Four hours in Olympic National Park

coscorrosa

No beach photos this time!

Sunrise near Hurricane Ridge:



Babies near the woods?:



Marymere Falls:

redleash

Beautiful colors in #1 and #3. That waterfall is something--do you know how tall it is? We are just about out of water here! I like #2, cute babies. If I ever get out there, I will have to ask you to show me around.

Wicked_Dark

oh nice work. I've just got to get to that park someday.

coscorrosa

redleash wrote: »

Beautiful colors in #1 and #3. That waterfall is something--do you know how tall it is? We are just about out of water here! I like #2, cute babies. If I ever get out there, I will have to ask you to show me around.

Marymere falls is about 90 feet. I was right at the base of the fall for this shot (I actually had to climb down to the stream and cross it for this vantage points - I got some drenched hiking boots in the process but it was worth it). There's certainly a lot to explore in that park, from mountains, to forest, to beaches, to streams and waterfalls. We're just about at peak season for the mountains but there's still quite a bit of snow around.

Wicked_Dark wrote: »

oh nice work. I've just got to get to that park someday.

Thanks! You definitely should visit, it's an amazing place. I'm fortunate that I can get there in only a few hours.

Doug Solis

Nice set Ron, I'm really enjoying your shot of the mom and kids, they were keeping their eye on you too. Very nice perspective of the waterfall, I like how it stairsteps down and seems to widen the lower it gets. I started throwing a pair of neopreme booties in my bag just for these kind of occasions, glad you sacrificed for us. though.

squirl033

nice stuff, as always, Ron... love the waterfall, and the sunrise is spectacular!

bryanj87

More greatness here Ron. I love the colors in the first shot, wow. Looking at the baby deer, I can't help but wonder if they thought you were a bear, esp if this was taken before you shaved epic beard!

joe-bob

Your first shot is awesome.

zoomer

Beautiful, unique, seldom visited area (by photographers).
Nice shots, love that baby deer shot. Thanks for sharing.

schmoo

#1: What nice layers you have!

dlplumer

That first one is a killer

coscorrosa

Doug Solis wrote: »

Nice set Ron, I'm really enjoying your shot of the mom and kids, they were keeping their eye on you too. Very nice perspective of the waterfall, I like how it stairsteps down and seems to widen the lower it gets. I started throwing a pair of neopreme booties in my bag just for these kind of occasions, glad you sacrificed for us. though.

That's probably a good idea. I didn't anticipate that I would have to be in the creek otherwise I would have hiked in with rubber boots more more likely sandals (it's a real easy trail).

squirl033 wrote: »

nice stuff, as always, Ron... love the waterfall, and the sunrise is spectacular!

Thanks! I really lucked out on that sunrise. I wanted to shoot the mountains but it became clear that the light wasn't going to reach that far so I drove down the road looking for a more backlit perspective and found one a few minutes later.

bryanj87 wrote: »

More greatness here Ron. I love the colors in the first shot, wow. Looking at the baby deer, I can't help but wonder if they thought you were a bear, esp if this was taken before you shaved epic beard!

This was sans epic beard, so maybe they thought I was a huge marmot?

joe-bob wrote: »

Your first shot is awesome.

Thanks!

zoomer wrote: »

Beautiful, unique, seldom visited area (by photographers).
Nice shots, love that baby deer shot. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks! I don't really have any good ONP shots outside of the beach, I've neglected the rainforests and mountains, but hope to get more of both in the next few years.

schmoo wrote: »

#1: What nice layers you have!

In Soviet Russia, composition chooses you!

dlplumer wrote: »

That first one is a killer

Thanks!

DaddyO

Nice set Really enjoying image 2.