by Rich Leighton | Feb 9, 2013 | NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel, Washington
If you are a parent, then you know this face well – this very young elk calf is a sloppy eater! I photographed this wild herd yesterday in the Eastern Cascade Mountains near Yakima, Washington on a sunny, cold winter afternoon. Baby Elk ~ click to enlarge ~...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 13, 2012 | Landscape, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel
Last week I had an unexpected two-and-a-half day opening in my schedule and I pounced on the opportunity to visit new places and reconnoiter some new locations. The idea was that I could find/scout out potential photography hot spots and mark them on my “places...
by Rich Leighton | Jul 18, 2012 | Birds, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Washington
One of the most bewildering sounds I’ve been hearing in the mountain forests sounded like air being blown over the neck of a big glass jug, only deeper and louder. It always seemed to resound of the rocky outcrops and insinuate its way through the trees like...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 29, 2012 | Birds, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Washington
Today I visited a new place as I continue exploring Washington State and move farther and farther from my home to look for native wildlife to study, photograph, and eventually hope to write about with some degree of authority as I become more familiar with my...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 17, 2012 | Landscape, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel, Washington
So often as is the case, I am en route to my photography location du jour which my inner nerd has neatly located, diagrammed, planned, and studied when movement out of the corner of my eye puts a snag in my orderly system. I was climbing into the Cascades Mountains...
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