WASH07D-57
December 26, 2007
Man I wish that spring would arrive. We're having a balmy winter, which is plain no fun. If you're going to be winter, and lose all your leaves and turn the landscape into stick-ville, then give us some cold and snow so we can have fun and play in the white powder. So, today's image is pining for some greenery out there. This comes from one of the very few temperate rainforests (left) in the world, the lush forests of the Olympic peninsula and of Olympic National Park in Washington. This was taken in December, right after Christmas, and you can see all the greenery that is still on the ground and in the trees.
This area is beautiful, and was the focus of my first interest in backpacking years ago as a young teenager on a family camping trip (a dream that went unfulfilled at the time). It was the first time I thought about taking multiple days to hike across a landscape, carrying everything on our backs. I still remember the tentative route I had sketched out on the park map, figuring we'd need 2 weeks to go down and back right through the center of the forest. But even though it was not meant to be, it laid the foundation for many of my wanderings to come, up to this day. Enjoy.
Technical notes:
Camera: NIkon D80
Lens: Nikon 18-135 f/3.5-5.6
Focal length: 18 mm
Exposure: 1/20 f/5.6 ISO 800
Post-processing: Slight texture,toning and curves adjustment in PS4
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