by Rich Leighton | Oct 30, 2017 | Arachnids, Invertebrates, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Spiders, Washington
Recently I was out on a day off from the photography studio, working on a side project that involved foraging of lots of wild apples in one of my favorite recreation places in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. While I did have a camera with me (just in case,...
by Rich Leighton | May 30, 2017 | NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Washington, Wildflowers
One of the absolute best times to visit the wild rolling hills and steep ravines and coulees of Washington’s Columbia Basin is in the late spring. Last week I was traveling around the Vantage, WA are, just east of the mighty Columbia River near Whiskey Dick...
by Rich Leighton | May 28, 2017 | NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Washington, Wildflowers
Besides wild orchids, wild lilies are a favorite of mine when tromping across the country in extremely rural to even semi-urban places. Recently I was in the Olympic National Forest near the shore of Lake Cushman near Hoodsport, WA scoping out new areas to photograph...
by Rich Leighton | May 27, 2017 | Birds, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Washington
Very recently I was taking a “day off” (inside joke for those who know me personally – I work in some capacity nearly every day of the year) on a scouting trip for future photography trips in the Olympic National Forest. Near the Skokomish Indian...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 20, 2017 | NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Washington, Wildflowers
Quick post for today. As I was going through our lily gallery images while getting things ready for our new upcoming North American Nature Photography website relaunch, I found four images of the really cool meadow death camas from last spring that I shot, edited and...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 7, 2017 | NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Trees, Washington
Easily one of the most beautiful of all of the hardwoods on the Pacific Coast, the Pacific madrone is a member of the heath family and closely related to rhododendrons, and is the most northerly broadleaf evergreen trees on the continent. Early Spanish settlers in...
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