Young Swallow Flight
Really hard catching these young juvenile swallows in flight.  I managed to capture a good shot of this one while doing a swift pan with it.  I wish the background was a little better but thankfully it was blurry, and you can't really tell it's a sign behind the shot.
#juvenileswallow #swallows #treeswallow #flight #bird #animal #nature #wildlife

Courting the Perch
Tree Swallows in a courting competition for one on the perch.
#swallows #treeswallows #bird #animal #nature #wildlife #flight #wings #perched

Three's a Crowd
There were originally 2 swallows perched on the post but then the third one came down at them and stirred it all up.
#swallows #treeswallows #bird #birdflight #flight #nature #wildlife #animal #wings

Perched Swallow Pair
A cute pair of Tree Swallows taking a break on top of a nesting box post and enjoying a little time with each other.
#treeswallows #birds #swallow #nature #animal #perched #post #wildlife

Perpetua Storm
A storm moved into the hills southeast of Cape Perpetua on the Oregon coast. (2022)
#oregoncoast #pacificcoast #capeperpetua #storm #mountains #forest #wilderness #oregonexplored

Beached
A lone piece of wood washed up during high tides on an Oregon coastal beach.

#beachwood #beach #pacificocean #oregoncoast #ocean #wood #onesubject #pnw #pacificnorthwest #oregonexplored

Thielsen View
Looking across Diamond Lake and seeing the tall majestic Mount Thielsen reaching into the sky. (2023)
#blackandwhitephoto #blackandwhite #mountthielsenview #mountthielsen #pnw #pacificnorthwest #cascademountains #oregon #mountain

Broken
Taken from the Thielsen View Campground at Diamond Lake, Oregon.  A broken tree framing in Mount Thielsen in the background. (07/2023)

#diamondlakeoregon #diamondlake #oregonexplored #lake #water #trees #wilderness #mountthielsen #pnw #pacificnorthwest

Misty Serenity
Early morning mist rising from the water and a rowboat sitting just off the bank.

#misty #mist #sunrise #sunburst #lakeside #lake #water #reflection #rowboat #boat #redboat #foggy #washington

Droplets on a Leaf
Out visiting family for Thanksgiving and they just had a bit of rain early in the morning.  This little leaf was on their table in the backyard, and it was covered with small droplets.  This is a 95 shot focus stacked image. (11/22/23)
#leaf #droplets #macro #nature #macrophoto #water #waterdrops

Brewers Blackbird
A Brewers blackbird perched on a lone branch at the top of a bush at the Summers Lake Wildlife Refuge in southern Oregon. (05/22/23)
#blackbird #brewersblackbird #bird #perch #bush #nature #animal #bird #wildlife

Incoming
A tree swallow coming in for a landing at the top of a nesting box.

#nestingbox #treeswallow #swallow #bird #animal #nature #wildlife #flight #flying

Portrait of a Swallow
A cute little tree swallow stopped for a minute at the top of this post to pose for a portrait shot.

#treeswallow #wildlife #nature #animal #bird #perched #swallows

Fall Seed
Another find among the fall leaves and green foliage is this one lonely, standing high, dandelion seed puff.  The morning light made for a nice dramatic effect.
#dandelionseeds #dandelion #macro #fallleaves #fallcolors #fall #seedpods #seedpuff #macrophoto #nature

Moss and Fall
There's nothing more interesting than crawling around on the ground looking for a good macro shot.  There were tons of leaves that have fallen from several different types of trees in the area but this was the only piece of oak moss that I could see anywhere on the ground.  With the daylight just coming it stood out from the green ground foliage and the colorful leaves. (11/16/23)
#oakmoss #moss #macro #macrophotography #macrophoto #fallcolors #leavesontheground #fall #fungi

Swallow Wings
A Tree Swallow stretching its wings out to take off of this board on an edge of a fence. (Washtucna, WA)
Nikon Z6II /  Tamron 150-600mm /  ISO-800 /  F-9 /  1/2000 /  155mm

#treeswallow #bird #wings #birdwings #nature #naturelovers #flight

Maple Colors
A beautiful Japanese maple leaf that landed stem down and almost standing upright. The early morning frost was just starting to melt with the sun now coming out.
#macro #macrophotography #japanesemapleleaf #mapleleaf #fallcolors #maple #nature

Oak Fall Leaf
 A beautiful and colorful oak leaf lying on the ground foliage. 

#oakleaf #fallcolors #nature #macro #macrophotography

Fallen Leaf
A lone fall colored golden leaf lying on a bed of ground foliage. 

#fallcolors #leaf #macro #macrophotography #nature #foliage #macrophoto

Liberty Cap
This little fungi is commonly known as Magic mushroom. They can grow upto 5 inches but these 2 are aproximately 1.5 inches.  Having heavy rain fall lately has spiked the growth of them in the Washington area. (11/16/23)
Camera: Nikon Z6II
Lens: Sigma 105mm Macro
ISO: 200 /  f/8 /  1/320 sec. 

#mushrooms #mushroomart #magicmushrooms #macrophoto #macro #nature #washingtonstate #washington

Rolling Roads
A long straight highway going over the rolling hills in eastern Washington just south of Ritzville. (11/1/2023)
#highway261washington #highway #highways #easternwashington #ritzvillewa #openroads #blackandwhite #rollingroads #rollinghills

261 Sunset
Found a spot to drive a little off of highway 261, just south of Ritzville, WA, for a bit of an early sunset shot.  Still managed to catch some colors in the sky and the rolling fields were never ending it seemed like. (10/28/23)
#sunset #highways #highwaysunset #rollingfields #rollinghills #farmland #dryfarmland #washington #washingtonlife #easternwashington

Turbine Sunset
The dryland farming surrounds the vast hills of wind turbines in this eastern Washington area.  A beautiful sunset setting in the background. (10/29/23)
#sunsetlovers #sunset #windturbines #turbines #washington #easternwashington #farmland #fields #grainfields

Roads and Turbines
A stretch of highway heading over the hills in eastern Washington.  This highway goes near a large area of wind turbines in the area. (10/29/23 - Ritzville, WA)
#highways #roads #sunset #sunsetviews #easternwashington #washington #windturbinesunset #windturbines #turbines

International W-450
This old tractor is an International W-450 which was built from 1956-1958 in an Illinois plant.  This particular one can be found at the top of a hill just off of Washington highway 261 just south of Ritzville.  Being its antique equipment, I thought a black and white version was fitting. 
#farmequipment #abandoned #farmlife #farming #farm #hillside #tractor #tractorlove #oldtractors #washington #ritzvillewa #ritzville

Sunset Energy
Looking down a straight away on a highway in eastern Washington to see the sunset colors in the sky.
#sunset #road #highway #street #colorfulsky

Sunrise Trucking
  My last day in Ritzville, Washington and it was a very foggy morning.  Then it all changed with the sun trying its best to burn through the fog creating a very colorful sunrise.  Managed to capture this semi coming through giving me a nice silhouette shot. (11/3/23)
#sunrise #sunrisefoggy #semi #truck #trucksilhouette #silhouette #transportation #ritzvillewashington #ritzvillewa

Ritzville Sunrise
The last morning in Ritzville, Washington was super foggy.  I really didn't think the sun would even be visible at all, but the sun came up and you really couldn't see it until it had fully risen.  The color of the sun punching through the fog was so beautiful. 
#sunrise #fog #foggy #morningsunrise #trees #silhouette #easternwashington #washington

Hillside International
Traveling down a Washington highway, hwy 261, when I came across a couple of old pieces of equipment sitting on the side of a hill.  This one is an old International. This is approximately 15 miles outside of Ritzville. (10/30/2023)
#antiqueequipment #internationalequipment #washington #ritzvillewa #highway261washington

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