Stennis Arriving 111617

The USS John C. Stennis arrived back home this afternoon, completing a cruise in the Pacific. As you can see it was an overcast, starting to rain kind of day. I had been scouting locations last summer for just such an event. However, due to the lack of good light, I headed down to Bachmann…

Posted by -  on Nov 16, 2017
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The Rainbow

I was doing my usual trip around the town when I saw a rainbow over the Port Washington Narrows. So I headed down to the boat launch in Tracyton. I had the 24-70 on the camera but it wasn’t wide enough. So I quickly swapped it for the 14-24 and snapped this photo before the…

Posted by -  on Nov 2, 2017
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Sunrise Over the Marina

This was a spectacular morning down at the Bremerton Marina. I captured about 60 images here. My method is to take a photo about every minute or two and select the most dramatic of the set for editing. The colors are natural, I only used a bit of extra saturation. No more that +8 in…

Posted by -  on Oct 6, 2017
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Sinclair Inlet

When the sky is gray what do you do? Black and white of course. This is an early morning down at Bachmann Park. But you couldn’t tell by the scene. I noticed that the M/V Kaleetan had just left the Bremerton dock so I just waited a few minutes until it passed into the frame…

Posted by -  on Sep 29, 2017
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Whale Watching

On this day there was a report of a pod of Killer Whales (Orcas, as the locals refer to them), loitering in the Port Washington Narrows. There is only a ‘narrow’ passage into the bay. So I grabbed my gear and went down to the waterfront. Unfortunately the Orcas didn’t cooperate at all. But, apparently,…

Posted by -  on Jul 6, 2017
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