Love a good day of skiing
A little lip balm after a great day skiing at Val d'lsere France
Smile,Sun,Snow
My wife and sometime model Sally who Is a very good skier I can trust with wide angle low shots for her to hit the mark and not me.
Cowboy in Lava
Lucca at the oars running the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Lava Falls on river left (a first for me) 20,000 CFS
Hang on
18' Soltar boat a little off course in Lava falls. Grand Canyon NP. Dave pulls it off and straightens out for the next wave.
Face wash
Kayaker Mat Karr in wave of Granite rapid Grand Canyon NP
Focused
Torin Koos mens 4x10 relay keeping USofA in third place though out the second leg. Terable waxing conditions up to the start of the race kept wax coaches trying all different combinations. When it came to the race Torin chose the rubber base skis with only glide wax on the tip and tail. This proved a good advantage for the US in the classic portion of the race.
A simile of victory
Marit Bjoergen had the responsibility for the Norway Women’s 4x5 relay to be fourth leg and pull the team into first place. I knew Marit was in a tuck on the hill just above me and to my left, what I did not know was how far she pulled ahead of the pack in the last KM. I found a hole in the snow next to the course someone had dug earlier allowing me a low angle. Marit came out of her tuck looking down and polled one V1 on her left looked up and the arena erupted with noise from every person, the sound was deafening! As she looked up and smiled I knew this was for her the very moment of joy in her third gold of the Olympics.
On target
Biathlete with steady aim in cross arm position. Stevens Pass Nordic Center, Washington State USofA
Keeping watch
Ground squirrel's in meadow west of Washington Pass
Calm day in Tumwater Canyon
Nice day for color in the Canyon as Wenatchee river slows down between rapids.
Time and change of another year
Tumwater Canyon Wenatchee River where stone shows the power of water with time.
Stone face river god
Rock in the Wenatchee River Tumwater Canyon. HDR
Ready for winter
Older homestead Wenatchee River watershed Washington St. Stitched w seven frames. Used Douglas Fir tree shadow to gobo the lens.
Last light
Great light never give up until you can't see anything.
Say goodnight for another day
Barkley Sound on Vancouver Island British Columbia. Cloudy all day until the last minuets then the colors erupted. Singh-ray reverse grad ND 3 stop to hold back sun, color balance 5500k, minor adjustment in post for tone curve, saturation and vibrance
Last light on a fall day
Glacier Pk and the shoulder of Longfellow Pk from Poe Mt. I waited for the last rays of light knowing I would have a two mile hike out with my headlamp, but that was ok for what nature gave me.
Making a splash
Wenatchee River Calm
Favorite swimming hole in Tumwater Canyon fall color with salmon run in full swing. Ready for winter coming soon.
Seeing time in the river
Had this idea in my head for a while. Shot with the 24-105 @ 32 mm using a Singh-Ray Varo-Duo which is a polarizer and neutral density filter. Set polarizer to cut reflection and turned ND down to max density. I then set the lens to f 20 and exposed five frames from 10 sec to 30 sec and processed in Photomatix as an HDR image. The movement of the water diffracted light into the depths and multiple exposures allowed the polarizer to cut reflection on the surface as it moved. This technique allows you to see something that is there but not normally seen by the human eye.
Tumwater Canyon Color
Tumwater Canyon Tranquility
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Tuweep sunrise
Sunrise from Tuweep point looking down canyon at Lava Falls. Singh-ray grad ND 4 stop to open up shadows in canyon.
Zion backcountry
A warm friend on a cold day
Patty and Butch the two ravens who "own" the Stevens Pass Nordic Center in Washington State stay warm on a cool day 3 degrees F. Often seen together on cold days using each other for warmth the also find and share food together and will follow me when I ski out on the trails.