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• Robert Anton Wilson.

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The most awesome thing about visiting Washington in spring is the abundance of waterfalls everywhere. We had earmarked tons of waterfalls to visit like the Snoqualmie, Narada, and Franklin falls but we also saw lots of other amazing falls along the way. This waterfalls and cascades were located a few feet away from the Franklin fall trail. There were no names or directions just a small spur leading away from the main trail to an overlook point.

This image is an example of focusing at the hyperfocal distance, to get most of the frame in sharp focus. Now my camera has a setting that will take multiple images that will slowly shift from the closest point the farthest point which I can later combine to create a very sharp image. The problem to that approach is the moving water in the frame, in my experience when moving elements are present the results of the approach is a hit or miss. Another factor is that I was taking a long exposure shot and it would simply take too much time to takes multiple exposures. So I preferred the hyperfocal method, which allowed me to get the whole scene in acceptable focus by approximately focusing a third into the scene.

Flew up to Seattle for the weekend to spend some much needed time with family. The weekend was packed with activities but I did manage to make a stop...

The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington and is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and a symbol of...

Perhaps everyone who lives in Seattle and enjoys landscape photography has something similar to this shot. It is an AMAZING view up on Queen Anne...

I have to give a shout out to my wife for trekking with me through some sketchy neighborhoods to get to this spot. The sun sets pretty late in the...

Stefan Bock hat Folgendes ursprünglich geteilt:

Space Needle Seattle, Washington Of course taken from Kerry Park as usual. :-) Share, if you...

Downtown Seattle, Washington

I think those folk up north need bigger mice for that new giant mouse wheel they have on the waterfront.

I can't get enough of this spot. There's something so perfectly "Seattle" about it, and I absolutely adore the city lights from here (with the added...

Seattle's Pike Place Market, home of the famous fish market, decorated for the holidays on a typical rainy winter night.

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I have a thing for lighthouses. Single click for large view!

• Orison Swett Marden.

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I recently was going over my amazon kindle book purchases and I came across some of the books that I purchased during my early years in the USA. I came across this book about the waterfalls of the pacific northwest which had to be one of the first books other than the copious amounts of expensive textbooks that I purchased. As a grad student in New England, I had access to some majestic fall foliage and some very picturesque waterfalls, but I used to dream about visiting some of these stunning waterfalls in Oregon and Washington.

I particularly remember reading about the majestic Snoqualmie falls and how its located in the, middle of a town and is one of the main tourist attractions. I used to wonder how such a beautiful and tall waterfall can exist in the city center and kind of tried to put together an image of the place in google street cameras. Well let’s just say when we finally had a chance to go to the beautiful evergreen state of Washington, the Snoqualmie was the second waterfall we put in our planner after the other stunning waterfall that’s home to the state, the Palouse. The place my imagination conjured up piecing together google images was nothing in comparison to the real thing, the Snoqualmie is a thunderous waterfall smack bang in the middle of the town that is its namesake. And with a 268 ft sheer drop, it is an impressive thing to behold visually and as you stand at the viewing platform the roar of the falls doubles down on that initial impression.

And now for the negative aspects, the thing I hate about some of the most famous waterfalls is the over development that comes with the exposure. While the Snoqualmie is impressive, it pretty much impossible to take a unique shot here as the development around would allow a narrow field of view. And since that shot has been taken by a million other photographers, this fall is not very exciting to photograph. I only took two to three shots here and we pretty much spend the whole afternoon just enjoying the various well-maintained trails that’s near the falls. This is a shot that I took as an experimentation of the Nikon D850’s ability to focus stack. I selected the flowers that were blooming as the nearest focal point and let the camera figure out the rest. While Adobe struggled a bit to seamlessly blend the images a trial version of Helicon focus had no issues creating the final image.

View from Kerry Park.

Back in Seattle. Although I was just there in October, my sister and her family went there for spring break, so I flew out to join them for a few...

Just like the real veins feeding in to the heart. A view from Dr. Jose P Rizal Bridge, Seattle, Washington, USA. I feel it is just made to be...

I have shot from this bridge overlooking an intersection of I5 and downtown Seattle before, so I knew what to expect and where to go. But I didn't...

Making fun of those meaningless film titles of movies that usually get nominated for a bunch of awards but nobody watches. “A new film by master...

This is my second visit to this wonderful waterfall near Seattle. This 268 ft single drop waterfalls is easily accessible and couple of observations...

Thanks to Groupon, we got to stay in Seattle's only waterfront hotel, which was only a couple blocks from this spot. There was hardly anyone out and...

Although I love Chicago, I wish it wasn't so flat. Is it too much to ask to have one nice hill in Chicago like in Seattle to get a great view of the...

Ferris Wheel Seattle at Pier 57

On a warm summer night in August 2014. #ferryiswheel #night #nightshot #bluehour #usa #water #pier

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Hey guys, how bout this new format eh? Haven't had much time to explore it but so far i'm liking what i see! Here's a Seattle sunrise from a few...

• Theodore Roosevelt.

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Here is a composite image I made at Franklin falls on the Snoqualmie river. We went to a waterfall day trip immediately after returning from Olympic peninsula before leaving for Mt Rainier National Park. We did some moderate hikes and generally relaxed before the long drive to Mt Rainier. Visiting the pacific northwest and its waterfalls is one of our favorite roadtrip traditions.

The first thing that strikes you about the waterfall in the incredible size of the falls and the power of the falls as a massive ravide drops of a sheer cliff. The water spray near the fall was equivalent to standing in a fancy shower, a very cold shower at that. From my experience I have learned that this kind of massive falls ooks better when the motion is frozen rather than using a long exposure method. But the streams in the foreground usually looks better as a long exposure. So, this is where a composite image looks better, this one is a combination of along exposure and a faster shot taken without the ND filter to freeze the motion of water, this way I can better capture the power of this stunning waterfall. Care should be taken to focus manually and not to move the tripod while switching the ND filter but other than that these shots are straightforward to make and its just a matter of alingning the phots and using a layer maek to select the bits you want in the final photo.

Hi all, I've not been around for a while. Two reasons for that, firstly my illness relapsed yet again and I've been quite incapacitated as well as...

The view of downtown at night from Kerry Park. I'm working on a "planet view" from this spot and if I like the way it turns out I will post it later.

That is the official nick name for Seattle. I have visited Seattle couple of times in the past but never got a chance a experience the city. But this...

Downtown Seattle. My wife and I spent a couple days here exploring the city. We have been here before, but it was a long time ago before we could...

It was a very clear, cold night on the top of the Space Needle. The biting wind nummed my gloved fingers quite quickly. This caused even more camera...

Pike Place Market is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington, United States. The Market opened August 17, 1907,...

Pike Place Market Seattle Fish Market Sign

What is the building that is really amazing in Seattle ? That is Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame. The colorful sheet...

Here's a new one. I'm having fun hanging out on a noisy freeway overpass taking some pics. Your standard Saturday night. All of a sudden some...