Photos from the summer adventures

Here are some photos from our summer trip to Alaska.  Beautiful country up there, and well worth the trip. 

First shot is of a late afternoon sun on Mendenhall Lake, with the Glacier in the background.

Mendenhall Glacier and Lake with the late afternoon sun.

Next is a shot if a glacier (not sure which one) coming off of the Juneau Icefield, as viewed from the Inside Passage.

View of a glacier from the inside passage

 A shot of some waterfalls coming down the walls of Tracey Arm Fjord, falling an estimated 1500-2000 feet from top of the wall to the ocean.

Waterfalls falling into Tracey Arm Fjord

Enough boring scenery?  Ok how about a close up shot of a juvenile eagle, seen along a hiking trail near Ketchikan.

Juvenile Eagle perched in an old sawmill. Ketchikan, AK

And now back to your regularly scheduled scenery shots… another Tracey Arm Fjord shot, and a night shot of the Victoria, BC capital building.

Tracey Arm Fjord Rock Formation

Capital Building of Victoria BC at night

I hope you like them, they were fun to take and I’ll share more as time permits.

Some new pics from the Zoo

Just a quick post on some new pictures taken at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA. 

"Got Nuts?"

These are Northern Tree Shrews, and getting them to stand still long enough for a in-focus shot was a challenge.

Pink Doesn't Stink

Just a shot of the Flamingo Exhibit in the Zoo, but I liked the colors.

A few new photos

I managed to get some photos recently of the local Tulips in La Conner, WA.  So here they are:

La Conner Tulips

Tulip Colors

New Photos

Here are a few photos from over the sumer that I just got around to posting.

Cascades Waterfall

Elephant

My Photo Shortlisted on Schmap.com

An organization named Schamp decided they liked one of my photos and have put it on a short list of photos to represent Woodland Park Zoo in their updated guide.  For those that can’t wait, here is the photo:

Golden Lion Tamarind

UPDATE: The photo was selected for inclusion.  You can see the final entry on Schmap along with the other included photos here.

EDIT: ok the Picture misalignment finally bugged me so much I fixed it.

Another Photo Post

I swear I’ll get back to posting text and opinions soon. I know that’s what you’re here for…

In the mean time I’ve posted more photos from a recent trip to Woodland Park Zoo where I took some shots of various animals. Here are a few of my favorites.

The ocelots had a baby on 23Sep08 and this is a shot of nap time.

Napping Ocelot

Pete the Gorilla

This is Pete the gorilla enjoying(?) his snack of vegetables.  I hope you like them and if you want, visit my Flickr Page to view the ones I liked enough to post.

Another photo I liked

Taken at Cannon Beach Oregon in January.

Cannon Beach Waterfall

A new hobby…

I found that I’m really enjoying photography, after inheriting an older Canon AE-1 35mm camera.  I took it around and did some shooting and learned a bit, but boy was using film not the way to go for learning.  So I found out that I could get a newer digital SLR as a work reward from my company so I got it.

So expect some posts of shots I liked as I wander around the NW snapping more photos. 

Lynx

For starters here is a shot of a lynx at the NW Trek animal park that I got a couple of weeks ago.  I have a few more but will direct you to my Flickr Page to get the full view.