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Three Views of Nature

In truth, I’ve been shooting people more than nature recently, but you’ll have to wait for those. Today, three very different shots of the natural world. This first is a simple study of light and texture with beautifully backlit iris … Continue reading

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Doing the Twist in Black & White

This tree has drawn my attention on more than one occasion. Tucked away in a corner of Olympia’s Yoshiro Japanese Garden park, its manicured, twisted shape reminds me of a bonsai, though it’s actually 6 or 7 feet tall. On … Continue reading

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Spooky Winter

Trees on the campus of The Evergreen State College before their annual winter trim. I believe they are linden trees, but in their leafless state — whether pruned or unpruned — they just make me laugh. They do provide a … Continue reading

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The Shadow

A shadow trying to hide between a fence and a tree. Unsuccessfully.

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Nature, abstracted

This may help explain my somewhat skewed view of the world. This is an unretouched photo of a tree taken through the upstairs window of my 86-year-old home. The windows are old, warbly single-pane glass, but I didn’t realize they … Continue reading

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Autumn from the Inside Out

Walking along a nature trail recently, I found myself looking out over a river through multicolored maple leaves. It’s been a great year for fall color, with surprisingly little rain and no hard freezes yet, both of which tend to … Continue reading

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Moonrise

Taken from my front porch. Sometimes a great scene just comes and finds you where you’re at.

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