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 [...]
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 [...]
here’s that word “crepuscular” again
Crepuscular Rays over the Olympic Mountains and Hood Canal of Puget Sound, WA ©2010 Ed Book I overlooked a series of images I made of God Rays last summer till yesterday. I probably skipped them then because most of the images had large burned out areas from overexposure. Yesterday, while looking again, noticed some with [...]
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 [...]
Ski Trooper Ridge panorama
About a week ago, Gene, and Phil, fellow ski patrollers and I skied out to this ridge to scout a hopefully proposed location for a new temporary Mount Tahoma Trails hut about two miles beyond the Copper Creek Hut. The view included Mount Rainier above the Glacier View Wilderness and Mount Beljica, the Goat Rocks, [...]
The peaks peeked out a little while this morning
The Brothers – Olympic Mountains from Nika Trail on the Kitsap Peninsula – Puget Sound ©2006 Ed Book Mt Jupiter ©2006 Ed Book I’m ready to head out the door and up the driveway (if I can get through the eight inches of early winter snow) to go up to Mount Tahoma Trails in the [...]
another from a few days ago on the deck
Olympic Mtns. Quilcene River drainage and Marmot Pass – ©2005 Ed Book Peace
since you asked… this evening…
Mt Constance first snow from our deck this evening yurtmeister (who’s in Ohio right now) asked if there was snow in the Olympics yet and just about sunset the clouds over the Hood Canal (fjord) cleared to show this view of Mt Constance… I’d say there is a little snow-looks like down to about 4000 [...]
Skokomish River
Skokomish River – Olympic Mountains, WA another from the high steel bridge across the Skokomish. Peace
Skokomish River Canyon
Skokomish River north fork – Olympic National Forest, WA Sunday, I was up the Skok with my Daughter, Lisa, and my three Grandkids, Cody, Parker, and Jaden, and my Son, Seth and his girlfriend, Victoria. We built a campfire and cooked hot dogs (mine veggie, theirs chicken) hiked in the rain and visited the high [...]
telephoto panorama camera
I don’t think I ever posted these photos. I was up on the road to Obstruction Point in Olympic National Park a couple years ago and came across this camera setup… it was Will Landon (Will’s website)with one of his telephoto panoramic cameras waiting for morning alpenglo on Mt Olympus and the Bailey Range. We [...]
Mt Elinore climb
I made this image in ’91 from the top of Mt Elinore in the SE corner of the Olympic Mountains. May is a good time to climb the mountain because the climbing route is up through an avalanche chute which is full of snow at this time. Kicking steps in snow is a lot easier [...]
Winter on the Duckabush
The Duckabush River flows out of the Olympic Mountains into the Hood Canal, part of Puget Sound. I made this image in the winter during a heavy rain. Usual winter weather. This location is just downstream of Ranger’s Hole, a popular fishing area where, in drier weather, I have been found sitting and watching the [...]
above the clouds on Blue Mtn.
Often clouds blanket the lowland just a thousand feet or so above the surface with the mountains in clear air with another much higher overcast obscuring the blue sky. This was such an occasion where I could look down on the fluffy cloud tops from Blue Mtn. This view looks at a ridge stretching north [...]
Clearing storm at sunset – Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain is a magic place for me. Located on the northern edge of the Olympic Mountains, it’s the ridge that towers above the spreading town of Sequim and the narrow coastal plain that borders the Straits of Juan de Fuca. One of the few accesses to Olympic National Park a road goes to the [...]
Elwah River Valley Big Leaf Maple Forest
This image was made near the trailhead to Olympic Hot Springs. in the Elwah River Valley. no manipulation Camera: Nikon F4 Film: Kodak Lumiere
Hamma Hamma River (phot)
Hamma Hamma as this river is named means stinky stinky in Chinook Jargon – the Pacific Northwest native trade language… it was named so because after the salmon spawn, they die and the smell is strong enough to drive people away and attract bears from miles away… why only this river is named such and [...]