Winter Storm Approaches Westport Jetty
Long exposure of winter storm coming in from the Pacific at Westport Jetty near Twin Harbors State Park, Washington.
Westport Jetty and Clouds at Sunset (B&W), Westport, WA (10″x18″)
Washington Coastline in Winter
Stumps and logs embedded in the sand at Twin Harbors State Park, Washington.
Stump in Waves (#3, B&W), Twin Harbors State Park, WA (12″x12″)
Salt Flats and Fog along Washington Coast
Fog rolling in off the Pacific over salt flats at Twin Harbors State Park.
Fog, Winter Sky, and Salt Flats, Twin Harbors State Park, WA (12″x18″)
Winter Light at Twin Harbors State Park
In January, I took a weekend trip to Twin Harbors State Park. Absolutely beautiful, empty salt flats and coast line.
Grass and Winter Light, Twin Harbors State Park, WA (12″x18″)
Dunes, Grass, Winter Light (B&W), Twin Harbors State Park, WA (12″x12″)
Snoqualmie Falls in Black and White
Shooting a few long-exposure photographs of Snoqualmie Falls has been on my bucket list, so I decided to check the location off my list last weekend- rainy/cloudy conditions were in the weather forecast, but the sun started poking through the clouds as I got there. Winter sun is usually a relief in the Pacific Northwest, but not for long-exposure photography.
Snoqualmie Falls in Late Winter (BW #1), Snoqualmie, WA (12″x18″)
Cloud over Stuart Range from Navaho Peak
Earlier this summer, I hiked up to Navaho Pass and Peak. From the peak, the view of the clouds spilling over the Cascades onto the Stuart Range was fantastic. More panoramas and single frame photographs soon.
Cloud over Stuart Range from Navaho Peak (BW),
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, WA (12″x18″)
Falls along Creek near Annette Lake
A single-frame photograph of the falls along the creek running out of Annette Lake in western Washington.
Humpback Falls (Single Frame), Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest, WA (16″x16″)
Seattle Skyline Bulb Exposure, Part 3
After spending a few minutes walking around scoping out Joe Block Park, I decided to try to use some of the dock/pylons to frame the Space Needle and Seattle skyline (first photograph). Although I liked the idea, I found that a later composition was more successful (second photograph).
Pylons and Rocks Framing Skyline (Bulb #1), Joe Block Park, West Seattle, WA (12″x16″)
Pylons and Rocks Framing Skyline (Bulb #3), Joe Block Park, West Seattle, WA (12″x18″)
Monsoon Clouds 2017, NM
Last July, I had the pleasure of seeing this spectacular thunderstorm roll over the Sandia Mountains while I was back in New Mexico for a conference. I pulled off NM SR556 to shoot a few single frame photographs and panoramas of the passing rainstorm as it dumped precipitation on Placitas.
Monsoon Clouds over Sandias (2017, Pano #1, Color), outside Albuquerque, NM (16″x65″)
Monsoon Clouds over Sandias (2017, SF #1, B&W), outside Albuquerque, NM (12″x18″)
Westfjords Beach, Iceland
The Garðar BA 64, a steel fishing vessel that was retired in the 1980’s, was run aground in Skápadalur Valley in the Westfjords, where it sits rusting on the beach as clouds and storms roll in off the Atlantic and Arctic. I wish I would have stopped here for longer to photograph the century-old vessel- a great example of how time, wind, and water slowly eat away at the human creation.
Garðar BA 64, Skápadalur Valley in the Westfjords, Iceland (12″x18″)
Winter Clouds over Dos Cabezas
I left Tucson for Albuquerque just a few hours ahead of the gathering December snow storm. A wall of white clouds over the salt flats just south of Wilcox kept catching my eye, and I finally had to pull over to photograph the low fog hugging Dos Cabezas peaks at Exit 352.
Gathering Storm over Dos Cabezas, near Wilcox, AZ (12″x18″)
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