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Next to my workplace is located an amateur archery field. We use the broken arrows to make some parts of academic robots and machines. The arrows are made of graphite, light and strong, ideal for our purpouses.
Macromondays theme: "Summer Olympic Sports". Besides rotation, 100% SOOC; no post-processing, HMM!
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Along the Vancouver waterfront are many amenities to view. From the statues and walkways, to hotels and cruise ships. There are however a few monuments as well. The Olympic Cauldron is one such notable monolith. If more information is of interest, google can supply all the information necessary.
On a personal note, my challenge was to make it as interesting as possible without the aid of the nighttime lights. Instead, I chose the opposite and the dramatic shadows seen by the camera that our eyes otherwise fill in. The juxtaposition of dark and light along with the unique structures, aided in the situation to create something special.
Peak 7076 and The Needles, consisting of Mt. Walkinshaw Mount Clark and Mount Deception. Deception being the second highest peak in the Olympic Mountain Range.
A winter view of the Olympic Mountains from a high point in Steilacoom, WA. They are not nearly as close as the 500mm lens makes it appear. The clear winter air and polarizer did their part too.
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While I was exploring along the Olympic Peninsula, I found so many beautiful locations. I would have loved to shoot from water level at this location but that would have required my repelling gear and leaving the trail with the sign that asked people to protect the environment by staying on the trail. Trampling plants and making new trails goes against my leave no trace policies so I stayed on the trail.
Went to one of my favorite places in the world last weekend "Olympic National Park" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_National_Park which happens to be 3 hours from home, lucky me. I don't know many other parks that have a temperate rain forest, a beautiful rugged coast line and majestic mountains peaks all in one spot. I could go on and on about my love for this park. You could spend a month here exploring the back country since hardly any of it is accessible by car.
This shot is dedicated to my friend Justin Reznick. This is one of his favorite creeks and his shots inspired me to check it out.
My photo excursion weekend started out alone. Just my can of bear spray and i at one with nature in the deep, dark woods. My first stop was at Sol Duc Falls. As i was returning on the trail back from the falls i unexpectedly run into one of my favorite Flickr friends from Portland Greg O What a surprise since he lives a good 5 hours away from this location.. Explored a few other areas and showed him the coast since he has never been to the n wa coast before. Greg has more of the day recap here if interested. And if you ever get the chance to shoot with Greg you should, he's talented and tons of fun.
Alone again the following day, i decided to go back into the woods to the Hoh Rain Forest en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoh_Rainforest I wish I could have captured some of these mossy trees like i saw them. The light was not good but enjoyed my hours there. Met and hiked with "future" Flickrite photog visiting from Aspen, Colorado. Went to another waterfall and the famous Ruby Beach, those shots are to come sometime in 2010 :) All in all, a nature filled weekend with some talented photogs.
This is a very typical pacific nw scene with all the moss. Nothing original here but very common this time of year.
Look forward to catching up and saying hi to you all soon. If i haven't visited your stream yet i will after the long weekend :) Thanks again for stopping by. Hope you all have a fabulous weekend and Memorial Day :)
A group of Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) was framed during the moments of take off run! The symmetry and wing displays made them like the athletes competing for the gold medal. The action shot was framed to their eye level to make the best of it. I had to lie down with the tele in front from a country boat to have them desirably. Pics was taken from purbasthali wetland in West Bengal, India.
Low tide with starfish on Rialto beach in Olympic National Park, Washington at sunset
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The Brazilian graffiti artist Eduardo Kobra created the world’s largest street mural for the Rio Olympics in the renovated waterfront district.
Winter is finally here and this Common Raven appears to be practicing for the ski jump. The Raven has the position nailed; feathers back, head forward, claws close and parallel! Of course I don't know where the birds have their Olympics up here but I'd love to watch!
Taken 1 November 2018 at Point Woronzof Park, Anchorage, Alaska.
The late afternoon view of the Olympic Mountain Range as I neared the summit.
Took on the challenge to ride up to Hurricane Ridge, in the Olympic National Park. 19 miles of continuous ascending with 12% grades at times. It took 5 hours of pedaling, to make it to the summit. And only 40 minutes to descend at 35-40 mph, back into Port Angeles, WA.
Climbing in the higher elevations in Olympic Park. There were an abundance of wildflowers throughout the park. The passing clouds were a nice touch.
I was not enamoured with Olympic NP although, had I had a month, I could easily have fallen in love with the Olympic peninsula.
In rather mundane terms, the peninsular as been defined in this way: "The Olympic Peninsula is a large arm of land in western Washington that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle, and contains Olympic National Park. It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the north by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the east by Hood Canal. Cape Alava, the westernmost point in the contiguous United States, and Cape Flattery, the northwesternmost point, are on the peninsula. Comprising about 3,600 square miles (9,300 km), the Olympic Peninsula contained many of the last unexplored places in the contiguous United States. It remained largely unmapped until Arthur Dodwell and Theodore Rixon mapped most of its topography and timber resources between 1898 and 1900. This was of course well over a century after Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea explored what was to be The Oregon Trail, Oregon, Idaho, and the Pacific coast north of California.
Anyway, it's diverse. There are more rivers running through it than be imagined. In our time there, it turns out I took more shots of the rainforest (Hoh) than the any other "attractions," save the Pacific coast.
It wasn't until I downloaded the card that I realized how many vignettes like this that I took. Tree stumps, moss hanging from trees, mushrooms, and flowers are the staple of the rainforest. The absolute peace and quiet was amazing, and we saw not one other human. So, it has that going for it, too.