Staircase

[squirl033]

spent my 4th in the woods, away from the crowds, listening to birds and the song of water flowing over stones - infinitely preferable, to me at least, to the racket of the city, the noise of fireworks, and the crowds. anyway, i went over to the west side of Hood Canal, took a trip up to Staircase. hadn't been there in years - well, okay, decades! - and it was really nice to get back over that way. here are a few preliminary images from the afternoon... more to come as i process the rest of the shots i took. all with 5D and 24-135, various settings, polarizer and/or ND filter.

this little stream flows down right next to the road beside Lake Cushman...

a shot from down on the riverbank, well "off the beaten path"... not one you should try at home unless you're comfortable scrambling down steep banks and over boulders...

 

[JaniceL]

I especially like the second photo. The turquoise in the water is beautiful.

 

[squirl033]

thanks, Janice... one of my keepers from the afternoon is this 4-shot pano taken with the camera in vertical format. it's takes in a bit more of the scene, and the resulting image file is just over 6000x4000 - excellent for large prints!

 

[JaniceL]

Wow, that's one monster print. Incredible.

 

[theague]

You've convinced me I need to go back up there again! Last time I was there was the LAST day of the season back in October of 2009 and it was raining!