blue moon

Last night's full moon was a blue moon- the second in the same calendar month.  I photographed it as it was setting in the early morning hours.  This is the last photo I took, with the moon half set behind the ridge.

It seemed worth getting up a bit early for because it only happens, well, once in...

early fall

This shrub was one of the first signs of fall along the Wenatchee River near Cashmere, Washington.

alley, take 2

Here is another solarized image of the Port Angeles alley in yesterday's post, seen from a slightly different angle.

port angeles alley

Here is another digitally solarized photograph- this time of an alley near the Port Angeles waterfront.

meadow

Today was another plein air painting Monday.  These meadow grasses are from the Dungeness Recreation Area, a county park near the Dungeness Spit.

oil on canvas panel, 6"x8"

directions

Architectural details from an old building near the Port Angeles waterfront.

tree and fields

This hazy afternoon view is from Sunnyside Cemetery, near Coupeville on Whidbey Island, looking toward Ebey's Landing.

uptown church

Here is another pinhole photo of an uptown Port Townsend church.  This one is Presbyterian.

red door church

This is another pinhole camera photograph from Monday's visit to uptown Port Townsend, featuring St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

afterglow

The arrangement of the clouds made for an unusual sunset yesterday, with an orange glow above Bell Hill.

Later, as the sunset progressed, it started to touch the more distant clouds, creating a much different look.

patio

Here is another image from yesterday's visit to uptown Port Townsend with the plein air painters.

This black and white photo of Sweet Laurette's garden patio has digital color added.

beetles

I converted this digital photo of an uptown Port Townsend scene to black and white, then added digital color back in.

old boat 2

This one is in the clearing fog on the Port Angeles waterfront.  I did a small painting of it, but I like the photo better.

garry oaks

This field of Garry Oaks near downtown Sequim has been considered for development in the past, but nothing has happened yet and the oaks are still there.

point hudson buildings

A row of old buildings soaks up the sun at the Point Hudson Marina in Port Townsend.

This is a digital color photograph that was converted to black and white, then partially digitally colorized.

river swirls

This is a different crop of yesterday's photo: a close-up featuring swirls in the Gray Wolf River.

river duo

Here is a pair of saplings growing on the bank of the Gray Wolf River, in the Dungeness Forks area of the Olympic National Forest.

dappled light

Dappled sunlight punctuates the deep shade on the Olympic Discovery Trail in this pinhole camera image, made just to the west of Railroad Bridge Park.  This view is looking west.

dungeness river

Here is a pinhole camera view looking up the Dungeness River toward the mountains, from a gravel bar under the railroad bridge.

railroad bridge

This pinhole photograph of the Railroad Bridge, just west of Sequim, is from Friday afternoon's visit.  Because of the slow shutter speed, moving pedestrians on the bridge are blurred more than the normal softness of the pinhole image.

olympic discovery trail

Here is another pinhole photograph, from a visit yesterday afternoon to the section of the trail just west of Railroad Bridge Park.

river rocks

Rocks in the lower Dungeness River, near the Olympic Game farm, are today's subject.

port hadlock boats

I digitally posterized this summer morning photo of boats at Port Hadlock, to simplify the scene and enhance the quiet feeling.

game creator

Would you buy a used game from this person?

This photo of my friend Chris Crawford dates back to my high school days, when I developed my own black-and-white negatives and prints in a home darkroom.  Digital modification done recently, with apologies to Andy Warhol.

Chris has started a Kickstarter project to develop his game, "Balance of the Planet," an environmental simulation, and make it available for worldwide free play.

To learn more, follow this link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/544670315/balance-of-the-planet

battery columns

This photo is from the same section of the Fort Worden batteries featured in Sunday's post.

rover on the ground

This image is in honor of the spectacular arrival this morning (Zulu time) of NASA's latest rover, Curiosity, on Mars.

This photo from my childhood was taken by my father in the early Sixties, and features his company-surplus Land Rover in the desert.

battery row

Here is another photo of the batteries atop Artillery Hill at Fort Worden, near Port Townsend.

This is one of the more extensive sections of the old concrete and steel installations.

runabout

This is another digitally solarized photograph of a rather junky corner of the boatyard on the Port Angeles harbor.

new kitty

My last three posts were all of old things, so I thought I should post a photo of something new.

old barn

This is the view through an old barn, in one entrance and out the other.  The barn is starting to look like it's more air than wood, and the vegetation is taking over.

This particular barn was in southern Maryland, but it could just as easily have been around here.  Scanned color slide, converted to black and white.

old boat

This boat now spends its days on the beach.