and my Son, Seth and my new Daughter-in-law Victoria. On the way home, I visited an old friend, this waterfall along [...]
