Iron Falls, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington. Image taken 6/7/2013
23.01.2026 08:12 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@kwilliam8.bsky.social
Retired, and doing various types of nature photography. Living on Camano Island, in beautiful Washington State. See my images here: https://kwilliam8.smugmug.com/
Iron Falls, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington. Image taken 6/7/2013
23.01.2026 08:12 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Short-eared owl, Samish Flats, Washington. Images taken in March of 2024.
22.01.2026 01:36 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One more image from yesterday evening. Beautiful skies over Skagit Bay, at sunset.
20.01.2026 23:12 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Olympic Mountains, Port Susan Bay, and part of the Stillaquamish River estuary. Image taken yesterday evening.
20.01.2026 23:10 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Snow Geese flying over Port Susan Bay, with Olympic Mountains in the background. Image taken last night.
20.01.2026 23:07 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wonderful image! Great composition and very nice post processing. Love your work!
18.01.2026 06:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Kingfisher trying to snag some dinner yesterday afternoon. Images taken in the Skagit River estuary, Washington State.
17.01.2026 09:55 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wonderful story
16.01.2026 07:36 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Here are a couple of recently processed images from a cloudy flight into the coast range near Petersburg, Alaska. Images taken 7/1/2014.
15.01.2026 09:29 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Going back over some older images, and discovered this one tonight. Just goes to show how our taste changes over time. This is from a flight around Denali in the Alaska Range, taken in the summer of 2014. I like the ridge line and ice flutings, but I especially love the clouds in this image!
14.01.2026 09:41 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Open door helicopter flight over the Na Pali coast of Kauai. Image taken 7/25/2011. Still one of the most stunning places that I have seen.
12.01.2026 21:13 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Barn Owl, Leque Island (before its restoration to tidal marsh), near Stanwood, Washington. Image taken 1/21/2019.
11.01.2026 09:49 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Winter scene and winter skies in eastern Washington, along highway 2, east of Waterville. Image taken 1/2/2007
08.01.2026 20:47 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park, Washington. Image taken 3/26/2013.
05.01.2026 07:33 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mount Baker, aka Koma Kulshan, is a nearby active volcano. Baker has the second-most thermally active crater in the Cascade Range (after Mount St. Helens). It has the heaviest glacier cover of the Cascade volcanoes, and is one of the snowiest places in the world. Image taken two days ago.
03.01.2026 01:13 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wonderful image! The landscape itself is great by itself, but the clouds put this over the top. Great eye, and nice IR processing.
02.01.2026 22:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You too, Anita!
01.01.2026 23:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mount Rainier (98 miles away) from Iverson Spit, Camano Island, Washington. Yes, once in a blue moon we get clear skies in winter! Both images taken late yesterday afternoon.
01.01.2026 20:56 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Female common merganser in flight, Livingston Bay, Camano Island, Washington. Image taken yesterday evening.
01.01.2026 20:36 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Double-crested cormorant downing a fish dinner, Livingston Bay, Camano. Image taken yesterday afternoon.
01.01.2026 20:34 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wow! That is a great image, and a very beautiful one too!
31.12.2025 22:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0May the new year be your best trip around our sun!
31.12.2025 19:03 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Male Northern Harrier, Samish Flats, Washington
31.12.2025 08:44 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Mount Baker, reflected in the Skagit River, Washington. Image taken 12/31/2011.
29.12.2025 05:52 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Twin Sisters Range, as seen from Semiahmoo Spit, Washington State (about a mile and a half from the Canadian border). Image taken 12/20/2017. The west ridge of North Twin Sister (left most peak) is a wonderful rock climb/scramble, which I did many years ago with the Seattle Mountaineers.
28.12.2025 04:30 β π 12 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Long Lake, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. Image taken 2/11/2013
26.12.2025 22:18 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mount Blum, from Baker Lake, in winter
25.12.2025 20:39 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Short-eared owl, flying over its typical winter habitat
24.12.2025 22:33 β π 20 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Winter scene from Camano Island State Park, Washington. In the foreground is Whidbey Island, while Mount Constance and the Olympic Mountains are in the background.
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