Approaching Winter Storm in New Mexico

Every winter, I try to make time to travel back to New Mexico to visit family around the holidays. I enjoy hiking up into the Sandia Wilderness area east of town to photograph winter storm clouds (and possibly snow) on the mountains. Around Christmas day (2018), I took a few panoramas of the approaching winter storm clouds off to the west over the city. More panoramas of the winter storm coming in the next few weeks.

Approaching Winter Storm Clouds (Colo#1, 2018), over Albuquerque, NM (12″x23″)

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Cranes at Sunset at Valle de Oro, NM

Around sunset in the winter months, migrating cranes land along the Rio Grande near the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge in southern Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Tree and Cranes at Sunset, Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, NM (12″x18″)

Rusty Pier in Fog, Elliott Bay, WA

Bulb exposure of a rusty pier in Elliott Bay along Alki Beach in West Seattle, WA.

 

Rusty Pier in Fog, West Seattle, WA (12″x18″)

Fog and Cranes in Elliott Bay, WA

Cranes and shipping containers in the fog along the Duwamish Waterway.

Cranes and Fog, West Seattle, WA (12″x18″)

Fog and Coastline along Elliott Bay, WA

Bulb exposure of a pier and pylons in the fog in Elliott Bay, WA.

Pier, Fog, and Pylons in the Fog, West Seattle, WA (9″x18″)

 

View of Mt Rainier from Paradise Loop

Panoramas of Mt Rainier from my hike up to Panorama Point from Paradise in October, 2018.

Rainier and Rocky Bluff, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA (16″x32″)

Rainier from Paradise (B&W), Mt. Rainier National Park, WA (16″x40″)

 

Paradise Loop Trail on Mt Rainier

My favorite part of the Paradise Loop trail was the less busy return (counter clockwise)- wonderful views of the Mountain, mossy streams, and rolling hillsides.

Rainier Path, Moss, and Stream, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA (16″x46″)

Rainier Path and Shadows, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA (16″x31″)

 

 

Autumn Colors on Flanks of Mt Rainier

On one of the last clear weekends this fall, I took a hike around the Paradise Loop trail on Mt Rainier. I hadn’t been over to this side of the Park in clear weather- despite the crowds on the hike up to Glacier Vista and Panorama Point, the views of the glaciers and summit are spectacular (and the number of people dropped off on the east side of the loop).

Autumn Colors and Evening Shadows, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA (17″x35″)

Rainier Path and Stream, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA (16″x55″)

 

 

Ghost Ship and Fog in Elliott Bay, WA

Ships appear likes ghosts out of the fog in Elliott Bay, WA.

Ghost Ship and Fog, West Seattle, WA (9″x18″)

Pylons, Ghost Ship, and Fog, West Seattle, WA (12″x18″)

 

Pylons and Fog in Elliott Bay, WA

I’ve been waiting for thick fog to obscure the Seattle skyline so I could shoot some bulb exposure of the structures along Elliott Bay- I got what I was wishing for in late October. This is probably one of my favorite abstract photos that I’ve taken in the last few months.

 

Pylons and Fog, West Seattle, WA (12″x18″)