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It's all about expectations.
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
― Robert F. Kennedy
Looking from Deception Pass Bridge northwest towards the mainland side of Deception Pass State Park as two boats make their way through the pass.
The Common Silverline (Spindasis vulcanus)
Which side is head?
Initially I thought it was a pair of mating butterflies..Then my friend told me, it is a single butterfly, with a peculiar defense mechanism...What a creature...
Looking out from Scarborough, Queensland across Deception Bay to the Glasshouse Mountains. One boat for each mountain.
The mountains were named by Captain James Cook in 1770 and the bay by John Oxley in 1823.
Connecting Whidbey Island in Island County, to Fidalgo Island in Skagit County the Deception Pass Bridge was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps between August 1934 and July 1935.
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Reflection Deception. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.
The glass surface of a New York building reflects and distorts its surroundings.
Scenes like this are, of course, common in big urban centers that are filled with tall, modern buildings. This one comes from Manhattan. One striking difference between many new buildings and those from a much earlier era is that today the surfaces are often nearly 100% windows and, as such, the buildings are extremely reflective. A few years ago it occurred to me how odd it is that what we see when we look at these buildings today is mostly not the buildings at all. The building is essentially invisible beyond the slender outlines of frames between windows. The “surface” we see is composed of other things — sky, clouds, other buildings — that are distorted by the qualities of the reflective surface. (I have an idea for a photo project: Remove all of the reflective surfaces from images of these buildings, leaving only the minimal structural elements that are actually visible.)
These buildings are one reason that I often refer to these places and photographs of them as “urban landscapes. There is a continuum in landscape photography. At one end lies subjects that are entirely “natural” — or at least seem to be so. Somewhere in between we enter the realm of historic landscape paintings, in which it was common to include the human presence. Continue along that trajectory far enough, and it is possible to see cities as being just a different sort of landscape, and that way of seeing leads to different ways of photographing them.
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"She lied; it was all she could do and all she ever did. But deep within herself she knew that she fooled not other people, only herself "
-Me
Deception Island was a whaling station until 1931. The structures remain decaying on the actively volcanic island.
Macro Monday: Theme - Deception
Happy Monday! The macro+extension tubes shows us nature in a completely different way than how we normally view things around us. The images produced can be very deceptive. This is a hibiscus stigma that reminds me of antennae that might belong to a strange or alien bug.
Deception Pass Washington.
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Oregon Tribute Fest Baker City Oregon
Aerosmith tribute band Aerosmith Rocks performing at the Oregon Tribute Fest in Baker City.
Oregon Tribute Fest is Baker County’s tribute music festival featuring some of the best Tribute Bands in the Pacific Northwest.
This year's Tribute fest featured performances by:
Appetite for Deception Tribute To Guns n’ Roses
Aerosmith Rocks tribute band
Washed In Black - A Tribute to Pearl Jam
Jukebox Heroes - Foreigner Tribute
Glass Of Hearts a Blondie tribute band
Grand Illusion The Ultimate Styx Tribute
Lovedrive, a tribute to the Scorpions
Shoot to Thrill - An ACDC Tribute
Hysteria - Def Leppard Tribute
Motorbreath - Metallica Tribute
For more information about Oregon Tribute Fest including future dates, featured performers and ticket info, visit their website at oregontributefest.com
For more information about other music festivals, concerts, and live music venues in Baker County Oregon visit Baker County tourism's Website at www.travelbakercounty.com
Last week II did some exploring in the mountains around Deception Pass. This was my dream, beautiful wildflowers spread out and leading out the the Puget Sound and the setting sun. These small mountains were sculpted as the ice from the last ice age quickly melted leaving bare rock on the tops of these small mountains that rise from the Puget Sound. Over thousands of years meadows grew in the thin soils, but these environments are sensitive and can quickly disappear in a short period of time with too much traffic. Always tread light and leave no trace.
Tonight's sunset from the Deception Pass Bridge between Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands, Washington State. (177 ft. up!)
The Deception Pass Bridge is a two-lane bridge on Washington State Route 20 connecting Whidbey Island to Fidalgo Island in the U.S. state of Washington.
The bridge, one of the scenic wonders of the Pacific Northwest, is actually two spans, one over Canoe Pass to the north, and another over Deception Pass to the south. Construction began in August 1934, and the completed bridge was dedicated at noon on July 31, 1935. The Wallace Bridge and Structural Co. of Seattle, Washington provided 460 tons of steel for the 511-foot Canoe Pass arch and 1130 tons for the 976-foot Deception Pass span. The cost of the New Deal-era construction was $482,000, made possible through the Public Works Administration and county funds.
More locations on highway 2 that I have just drove by! Easy access and plenty of hiking, right off the highway. Taken with an ND64.
Canon 6D w/ 40mm f2.8 STM
Testing out my new hiking lens. Linked together Tonga Ridge, Fisher Lake and Deception Creek trail for a fantastic hike. This little pancake lens paired nicely with the 6D for a decently light setup. So far I'm quite impressed.
This Island, first mapped by a Corkman, Edward Bransfield, is volcanic and was active as recently as 1969.