Autumn Walk by the River with the Nikon 70-200 S

 

The Autumn leaves are settling on quiet forest paths, and the sun is falling quicker in the sky as October draws to a close. The river runs cool and quickly, not at flood, but neither at its low murmuring summer state, the side channels lively and laughing once again, the watery giggles heralding the coming monsoons that will fill the rivers with the floods of winter.

The Glory Days of Fall - Nikon Z 70-200 Sample Images

Autumn days are the golden swan song of summer, when leaves of amber hue tumble from the trees through rippling curtains of mist lit by the filtered rays of a waning sun that hovers timidly in the South. The ethereal stalks of mushrooms, the chipmunks hoarding their winter stores, and the frost silvering the morning grass of green fields are the harbingers of the dark winter hours to follow this last curtain call of warmth and busy life that soon shall sleep till spring.

Nikon Z 70-200 f/2.8 VR S Sample Photos and Unboxing Video

This week I finally got my hands on the new Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR S lens, and it is truly an amazing photographic tool. In this video I take unbox this lens and take it out for a photo shoot on my farm to grab some candid portraits of goats. I love the images this lens produces, and the experience of shooting with it is incredible.

I'm currently working on a review of the lens, which I hope to have ready to publish this Friday, so stay tuned!

Fall in the Pacific Northwest - Aerial and Astro Photography

The fog and mist of autumn lie heavy on the low hills of Southwest Washington. The clouds run like rivers of cotton candy down the slopes of the Cascade Mountain Range to pool in quiet valleys, cloaking farms and forests in a quieting hush of somber silence. The fog creates different worlds, the spooky haunted land of evening when it flickers like a living thing through the marsh grasses, the moonlit grandeur of its rise skyward in the night, and the seldom seen fairlyland that lives so briefly in the hours of dawn, glimpsed only by airplanes, drone pilots, and a few lucky hikers on mountain peaks. Autumn fog is a magical thing indeed.

High Tide in the Salish Sea - Underwater Wildlife

Below the waters of the Salish Sea, in the long fjords of Puget sound, may be found a vibrant and diverse ecosystem of bizarre and mysterious creatures hidden in plain sight from the metropolis that lines the narrow channels and wide bays of this glacial landscape. Crabs, pipefish, anemones, jellyfish and many other creatures call this subterranean realm home, and at high tide they crawl from the depths and from hidden crevasses to feed and journey across the ocean floor, their fins and shells and carapaces lit in the shimmering patterns of the refracted sun beaming down through clear salt water.

Solutions to preventing overcrowding in Mt Rainier National Park

Mount Rainier is a landscape near and dear to my heart, a place of endless wonder and adventure. The awe I experience upon gazing at the majesty of this icy monarch of the Cascade Mountains never dwindles or mellows with the passing of time. Whether wandering through deep forest, striding through alpine meadows, or clambering through the moonscape of the glacial moraines, I never tire of the experience of visiting what is without a doubt my favorite National Park.