Week 33: Stubbs Island
On the Pacific coast of central Vancouver Island, between crawling fog from the west. Bright sun illuminated pale sand bars, marked dark reefs and plankton blooms under water.
1/1000 sec at f/4, ISO 100
Week 32: A small cloud floating into the scene
As I prepared my camera to photograph the last rays of the sun illuminating Shuksan, a small wandering cloud floated into the scene from west and into the valley, adding depth and casting shadow onto the ridge mountain.
1/320 sec at f/4.8, ISO 800
Week 31: Lavender Farm
Photographing a lavender farm on a calm Friday evening in Sequim, Washington.
1/45 sec at f/11, ISO 200
Week 30: Winter Street
Ascent of the Galactic Center above basalt columns in Vantage, Washington, when the Northern Lights were out on the north side - a night to remember.
32 sec at f/4, ISO 6400
Week 28: Rotation
The Earth’s rotation at approximately at a thousand miles per hour, perceived by recording relatively stationary heavenly objects at night.
843 sec at f/4, ISO 1600
Week 27: Reunion
Traveling tree stump meeting pier ruins after an undocumented amount of time.
3 sec at f/22, ISO 100
Week 25: Edge of the Storm
Beautiful sunset with storm clouds over the edge of the land, in an unusually long spring.
Week 24: The other side
When the mountain passes become accessible
1/350 sec at f/8, ISO 100
Week 22: Sunset over Coulee
I’ve lived in Washington long enough to have exhausted most POI’s for photography but sometimes - not as rare as one might think I run into new locations that makes me happy.
1/10 sec at f/19, ISO 400
Week 21: Splash
Experiments with surface tension and high speed flash sync
1/1000 sec at f/9.5, ISO 400
Week 17: Tulips
An unexpected encounter with the famed tulips of Skagit valley.
1/90 sec at f/4, ISO 3200
1/50 sec at f/4, ISO 3200
1/90 sec at f/5.6, ISO 1600
Week 16: The Galactic Center above horizon
We are past winter when the Galactic Center is visible above the horizon during night time. For many reasons including (but not limited to) weather conditions, health and timing travel I have not been very successful in astrophotography this year. In the pre-pandemic years this was the time of the year when I’d hangout with Andreas and Jörgen in Southern California shooting in the desert…
23 sec at f/4, ISO 6400
This week’s photograph is from a “fuck it, I am going to drive four hours even if the moon I bright tonight” of a weekend. I could not resist it.
Week 15: Wake of Spring
Behind the hill, tiles of farms under warm afternoon sun
1/160 sec at f/5.0, ISO 160
Week 14: Babbling brook
A talking brook without a name in Mount Baker National Forest.
4 sec at f/8, ISO 100