Views from Western Washington
Published Sat, Jul 11 2009 10:31 AM
If there’s one thing I love about living in Western Washington, it’s the spectacular scenery. Every Monday night, my wife and I drive out to Enumclaw on our way to dance practice. On the way we pass by Krain Corner, a location with a fabulous view of farmland, rolling hills, and Mt. Rainier. On more than one occasion I’ve driven through the area and wished I had brought my camera with me.
Today, I was taking Lucas to Black Diamond Miner’s Days, a local event where he and other members of the Merle E. Luther chapter of the Order of DeMolay were working. Since it’s a nice, relatively cloudless day I decided I’d take the camera with me and head on down the road a bit after I dropped him off. Here are some of the pictures I took.
_thumb.jpg "Mt. Rainier")
I also took some pictures from the Green River bridge. This bridge had been closed for repairs for nearly nine months, causing us to have to take a long detour on our trips to dance practice. Since it was once again open, I decided to take a few pictures while I was there.
_thumb.jpg "Green River")
The Green River also happens to flow through Flaming Geyser State Park. The flaming geyser itself isn’t really a natural geyser, despite the name. It’s actually a test hole bored by Eugene Lawson on October 4, 1911, prospecting for coal in the area. At about 900 feet down, the drill encountered a layer containing methane gas. This gas has been slowly seeping up ever since. In 1922 Mr. Lawson, the discoverer of the gas layer noticed it was bubbling up from the ground and lit it. For many years it burned continuously, with the flame reaching heights of eight to ten feet. Today the flame is much smaller, only about eight to ten inches high. The flame is fed by a natural layer of methane gas that is about 89% methane.
All in all, it wasn’t a bad way to spend about an hour or so, and I think I got some nice pictures out of the trip as well.
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Karim Celibataire responded with:
 | Incredible beautiful photos of an amazing landscape! It made me feel like holiday instantly! |
Glenn M Cassel AMH1(AW) USN RET responded with:
 | I haven't been in Western Washington in about three years. I laid my father-in-law(AMHC USN RET) to rest at the Mount Tahoma National Cemetery.
All those years at NAS Whidbey Island and living outside of Coupeville had me taking the mere beauty of the place for granted. I live In Kansas now. Go Figure! |
ablur responded with:
 | I love the NW.
Made some Brightness adjustments to the top two. Don't want anyone to miss the true color and contrast. Snow is especially hard to adjust for. I hope you don't mind.
See them here http://ablursphotos.blogspot.com/2009/07/perris-pictures.html
I process a lot of pictures. I shoot weddings, reunions and various events. |
Perri Nelson responded with: Image Processing...
 | Thanks Now though I have to get to work on cleaning my lens. I thought it was clean until I saw the reprocessed second image. And I keep the lens cap on when I'm not taking pictures too. |
ablur responded with:
| I can try and clean that up if it is important?
I haven't been able to shoot in over a week too busy with my other job. |
Perri Nelson responded with: It's the lens...
| Nah... It has to be the lens. The same spots show up in a couple of other shots I took on the same day. I've got a lens cleaning kit, I'll fix it up myself. My next photo trip will be to the Green River Gorge. I understand there's a waterfall there, so I'll probably try to get some shots on Saturday. |
Glenn M Cassel AMH1(AW) USN RET responded with:
| I was fond of Mount Baker as seen from the flightline at NAS Whidbey Island. On very cold winter mornings on FOD Walkdown, sometimes you could see steam venting from near the summit. And the view of the Olympics, Fort Casey and The Admiralty Inlet out the living room window didn't hurt either. The house was located on Wanamaker Road at the first curve going east from Fort Casey Road. |
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