Some photos from the last few days…
The full Moon sets over Mt. Jupiter in the Olympic Mountains at dawn of the first day of Spring, 2019.
Moonlight and the pink and purple of the dawn sky are reflected onto Manzanita Bay.
Camera movement and long exposure blend the patterns and colors of sea and sky on this March dawn.
The setting sun reflects off buildings and adds its color to winter clouds.
Nine telephoto shots are combined to make this one long panorama. When printed it will maintain sharp detail up to 9 feet wide.
The first snow of the winter of 2019
The beach logs begin to disappear under one of the heaviest snowfalls this area has seen in decades.
The king tides this winter brought in new drift logs and rearranged the old ones
A snowflake graces the bird’s head during a February snowstorm.
Murden Cove is the permanent or temporary home to dozens of species of sea birds, song birds, and raptors. Otters, seals and other creatures also visit here frequently.
Murden cove is the fall and winter home to a large group of American Wigeons
A crow is caught flying past the 3rd quarter moon.
Two migrating ducks are silhouetted in the early morning light
This seal and one other visited our cove for a few days in January 2019. Around high tide they spent several hours resting on a drift log.
The second and possibly younger of the seals recently visiting our cove
A late afternoon view of snowy Mt. Rainier, with cormorants perching on the old pier pilings
The Bainbridge Island ferry is blurred in this long exposure of Mt. Rainier on a rare cloudless January morning
Mist shrouds the morning view of Mt. Rainier
An Eagle greets the morning with a meal on the old pier pilings.
Wildfire smoke creates a hazy view of the Seattle skyline.
The underside of a cloud layer catches red light about 15 minutes before sunrise
A storm front approaches creating a beautiful line of clouds at sunrise
Drift logs present an overarching view of the rising sun
Winter can offer some of the best sunrises of the year. This morning’s high clouds and smooth water, plus a drift log, all contribute to this colorful image.
After serving as a meal for a gull or crow, a discarded shell resides on a mossy drift-log
Fall colors accent the ground below a moss covered tree.
A drone provides new photographic perspectives
A near full moon provides the light for this great blue heron to fish in the darkness.
A great blue heron finds a perch above the shallow waters of Murden cove. Herons will continue hunting for fish into the night.
A flock of hundreds of American wigeons spends the winter in Murden Cove
A slow shutter with some camera movement and increasing the color saturation resulted in this sunrise abstraction
Christmas-like colors seem to imply this December arrival is bringing gifts for Seattle hopefuls
Brilliant orange dawn light reflected off still waters, with rough water and distant hills presenting shades of blue gray. Camera movement blurs the details.
These heavenly bodies are a constant source of amazement for me.
Exact timing and location catches the rising full moon rising over the distant mountains and the Seattle’s Space Needle
A moon river shines across the Sound to the Seattle Great Wheel
Wildfire smoke from British Columbia turns the rising Moon into a red ball. Smooth water reflects the city lights on Puget Sound.
The Moon and Venus rose together about 2 hours before sunrise on this March morning, centered between the lights of Seattle and the dim silhouette of Mt. Rainier.
Morning crescent moonrise over Seattle with earthshine illuminating the shadowed part of the Moon. The tiny dot of Mercury is also there, between the Columbia tower and the Moon.
In the fall and winter, the sun will rise behind the skyline from the vantage point of Bainbridge Island.
Timing, location, and a clear February morning catch the rising sun centered behind Seattle’s tallest building.
Puget Sound pours mist into the below-freezing air as the sun rises over the Seattle skyline.
The February sun rises through clouds behind the Seattle skyline
At this point the Moon is at the maximum totality of the eclipse. Since the Moon was not exactly centered in the Earth’s shadow there is a brighter area at the top left of the Moon.
During this first stage of the eclipse, just a small portion of the Moon is in the Earth’s shadow. Low clouds added to the drama of the evening but fortunately they cleared before the total eclipse.
I am lucky to live with a dog, and he has some dog friends here in the neighborhood. On occasion I take pictures of them running and playing.
Most of these “classic” images are from the late 1990s, and were captured on film and then scanned onto Photo CD to create a digital file. After switching to digital cameras in 2003 I rarely used film again.
