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"Deception Pass is Washington's most-visited state park for a reason. Mysterious coves, rugged cliffs, jaw-dropping sunsets, and a stomach-dropping high bridge make this park a go-to for locals and international travelers alike." (parks.state.wa.us/497/Deception-Pass)
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We drove out to Leavenworth today, and found Deception Falls somewhere along the way. Not sure if this is "the" Deception Falls or not..
Anyway, Doug helped me with this image, obviously. He showed me how to set up my camera with his tripod (gotta get my own one of these days), how to auto focus, then shift to manual, blah blah blah.
I have A LOT to learn from the master....:)
Archive photo for viewing pleasure. This is the gray hairstreak, Note the elaborate tail complete with "hairs" that are actually designed to mimic antenna. They move independently of the wings and have white club like tips to complete the subterfuge of being antennae. Predators see the big orange eye, the pseudo-antenna, and hit the tail rather than the real head which is rather nondescript. Watch butterflies and you will see many of them missing pieces of their tails of deception.
The flower is orange milkweed which grows wild in North Carolina. It attracts many butterflies and other nectar loving creatures. Most milkweed also is covered with milkweed bugs which suck the milkweed juices. You will also find a wide array of predators on milkweed ready to eat the nectar lovers. The Monarch lays its eggs on milkweed so you will often find their larva eating the leaves. Aphids also love milkweed juice and most of my milkweed ends up covered in orange aphids.
full digital painting for the Desktopography exhib 2014
Wallpaper here: desktopography.net/exhibition/2014/deception
Process & Details: bit.ly/1pbTWi2
© Martin Grohs – www.martingrohs.de
Deception Pass is a strait separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island, in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Washington. It connects Skagit Bay, part of Puget Sound, with the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Until I clicked several snaps of this butterfly ...Its stunning colours caught my attention for a long time ...until I had a closer look from my captured Image I did not know that the eyes are not where I thought they were .
Here is some information about the building of this bridge between the Washington State mainland and Whidbey Island : whidbeycamanoislands.com/things-to-do/heritage/history-of...
Deception Pass isn't a mountain pass, it is a water passage between the Fidalgo and Whidbey Islands. Apparently George Vancouver misled himself into thinking Whidbey Island was a peninsula. Here is that story: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception_Pass
Whidbey Island is the home of a US Air Force base, which means there are frequent loud jet noises overhead
AND there is a parking area on that middle part, where you can, if you choose, walk across the bridge on a narrow footpath while the cars whiz by. Not me, thanks!
During our travel down south towards Rothera research station we crossed some rough seas along the west Antarctic Peninsula. The waves rippled off at the force of the wind which came saturated in sea spray. I found a hidden corner at the bow of the ship and watched the immersing scene laid down in front of my eyes. The bleak light pierced the clouds and illuminated Deception Island on the horizon, it is hard to describe the true true awe of this momnet...
Please check out the blog of the ICEBERGS expedition at icebergsjcr.blogspot.co.uk/ :)
Deception Pass was so named after Capt. Vancouver. After discovering it, thought that perhaps he found the inside passage that would take him back to the East Coast. After weeks of exploring his discover it was just a waterway around what is now called Whidbey Island.
Over the years I have current dive through this cut as well as had some interesting experiences on my 42 foot boat and some mighty big whirlpools. I have also flown over this bridge but at this time never under the bridge.
"Deception Pass is Washington's most-visited state park for a reason. Mysterious coves, rugged cliffs, jaw-dropping sunsets, and a stomach-dropping high bridge make this park a go-to for locals and international travelers alike." (parks.state.wa.us/497/Deception-Pass)
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....to be honest, for the first time ever, I have been reasonably pleased by mobile photographs. they are nothing to write home about IMO, but the combination of my Passport camera with Snapseed, is somewhat enjoyable and I may take a fair number more snapshots with this always-with-me combination.
Life is too deceptive, to believe what shadows say
Strobist: Quantaray PZ-1 bare @ 1/32, subject right, very slightly above and close. Triggered using Cactus V4