Washington Places
Washington
Washington is the state we call home. Living in the small town of Bonney Lake, we are equidistant between Seattle, Tacoma, and Mt Rainier National Park.
Please enjoy these galleries of some of our favorite places.
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Captured from Chinook Pass. The evening was late. I have brightened the trees to make them visible. As a bonus, there is a meteor just aboe the trees to the left of the comet.
Captured on July 15th, from Chinook Pass, I wanted to get a reflection in Tipsoo Lake but the lake was not still enough. This silhouette of the ridge to the north of the lake will have to do.
While the comet NEOWISE was putting on a show to the north, the Milky Way was out in full splendor to the south. This was taken from Sunrise Point looking south towards Mt Adams.
The Comet officially known as C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), as seen from Sunrise Point in Mt Rainier National Park
Beside Tipsoo Lake, Mt Rainier National Park.
A pussy willow sprouts new growth over a cascading brook full of the spring runoff.
Wildflowers at Puyallup's Van Lierop Park glow in the early afternoon sun.
Wildflowers display their finest in the early afternoon sun.
A pie shaped building between Broadway and St Helens at 9th Street in Tacoma
A trio of Daisies
A White Crowned Sparrow perches on the head of a purple lupine.
from April showers
A Savannah Sparrow pauses for a moment atop a lupin
A Savannah Sparrow perches atop a lupin while observing the silly human with the camera
This shoot through umbrella setup didn't work as well as I had hoped. It did show the need for a large even light source however
The lens cap off of the camera end full of soapy water.
A young lady enjoys her morning coffee while watching the ocean swells
A leaf floats by in the pond at DeCoursey Park in Puyallup WA. It's about the patterns. The patterns of the water and the patterns in the leaf.