Weather Kept Changing the Photograph
I headed to Eastern Washington to learn Milky Way photography, but clouds kept the Milky Way out of sight. Along the way, unexpected spring snow at Mount Rainier, a camera-visible aurora, and the fire-marked Tieton River became the photographs the trip actually offered.
The Geese Won the Morning at Nisqually
A forecasted sunrise never appeared, the bald eagles left before I reached them, and I forgot part of my monopod. Fortunately, the geese at Nisqually had arranged their own early-morning show.
Trying to Make Sense of the Hall of Mosses
I arrived at the Hoh Rain Forest hoping for dark, misty winter weather. The bright afternoon and bare branches created a different challenge, eventually leading me away from grand scenes and toward the quieter stories on the forest floor.