by Rich Leighton | Apr 17, 2016 | NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Washington
Spring has arrived here in the Pacific Northwest (finally!) and last week I took a detour on my way home from a hike in the Cascade Mountains scouting for wildlife opportunities in a very remote part of Pierce County, Washington to one of my favorite places somewhat...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 30, 2016 | Birds, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Washington
Yesterday I was in Bellevue, Washington working as a Master Naturalist in an area where I work frequently pulling out invasive bindweed and blackberry plants to make room for native species, and I brought my camera along with me. Unusually sunny and bright for such a...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 25, 2016 | Birds, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Washington
For the past couple of years there has been a red-breasted nuthatch that lives near my house that is almost always visible until the moment I have a camera in hand, and it’s been driving me crazy. It was funny at first, but after months stretching into years, it...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 29, 2016 | Landscape, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Travel, Washington
Today’s set of images are what I hope to be a very enjoyable and relaxing series of eight images from a recent hike high up in Washington’s Snoqualmie Pass. I was following a beautiful snow-covered mountain stream called Humpback Creek on the Annette Lake...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 28, 2016 | Landscape, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Panorama, Photography, Utah, Washington
While definitely not a new technology, panoramic photography has been with us since the mid-nineteenth century. What is new however, is the ability to digitally stitch multiple images together to create a much larger, super-wide image that exceeds the abilities of a...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 26, 2016 | Invertebrates, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Washington
If you’ve ever hiked or visited the Pacific Northwest, you’ve undoubtedly come across this majestic mollusk – the Pacific banana slug. While most people take a look and say, “cool!” and continue hiking, these slugs are actually very...
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