Fire at the Dome

Autumn in Olympia: the curious mix of gray skies and brilliant colors.

What, me scary?

Nisqually River Delta & Wildlife Refuge, under cloud

Nisqually Wildlife Reserve where the Nisqually River empties into Puget Sound -- with a touch of HDR processing. One of the few natural river deltas left in Washington State.

Skeleton Family Watches the Big Game

A little experiment with lighting and depth of field during the U-20 World Cup final (Viva Ghana!) and the first of several expected October appearances of members of the Skeleton family.

Crowsong

Sculpture, sunset, song.

Orange Dawn

Capitol Lake reflects sunrise-illuminated steam from the Washington state capitol's steam plant.

Nature, abstracted

This may help explain my somewhat skewed view of the world. This is an unretouched photo of a tree taken through the upstairs window of my 86-year-old home. The windows are old, warbly single-pane glass, but I didn't realize they were this bad! Actually, the effect is emphasized by the zoom lens, with a rather interesting, almost impressionistic effect. Which I like.

Morning Macro

Garden visitor on the morning of Sunday 4 October.

Sliding with the Bhattacharyas

Debashish Bhattacharya (slide ukulele) and Subhashis Bhattacharya (tabla) performing at Jazz Alley, Seattle 30 September 2009 -- a magical performance of traditional and not-so-traditional Indian music.