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The San Juan Islands tucked between Anacortes, Washington and Victoria, B.C., Canada, are comprised of 172 named islands and reefs. I have visited Friday Harbor (the county seat, located on San Juan Island) twice. And each time, I spent sunrise on the southeastern tip of the island at Cattle Point.
There is a navigation light on Cattle Point that has epic views of the Olympic Mountains across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the southwest. On this morning, however, the heavy cloud cover prevented viewing those peaks, so I scrambled around the shoreline in search of other interesting scenes.
Looking to the north, up the San Juan Channel, from the water's edge, the light playing off the clouds in the sky as well as the orange seaweed on the rocks, created interesting contrasts with the deep blue water. The mountains of Orcas Island in the distance close the gap between water and sky, giving the illusion that this image captures a harbor, vice three of the seperate large islands.
I look forward to an opportunity to visit the San Juans again soon.
Aptly named, this cove along the southwestern shore of San Juan Island would appear to be a great anchorage at high-tide. But, at low tide, with shallow pools and deep mud, this would be a nightmare for mariners.
Now part of a Marine Preserve, False Bay encapsulates a vast amount of biodiversity in its silt, tide pools and eelgrass beds. Of course, the view across Haro Strait and the Strait of Juan de Fuca toward the Olympic mountains is unparalleled.
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#43 ⭐ July 15, 2022
We had a rich sunrise at Griffin Bay near Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. I thought the image needed a paddler to enjoy the looking glass sunrise on the water. So I added this fellow from Port Townsend’s Wooden Boat festival. He built this fine wooden craft that has canoe bow but a stern more like a kayak.
A line of squalls along the Salish Sea obscures the view of the Olympics from Lime Kiln Point State Park on San Juan Island.
Though most people probably know this body of water as the Strait of Juan de Fuca - the inlet to Puget Sound, and the gateway to the Pacific from Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, and Bellingham - it is now considered to be part of a larger body of water more recently designated the Salish Sea.
Although this bluff is considered one of the best whale-watching spots on the planet, I saw none during my visit. Outside some marine shipping traffic and a few visitors to the lighthouse, it was a quiet, damp evening.
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The Dirigo II is a 72′ Gaff Rigged Tops’l Alden Schooner. In 1939 she was built in East Boothbay, Maine at the Goudy & Stevens Boat Yard. She was designed to be able to “sail in any ocean, in any weather”. The name “Dirigo” is Latin for “I lead the way” and is the state motto of Maine. In 2015 she was based in Friday Harbor and did tours of the San Juan Islands. I think she has since moved back to Maine. Griffin Bay is just south of Friday harbor where we had a lovely stay.
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“Arbutus menziesii or Pacific madrone (commonly madrona in the United States and arbutus in Canada), is a species of broadleaf evergreen tree in the family Ericaceae, native to the western coastal areas of North America, from British Columbia to California. Its waxy evergreen foliage, contorted growth habit, and distinctive flaky bark make it a striking sight in the coastal cliffs and hills where it is abundant.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbutus_menziesii
We were delighted by the sun-glow on madrone trees on the property we stayed on near Friday Harbor, San Juan Island. The water is the Salish Sea (Puget Sound on older maps).
I'm back from San Juan Island where i managed to take a few good shots during a two days period. i Love San Juan Island. the scenery is amazing, and we went to see the orcas with Captain Jim, a great figure. he's based at snug harbor and certainly knows how to find these killer whales. kudos to him for keeping his calm in front of the 6 squeeking kids we brought on his boat!
So i'm starting to experiment with the 16-35 2.8 L and it's a great piece of glass. i'm needing a bit of time as switching to wide angle stuff is complicated when you're a telephoto freak. i also gave it a try with that Cokin square filter and it works great, except i'm bummed by the fact you have a LOT of vignetting at 16mm, even with the supposedly wide angle filter holder. if the wide angle filter holder is still showing such vignetting, then what are the options to truly eradicate vignetting at 16mm? anyway i still have a lot of things to discover here really.
in order to avoid having vignetting, i actually kept the shot at 21mm
specs:
camera: 5dmkII
lens: 16-35 2.8 L
tripod
cokin gradual neutral grey g2 (ND8) - 0.9
exposure: 1.6
aperture: f18
focal lengh: 21mm
ISO 100
"The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat."
-- Jacques-Yves Cousteau (French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author)
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5000 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop.
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San Juan Island's main town of Friday Harbor is a lovely and very friendly little place full of incredible local art, photography, handmade lavender gifts, chocolates, and delicious local beer and tasty food. We spent a lovely few days on the island. Such a friendly, welcoming and charming place, I definitely plan a return visit sometime.
San Juan County Sheriff's Office. Friday Harbor, Washington. Check out the new homepage for the AJM STUDIOS Northwest Police Department! The old homepage is here. It does not get updated as often as the first link. 2011.
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San Juan County Sheriff's Office. Friday Harbor, Washington. Check out the new homepage for the AJM STUDIOS Northwest Police Department! The old homepage is here. It does not get updated as often as the first link. 2011.
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According to the plaque, Warbass was the founder of Friday Harbor as well as "an adventurer, prospector, miner, trader, promoter, soldier, public official, and island pioneer".
He sounds like an interesting character (lived from 1825-1906) but quite frankly, it was Bob that caught my eye... his expression is classic. Seen in Friday Harbor, Washington. Gareth Curtiss, Sculptor, October 2020.
San Juan County Sheriff's Office. Friday Harbor, Washington. Check out the new homepage for the AJM STUDIOS Northwest Police Department! The old homepage is here. It does not get updated as often as the first link. 2010.
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San Juan County Sheriff's Office. Friday Harbor, Washington. Check out the new homepage for the AJM STUDIOS Northwest Police Department! The old homepage is here. It does not get updated as often as the first link. 2011.
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Most days we had morning fog, but this day gave us a gorgeous sunrise in full color. Griffin Bay is near Friday Harbor,, San Juan Island, Washington.
Arbutus (also known as madrone or madrona) grow very well on San Juan Island. These are at our rental looking out at the Salish Sea (Puget Sound)
Not the greatest shot because of all of the branches but this was the start to our whale watch trip on April 9th. Right when we were heading out to the boat, literally out the front door from Maya's Legacy Whale watch, I spotted this Cooper's Hawk fly out from the ferry terminal at Friday Harbor with this pigeon and land in a tree right over the path we had to walk to get to the boat. A very interesting start to a whale watch trip!
San Juan Island National Historical Park, also known as American and English Camps, San Juan Island, is a U.S. National Historical Park owned and operated by the National Park Service on San Juan Island in the state of Washington. The park is made up of the sites of the British and U.S. Armies' camps during the Pig War. Both of these camps were set up in 1859 as response to a border dispute triggered by the killing of a pig. The camps were occupied for 12 years, until the Treaty of Washington was signed, negotiated by Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany. The British abandoned their camp in November 1872, while the American camp was disbanded in July 1874. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The park is divided into two parts; an American Camp where US soldiers were stationed, and a British Camp, where the British Royal Marines established a garrison.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_Island_National_Historical...
The Lime Kiln Light is a functioning navigational aid located on Lime Kiln Point overlooking Dead Mans Bay on the western side of San Juan Island, San Juan County, Washington, in the United States. It guides ships through the Haro Straits and is part of Lime Kiln Point State Park, which offers tours during summer months. The Lime Kiln Light was established in 1914 when acetylene lights were placed on Lime Kiln Point, a name derived from the lime kilns built there in the 1860s. It was the last major light established in Washington. The light was updated five years later with a 38-foot (12 m) octagonal concrete tower rising from the fog signal building, a design that matches the Alki Point Light in Seattle. Two keeper's houses and other structures also date from around this time. A fourth-order Fresnel lens was first exhibited from the new tower on June 30, 1919. The Coast Guard automated the Lime Kiln Lighthouse in August 1962, using photoelectric cells to turn the light on at dusk and off during daylight hours. In 1998, the drum lens was replaced with a modern optic, flashing a white light once every 10 seconds. Sitting on the rocky shoreline at a height of 55 feet (17 m), the beacon is visible for 15 nautical miles; 27 kilometres (17 mi).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime_Kiln_Light
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Lime Kiln Point State Park is a 36-acre Washington state park on the western shore of San Juan Island in the San Juan archipelago. The park is considered one of the best places in the world to view wild orcas from a land-based facility. Due to the unique bathymetric properties of the site, visitors on the shore can be within 20 feet of whales jumping out of the water (breaching and spyhopping). The park was the site of lime kilns beginning in 1860, and one kiln has been restored as a public exhibit.