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 Sleeping Lady Mountain as seen from Leavenworth, Washington
Notice that the forest has burned. It was a big fire a few years ago that burned a beautiful forest including an area where I often visited to photograph lupine and Balsamroot flowers among the Ponderosa Pine. During the Reagan Administration, a lot of prime National Forest land was sold into private ownership including the banks of the wildly beautiful wild and scenic Icicle River before it could be designated and protected as a National Wild and Scenic River. Cabins were built among the giantic boulders along the shore and bridges to cabins on the other side of the river, and signs that said NO TRESSPASSING populated the once beautiful drive. When the forest burned, all the cabins went away to be replaced by bigger cabins and now fences were added with NO TRESSPASSING signs. Peace Tags: -print available-, blue, clouds, landscape, mountains, sky, wa
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immature Bald Eagle (Aquila Haliaeetus leucocephalus) practices aerial acrobatics©2008 Ed BookToday low tide on the Hood Canal was a minus 2.5 so I went down with my long lens to see what I could record of the Bald Eagles that surely would be feeding on trapped fish as the outgoing tide isolated them in the shallows. I was in luck with a bright day (fast shutter speeds with fairly low ISO) and a contingent of at least a dozen eagles. Most of them were immature with about half of their fledgling feathers replaced with adult plumage. Still displaying adolescent, foolish, clumsy, behavior and flying ineptitude, they're learning though and don't pass by any opportunities for practice. There were a few of us there burning in the sun but anxious to record anything we were fortunate to find. I chatted with a new friend and watched patiently as the eagles sat forever and then launched when we weren't ready playing us. Photographing eagles isn't easy with the long lens (Canon 500mm f/4 'L' Image Stabilized with 1.4X teleconverter giving an effective focal length of 700mm on the full size sensor Canon EOS 1Ds MkII camera). Making photographs consisted of standing with hands on the gimbaled-tripod-mounted camera ready to react and hoping that I could follow the bird's motion. If the focus point shifted off the bird, the lens would quickly shift focus to infinity and the bird would become a blur if even visible. I would have to get the blur lined up with the focusing square to again bring the bird into focus all the while the bird was moving. Concentration was the key and exhausting after a couple hours. I managed to record about 12GB of images and am importing them into Photoshop Lightroom as I type. Working in my office today with two computers, four monitors, ten hard drives all pumping out heat on this probably one of the hottest days of the year. If there's interest, I'll post more from today. Peace Tags: -print available-, animals, bird, blue, kitsap peninsula, puget sound, sky, wa
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The Brothers - (named for the Fauntleroy brothers, Edward and Arthur)
Olympic Mountains, as viewed from Nika Trail on the Kitsap Peninsula
Puget Sound, Washington©2006 Ed Book'taking a short break from printing (getting ready for displaying new images at our Silverdale Fine Arts gallery in 'Oldtown') Peace ps 'climbed it many years ago. Tags: -print available-, alpenglo, blue, landscape, mountains, olympic mountains, sunset, wa
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Christmas Eve morning 2007 moonset
over Mt Constance in the Olympic Mountains
from our home on Nika Trail on the Kitsap Peninsula in Puget Sound©2007 Ed BookPeace Tags: -print available-, alpenglo, blue, clouds, landscape, moon, mountains, olympic mountains, pink, puget sound, sky, snow, wa, winter
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Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California©2005 Ed BookPeace Tags: -print available-, blue, california, death valley, desert, intimate landscape, landscape, pattern, sand dunes, surreal, white
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 ©2005 Ed BookEureka Dunes at the south end of the remote Eureka Valley of Death Valley National Park, California
Peace Tags: -print available-, blue, california, death valley, desert, intimate landscape, landscape, sand dunes, sky, surreal, white
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 ©2005 Ed Book Gerea canescens, Desert Sunflowers (the plant grows about 18" tall and the flowers are about an inch across. In the other photographs that look like there are portions of yellow ground cover... it's the Desert Sunflower, they grow a couple feet apart and one has to get down to their level to 'bunch' them into view.
Peace Tags: -print available-, blue, california, death valley, desert, flowers, macro, spring, yellow
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 ©2005 Ed BookPeace Tags: -print available-, blue, clouds, landscape, mountains, olympic mountains, panorama, snow, wa, white, winter
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a few years ago, Bob was mountain biking in the Capital Hills near Olympia and found that he was being followed by an emaciated looking very young and obviously lost husky. The dog couldn't be chased away or dissuaded from following. After about eight miles of trail, Bob decided that he had found a new friend, or rather, vice versa. Luka went home with Bob and they've been together since. Here, we see them on the trail enjoying the snow. Luka is strong and loves to run and run she does and wow is she strong. While I was talking to Bob, she sat patiently waiting but obviously eager to get up the trail. I turned and went up the trail a little way to photograph them coming up the trail toward me and behind me heard Bob yelling for Luka to stop. I turned to see that Bob had fallen and Luka was running full speed, dragging him behind, flailing in the snow...
 ©2007 Ed Book Peace Tags: animals, blue, forest, mount tahoma trails, people pics, snow, trail, wa, white, winter
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