“Ghost” The skeletal remains of a decaying leaf lie atop a fallen log, seeming to merge back from whence it came. #BlueSkyArtShow #wood #photography #closeup

Morning #sunlight reflecting off dew drops lining the petals of a ranunculus bloom. #blueskyartshow #flower #closeup #photography

A grumpy-looking Great Horned #Owl makes #EyeContact from its nest space, wondering (I like to think) what all the commotion is about below (answer - a passing group of birders had spotted it!). #BirdOfTheDay #photography #wildlife #bird

A #cold wintry scene at Franklin Falls, near Snoqualmie Pass, from a few years back. The rocks to get down to the plunge pool were like glass! #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #waterfall #pnw

#One photographer seeks solitude from the workshop crowd and stands awaiting dawn’s first light. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape #silhouette

A small mushroom, possibly a moss bell or hooded bell, rises above a #vibrant bed of moss. Three shot #macro focus stack. #blueskyartshow #photography #closeup #fungi #nature

New Year’s Eve moon rising over Mount Baker (Kulshan) in the northern Cascades. 830nm #infrared capture. #mountainmonday #photography #monochrome #landscape #pnw

For #Stunday, a short-eared #owl hunting low in the grasses at Samish in the #pnw. #photography #birds #wildlife #nature

A majestic Roosevelt #Elk in the #Hoh Rainforest gets a little too interested in me for my comfort, even with a long lens. Thankfully he got bored and wandered off! #BlueSkyArtShow #openhouse #nature #wildlife #photography

For #mountainmonday the summit of Ama Dablam, wreathed in clouds at sunset, taken while en-route to #Everest base camp. #photography #landscape #nepal #himalaya

“Pride in my ride” #photography #blueskyartshow #favoritethings #portrait

The #SensoryArt theme this week is #Monochromatic so I immediately thought of this scene from the front of the ferry to Seattle in the rain. #senses #sensory #contrast #art #photography #EastCoastKin

A rough-legged hawk, readying itself to strike after detecting sound or motion in the grasses below. #birds #birdphotography #hawk #nature #wildlife #pnw

I think this meets today’s #sky theme for the #BlueSkyArtShow. The #aurora appearing to arc over the wing of a jet. #photography #airplane #northernlights #auroraborealis #nightsky

An alternative take for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow. Standing on Sourdough Ridge overlooking Sunrise Park at Mt #Rainier (Tahoma), I always feel so #small gazing at the peak and the Milky Way beyond. #photography #landscape #nationalpark #nightsky

#Small, but looking to be tall 😀. #BlueSkyArtShow #fungi #photography #closeup

#Evening at the Marin headland overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape

Early #autumn colors reflected in the calm waters of the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape #fall #pnw

A US #coastguard boat exercising in heavy swells off of First Beach, La Push last weekend. Mesmerizing watching them chilling in the surf! #photography #stunday #pnw #storm

For #ForestFriday, a stand of trees, taken during fall, alongside the middle fork of the Snoqualmie river. #photography #fall #landscape

The #glow of glass being worked into a piece of art. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography

Another one for #TheRoad, #California Redwoods tower over the roadway on a great drive through #Humboldt #Redwoods State Park. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape

#TheRoad to #Everest crosses several high passes in #Tibet, switchbacking laboriously up and down each side. At the Gawu La pass, Everest, with its north-east ridge, is just visible (center horizon with the ‘traditional’ plume from the summit). #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape

#Tryfan, its north ridge, and the #Ogwen valley in #Eyri (Snowdonia) National Park, North #Wales (Gogledd #Cymru). A top 5 favorite hiking and scrambling spot since my teens. #MountainMonday #photography #landscape

Rows of butter lamps shining brightly at Tashilhunpo #Monastery in #Shigatse, #Tibet. #BlueSkyArtShow #shiny #photography #Bhuddist #Bhuddism

Evening, Cowlitz Chimneys at Mount #Rainier (Tahoma) NP. A gorgeous #sunset last week, whichever direction you looked. #MountainMonday #photography #landscape

Another shot of the #Seattle #Skyline, this time from the very popular Queen Anne viewpoint to the north of the #city. This is how the city appeared back in 2013, before the new Amazon towers and buildings between downtown and Lake Union had been built. #BlueSkyArtShow #landscape #photography

Moonset over the Seattle #skyline (circa 2012), with the Olympic mountains beyond, for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow. #photography #landscape

Buddhist prayer flags, #pieces of (usually) square fabric adorned with images and texts fluttering in the wind on a bridge crossed on the approach to Namche Bazaar in the #Khumbu region, as you trek to #Everest base camp. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #travel

Love the careful framing of this.

Another shot from my favorite bit of woodland, this time taken at the end of fall, for #ForestFriday. #photography #landscape #scape

“Rolling the tea leaves”. Freshly picked leaves are rolled by hand in a heated wok as a first stage of making tea, on a plantation a few miles from Chengdu, #China #humansofbluesky #photography #portrait

Narada Falls, in Mount #Rainier national park, for #WaterfallWednesday. #photography #landscape #waterfall #nationalpark

Haven’t been here for nigh on 20 years now (almost made it on a recent trip back to the homeland!) but it still remains one of my most favorite places to hang out. Beautiful place and image.

#Jagged Californian #coastline, just north of Big Sur, for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow. #photography #landscape

A favorite woodland grotto to hang out in during spring, when river runoff combines with several seasonal springs to form a tranquil reflecting pool. #forestFriday #woodland #photography #landscape

Latourell Falls, in the Columbia River Gorge, for #waterfallWednesday, a gorgeous 249 foot drop. #photography #landscape #waterfall

The north face of Mount #Everest (Chomolungma) towering over the #Rongbuk monastery in #Tibet. Still blows my mind that, standing at just over 17000 feet, there’s another 12000 feet to go to the summit. #MountainMonday #photography #landscape #blackandwhite #monochrome

Trio of images from past #Seattle #SeaFair Blue Angels air displays for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #sideways. #photography #airshow #BlueAngels

So, today I loaded a roll of film (HP5+) for the first time in 21 years, into the second camera model I ever used, 45 years ago (not this exact one, it’s a thrift store replacement I was lucky to find). What will I get? No idea, but I think it’s going to be fun reliving those early years!

I just love the ethereal look in this. And the woods are so ‘tidy’ lol!

Sheer #joy at striking gold with a short trip to Tromso, Norway, a couple years back following a software conference to see if we could ‘get lucky’ and see the #aurora. First night out, it was spectacular! #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #nightsky

So serene - gorgeous!

For #ForestFriday an 830nm monochrome infrared image of a creek and fallen trees, from a recent trip to the Hoh Rainforest. This spot is just a few yards from the visitor center, on the Hall of Mosses trail. #photography #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #landscape #infrared

A #vibrant #sunset over Elliot Bay, Puget Sound, for the #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape

Darned fat fingers! #BlueSkyArtShow

Butter lamps, with offerings from the devoted, light up a dim cave intended for solitude and #Buddhist contemplation, close to a temple on the outskirts of #Lhasa, #Tibet #BluSkyArtShow #LightAndShadow #photography

Been a while since I posted any #wildlife so here’s a short-eared #owl, posing with what seemed to be a somewhat coy expression on Whidbey Island, not far from the Keystone ferry terminal. #photography

Today is also the 45th anniversary of Mount St. Helens blowing her top. I call this image, from 2008, “Blast Zone”. #photography #landscape #volcano #mt.st.helens

Where does time fly, lol. Twenty years ago today, May 18, just after dawn I took this panoramic of Mount #Everest and her sister peaks #Changtse (Bei peak), #Lhotse, and #Nuptse, from the 18500 foot summit of Kala Pattar. What a trek (and memory). #photography #landscape