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This stream is just down from Marymere Falls, on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. The forest there is so green. Green and wet. It might have something to do with it being a rainforest.
View the rocks Large on Black
ALSO - Any of my Flickr friends who live in NY's capital region interested in a photo excursion this Friday or Saturday? I was thinking about something outdoors... depending on the weather. Kaaterskill falls? Somewhere in the Adirondacks? Let me know if you're interested.
Sometimes I come across posts on social media where some photographers go around trying to substantiate their views on the ground that they are Award Winning Photographers. Now, do really awards determine one’s photographic ability and all the associated ken? While I admire most award-winning photographs, I may not agree with the opinions of most award-winning photographers on subjects related to image making. There is no general truth in art apart from may be things like the Fibonacci sequence et al. What I believe is that winning an award does not make one a superlative photographer, and this is not a case of sour grapes for me, even though I have not seen my name on award lists except some aberrant instances. In any case, my images are probably not deserving either, but that does not take away from me enjoying photography and trying to improve my knowledge.
Something I needed to be out of my head. Done with. As for the image, one dark, dreary drizzly day amidst the Covid enforced bindings, I had been out driving and in a part on the edges of town, by the road where the forest pushes against it, I espied a small brook emanating from the denseness of the forest, a gurgle of joyousness amidst the sternness of the foliage on that overcast, drizzly day. Luckily for me, my cam was in the car and so was my tripod, so parking myself by the road, I tried to make a frame, of the brook as it streamed on, while the fog/mist entwined itself in those plants and trees.
Taken near Lundy Lake on Oct 16 2011
Getting to this place was not easy. I had to go on a single lane dirt road to reach the beaver ponds. My Camry had a tough time on this road. At one spot me and another huge pickup truck were stuck adjacent to each other so both of us had to backup, I didn't realize there was a guy tailgating me on this road so I backed up without looking and heard a loud bam. I looked back and got out of my car and an old white guy got out of his SUV and said "You got a license young man" I a little intimidated said "Yeah" and the next minute he looked at the front bumper for his SUV and there was not even a slight scratch but I could see his licence place engraved on my rear bumper. Then he looks at me and says "How about we go ahead then?" I being at fault here coudln't day anything other than "Okay" and we went out ways. Only reward for me after this mess was this shot, it turned out pretty good so I wasn't completely disappointed :) The next time I go here I am renting a pickup truck.