Sailboat at the Dock

It was a fair June day down at Illahee State Park. A storm had just passed through and the clouds were separating. Someone on a live-aboard sailboat was berthed at the dock. There wasn’t much color in the scene which made a great candidate for a black and white conversion.

Posted by -  on Jun 9, 2016
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Rendsland Park

There is a park at the ‘hook’ of Hood Canal that looks south, Rendsland Oyster Park and Kayak Launch. It is a very remote county park. I was down there a low tide, which is what I prefer as it adds a more interesting foreground. Fortunately there were some clouds for the background. The driftwood…

Posted by -  on May 25, 2016
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Longbranch Marina

This is one of my favorite views of Mount Rainier. There used to be a restaurant at this spot but it has since been torn down. It’s is really difficult to get any clouds in the photo and still have a clear view of the mountain.

Posted by -  on Apr 19, 2016
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Port Orchard Marina Fire

I was working the night shift so I would stay up most of the night. I would also listen to the police scanner just to break up the monotony of late night, early morning television. I heard a really big call out to the marina. Now I know marina fires can be monstrous due to…

Posted by -  on Mar 20, 2016
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Salisbury Point Sunrise

There were a bit of clouds and fog rolling in on this February morning. So I headed up to Salisbury Point Park on the east end of the Hood Canal bridge. This was my first foray with the 14-24mm f/2.8G lens on the D810. I had my old cheap tripod that broke sometime later. I…

Posted by -  on Feb 7, 2016
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Mount Rainier at Sheridan Park

This one was taken down at a small park across from the Sheridan Park Community Center. The park overlooks the Port Washington Narrows and the new Manette Bridge. I used the Nikon D810 with a classic lens. The Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 Series-E that I had bought with my Nikon FG film camera back in…

Posted by -  on Jan 24, 2016
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