Sunset on

End.

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

sunset over the farmland

End of the day on the farm.

Bronze.

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

scenic beach state park at sunset

Another photo from the trip to Scenic Beach.

Scenic.

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

sunset at scenic beach state park

We went to Scenic Beach again this evening, enjoying pizza and a sunset.

Outlines.

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

sunset on the farm

Mountains, marmot, blueberries.

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

black and white mt olympus

Last weekend I had the good fortune to backpack the High Divide and Sol Duc River trail, enjoy an overnight at Lunch Lake and summit Bogachiel Peak for unobstructed views of Mount Olympus.

blueberries and heather

Along the trail blueberries, both low bush and high, grew everywhere and they were deliciously sweet. The high grew in the forest shade and the low in the umber heather hugging the ground. We feasted continuously on the hike, often contemplating if there had been any need to bring additional food.

Gold, glow, morning.

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Good morning.

skyline

golden coast

sun and rainier

I’ve been working on cropping these photos to eliminate a lot of the overcast clouds in the sky. These are all aspect ratios of 2:1, unfortunately this is the most expensive ratio to print at Smugmug.

Sunset, Sound, mountains.

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

A really cool sunset shown on Baker this evening.

baker on fire

While I was shooting some photos one of the sun deck walkers felt the same.

“Pretty cool, yeah?”

“Indeed.”

rainier

I already have hundreds of Rainier photos but I’m not tired of taking them yet.

Moon, weather, winter.

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I took these photos a day early because the weather forecasts called for cloudy skies this evening and I wanted to capture the largest full moon of the year.

full moon

I had some difficulty with exposures because the moon was so bright that it blew out any of the trees or surrounding scenery.

moon streak

I thought I’d play a bit and set the camera for a ten-second exposure and then slowly panned the tripod head – I’m not sure what to make of this, perhaps we’ll call it “art”.

Sunset, bird, moon.

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We love the sunset and have been seeing plenty of really striking ones recently. Yesterday we viewed the show at Fort Ward State Park and while the sky was decent I think the next set of photos work because of the bird flying through the frame – scroll quickly to make it all movie-like.

sunset

sunset and bird

bird

sunset and bird

We have some beautiful farmland on the island and enjoy walking it off-season – today we went to Johnson Farm, home of the Harvest Fair.

Sunset, sunrise, mountains.

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We’ve been experiencing crisp, clear days and nights coupled with stunning sunrises and sunsets – it’s been so clear Mt Baker has been visible the last couple of days.

This evening’s sunset faded through the blues, magentas and yellows finishing with a blood red mushroom cloud – unfortunately I had only the iPhone and the photo didn’t come out so your imagination will have to suffice.

sunrise

Sunrise over the Cascades.

Morning, noon, dusk.

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The Mountain: morning, noon, dusk. Happy Thanksgiving!

mt rainier sunrise

mt rainier midday

mt rainier evening

Sunset, orange, fire.

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We saw quite a show on the ride home tonight – even the iPhone gives a sense for the colors and what looked like a sky on fire.

sunset

Summit, sunset, Pierre.

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

My silence of late is attributable to having spent the better part of last week at eBay attending the Next-Generation Distributed Systems Summit. I was fortunate, in time and invitation, to attend, meet some really amazing technologists and learn a Tremendous amount (thanks Little Bear). I’m still consolidating my final notes and thoughts on the Summit so expect another post soon.

In the interim, enjoy some sunset photos from my travels with Pierre.

Sunset, trauma, pig.

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

When it rains, it pours – literally and figuratively. I left the house today in a pretty steady rain, managed to get about a mile from home and then stopped. My rear tire, fine on Friday and over the weekend, went flat! After a quick cyclocross run home, Pig and I made the next boat. Ugh.

pig waiting in the morning

Pig and I never made it out of the office today, sorry Pig, you get a raincheck.

Sunset, flowers and the Olympic Mountains.

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Series: Sunset > Sunrise > Heather Park

This will be the first in a short series of posts displaying some of the photos I took on a recent camping and hiking overnight to Olympic National Park. I went with a loose group of Mountaineers to capture the abundant wildflowers in bloom and marvel at the sun’s dramatic visual displays on the mountains.

The first evening we headed up to Hurricane Ridge and Hurricane Hill to shoot the sunset. The sun was really bright and strong in the early evening as the first couple of photos easily demonstrate but gradually gave way to pink and orange.

Israel

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I recently arrived back from Israel. It’s a country I knew very little about prior to going and what I did know turned out to be more a product of the media than I realized. I spent most of my time in a suburb of Tel Aviv and couldn’t tell it apart from any other area affected by the growth of the high tech sector over the last decade. I went with visions of soldiers walking around with rifles but instead found surfers, runners and a generation of Israelis abandoning their religion like their counterparts in the States.