
Tag: trees


Thunderhead Over Yosemite
Description: Check it out: clouds Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D Mark II + 28-300mm L Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Continue Reading →

Bristlecone Pine Forest And Wheeler Peak
Description: Bristlecone Pines in Great Basin National Park are thousands of years old and their forest doesn’t resemble what we think of as a ‘traditional’ forest. They are sparse trees and Continue Reading →

Above, Around, Oregon’s Forest
Forest Waterfalls Mountains Rivers Trees Green Dams named Green Peter If you like any of the above, you’ll love my latest video in the Above, Around series on YouTube. This Continue Reading →

Green Peter Dam
Description: I insist I didn’t make up the name of this dam and lake in Oregon. I didn’t get the whole story on why it is called Green Peter Dam and Continue Reading →

Drone Brocken Spectre And Glory Above The Hoback River
Description: Is it a Brocken Spectre if it is only the drone’s shadow (and some trees)? Location: Hoback River, Wyoming, USA, North America Camera: DJI Mavic 3 Cine Photograph Copyright Peter West Continue Reading →

Endless Green Whidbey Island Aerial Panorama
Description: I know it’s a long title, but I want it to be accurately descriptive. The image was taken about three different drones ago, when I was still regularly traveling between Continue Reading →

Springbrook National Park Sunset
Description: If you’re wracking your mind thinking, “Where in the US Springbrook National Park?“, take a breath. It’s in Australia where their National Parks are as numerous as our state parks, Continue Reading →

I Could Stare At Trees And Mountains All Day
Description: This is one of my favorite types of scenes: trees and mountains. This photo was taken near Index, Washington, in the Cascade Mountains. While this area was logged many decades Continue Reading →

Nothing But Trees And Mountains
Description: I can only capture this view with a drone and I am glad I did. It’s in the area South of Crater Lake National Park and this time of year Continue Reading →

Autumn Colors In Yosemite National Park
Description: Autumn is a wonderful time to visit the park. Here the Merced River passes by towering cliffs across the valley. Location: Yosemite Valley, California, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Continue Reading →

Plenty Of Palms
Description: Before I bought a drone or two I never imagined I’d be taking so many images of agriculture. I like farming, don’t get me wrong, but the views from Continue Reading →

Mount Rainier – Photo Of The Day
Title: Mount Rainier Location: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA, North America Description: It’s not often I get around to the North side of Mount Rainier and I forget what a beautiful Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Prayer Flags Above Thimphu, Bhutan
Title: Prayer Flags Above Thimphu, Bhutan Location: Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia Description: Not far out of the largest city in Bhutan are miles of trails winding through the wooded countryside. Join me in Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Mangrove Hummingbird On Nest
Title: Mangrove Hummingbird On Nest Location: Isla de Coiba, Veraguas, Panama, Central America Description: One of the world’s smallest birds found on Central America’s largest island, Coiba Island, made our guide Jose Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Title: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Location: Los Angeles, California, USA, North America ( 34°7’37” N 118°32’35” W) Description: Did I mention not everything this year will be pretty sunsets and Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Wind Through The Trees
Title: Wind Through The Trees Location: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA, North America, Earth (42°54’44” N 122°8’48” W) Description: A different take on Crater Lake National Park. ——————- Camera Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Looking Right At You
Title: Looking Right At You Location: Rio Madre De Dios, Peru, South America Description: Just a Tufted Capuchin looking for a meal. ———————- Camera Canon 7D Mark II Lens Canon Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Float Plane Over Southeast Alaskan Islands
Title: Float Plane Over Southeast Alaskan Islands Location: Flying over Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA, North America Description: Getting lucky in photography helps, as was the case on my Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Looking Up In The Redwoods
Title: Looking Up In The Redwoods Location: Sequoia National Park, California, USA, North America

Photo Of The Day – Morning on the Columbia River
Title: Morning on the Columbia River Location: Columbia River between Washington & Oregon, USA, North America Description: A beautiful morning on the lower section of the Columbia River, just before it Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Alaska Rainforest Floor
Title: Alaska Rainforest Floor Location: Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA, North America (58°27’26” N 135°51’54” W) Description: Walking the shores of Glacier Bay National Park and getting Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Rainbow Over False Bay, Alaska
Title: Rainbow Over False Bay, Alaska Location: Chatham Strait, Alaska, USA, North America (57°58’5″ N 134°54’59” W) Description: Southeast Alaska, the area around the capital of Juneau, sees its fair Continue Reading →

My Favorite And Odd Photos From 2013
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I am presenting these images from 2013 in the hopes that you find something you like. That being said, there are some images here only I might like, and I’m good with that. I started taking more “odd” photos in 2013, experimenting with blue and playing with colored tonic water poured over fruit and vegetables. While I love the mountains and travel, there are a lot of subject matter that interest me that will never get the “oooohhh” and “ahhhhh”s that those picture garner. But that’s what photography is for me, endless exploration and experimentation to present a view of what is in front of me.
Some of these images made the cut because they are stand-alone pretty. Some made the cut because they hold memories for me and my family (and I know my wife will be reading this post so I want to help jog her memory of the happy times we have shared). And then some….well, I’ll group these images by style to make it easier. Let’s start with the pretty stuff and then move into family memories (there were too many to show them all) and then the odd stuff you might not know me for.
This post will be gathered in a compilation my friend Jim Goldstein puts together of various photographers’ “Best of 2013” lists. If you would like to join in, check out this link. I’m wondering if this list will be included as Jim suggests (rightly so) narrowing your list to five or ten images. I have 32 in this list. I don’t follow direction well.
How To Use This Slideshow For Best Effect
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Image Descriptions
1. Cho Oyu and Photographers, Nepal
2. Sunset from 39,000′, somewhere over California, USA
3. Machermo Range And Dudh Pokhari, Gokyo, Nepal
4. Himalayas and stars through a windows, Machermo, Nepal
5. Yak and Kangtega, Nepal
6. Mt. Rainier and Reflection Lakes, Washington, USA
7. Mt. Baker at sunset, Washington, USA
8. Mt. Hood and Trillium Lake, Oregon, USA
9. Photographer and the Moon, near Mt. Baker, Washington, USA
10. Sun through the trees, Mt. Baker, Washington, USA
11. Moonrise over the Cascade Mountains from Whidbey Island, Washington, USA
12. Sunset on the Washington Coast, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
13. Temple Of The Mad Man, Bhutan
14. Monks at ceremony, Jakar, Bhutan
15. Blossoms and field, Jakar, Bhutan
16. My daughter and her friend exploring trees, North Cascades National Park, Washington, USA
17. SMORES!!!! Sequoia National Park, California, USA
18. Looking up, Sequoia National Park, California, USA
19. My wife and daughter at a Papohaku Beach, Molokai, Hawaii, USA
20. My daughter flying a kite, Molokai, Hawaii, USA
21. Sunrise over Maui aboard the UnCruise Adventures Safari Explorer, Hawaii, USA
22. Jessie breaks open coconuts, Molokai, Hawaii, USA
23. A mega-pod of dolphins off the coast of California, USA
24. Military gravestones, Medical Lake, Washington, USA
25. Playing with LEDs, Mt. Baker, Washington, USA
26. Rust and waves, Metchosin, British Columbia, Canada
27. Moths to a flame (look closely and you’ll see the repeating pattern as the light hit them), Clinton, Washington, USA
28. Spinning dancer, Paro, Bhutan
29. Nature’s ladder, Washington, USA
30. Keeping pace with the falls, Oregon, USA
31. How to make an okay sunset even better (panning blur), Whidbey Island, Washington, USA
32. Sunset on our second to last night on our honeymoon 🙂

Photo Of The Day – Rainbow Eucalyptus Tree Bark
Title: Rainbow Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta) Tree Bark Location: The Big Island, Hawaii, USA (19°42’27” N 155°56’48” W) Description: What I love about digital photography is it makes the process of Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Utah Juniper Tree On The Edge Of Canyonlands National Park
Title: Utah Juniper Tree On The Edge Of Canyonlands National Park Location: Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA, North America Description: A small but growing juniper tree takes root in the most Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Harsh Country Sunset
Title: Harsh Country Sunset Location: New South Wales, Australia Description: The sun wasn’t cooperating for a ‘pretty’ Australian sunset as I made my way around the countryside in New South Wales, Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Mt. Hood Reflected In Trillium Lake
Title: Mt. Hood Reflected In Trillium Lake Location: Trillium Lake, Oregon, USA, USA, North America Description: Mt. Hood, the tallest peak in Oregon state, stands above Trillium Lake as a Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Clouds Over Acacia Trees On The African Savanna
Title: Clouds Over Acacia Trees On The African Savanna Location: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Description: As the sun approaches the horizon to the West, two lone trees mimic the clouds above Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Title: Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) Location: Costa Rica, Central America Description: One of the more obviously named amphibians, red-eye tree frogs blend remarkably well with their background when their radiant Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – The Four Guardsmen
Title: The Four Guardsmen Location: Sequoia National Park, California, USA, North America Description: The Four Guardsmen are giant sequoia trees along the main road leading into the Sequoia National Park Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Twin Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) Rise Over 200′ Above The Forest Floor
Title: Twin Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) Rise Over 200′ Above The Forest Floor Location: Sequoia National Park, California, USA, North America Description: Known by various names (giant sequoia, giant redwood, Continue Reading →

Shadows In The Forest
While leading a three day waterfall workshop in Oregon’s gorgeous Columbia River Gorge, I grew a little bored at the last waterfall. We had seen and photographed a lot of Continue Reading →

Traveling Through Colors: Green
Green is a good, all-purpose, calming color and I can use some calm today. Continuing with my series to explore the world I have photographed through color, I present to Continue Reading →

Traveling Through Colors: Blue
There are beautiful blue skies in California today and maybe that’s why so many of the images in this post are of the gorgeous skies contained therein. Whatever the case, Continue Reading →