June 17

This is the view from the Fourth Street Bridge looking north. If it were sunny you could see the Olympic Mountains in the distance. The old tracks and any of the posts in the water on the west side of the bay are left over from old logging days. Now all the logging is Weyerhauser, and it's loaded from the two cranes at the Port of Olympia in the upper right corner. This little pond on the left drains completely at low tide. The harbor seals hang out in here and come out into the center of the inlet to feed as the tide goes out. You can almost see one of them in the reflection of the tree on the left. I think it dove under just before I took the picture, and just the ripples are left. (Click twice on the photo to zoom). I probably could have taken this photo in better weather, but as far as overcast shots go, this one is pretty nice, and it does show a few sunbreaks too. Guess I'm getting nostalgic as the move gets closer, trying to capture all the Olympia scenes before we go.

f/22, 1/15, 18mm

June 12

This is such an awesome view coming in to Olympia on the west side of town. I took this photo from a pretty low vantage point, but it was the clearest place to photograph. As you drive in on Harrison, several tiers higher than this, you can see all of Mount Rainier (when it's out!) including the foothills, and it takes up such a big space on the skyline it takes your breath away everytime you see it. It looks like it's just over the hill, but it takes almost 2 hours to drive there! This was taken after 7pm. I tried this photo last week but I was just a little too late and the sun was off the mountain. Today I think I was a little too early. I wish the sky were a darker blue.

f/22, 1/30, 120mm

May 5

 I took Clover along to McLane Creek today, which means I wasn't looking to photograph birds or water. We took the back trail and I was wanting a nursing tree photo, but nothing I tried came out as well as this scene. We spotted this goose on the way back to the car. I don't know what that puffed-up posture means, but I was guessing it had something to do with Clover being along. Looks like I'm drawn to reflection photos now because of my class project. Tonight is my last class :(
f/25 at 0.5sec, ISO100, 55mm.

May 4

 So my camera sensor is clean! I just picked up the camera downtown (Don's Camera on Capital Blvd.) and was driving back when I saw the nice clouds and calm water at Percival Landing, so I stopped to take some photos. If the sky were clear, you'd be able to see the Olympic Mountains in the distance. It's usually cloudy there though. I chose this particular shot because I've been working on reflection photos, and I liked the reflection of the guy in the boat Windrush (front left). He was filling buckets of water and rinsing the front of the boat, which was causing the small wake in the foreground. You can't see him so well, but his refletion is great. f/29 at 1/20, ISO100, 42mm.