by Rich Leighton | Mar 24, 2014 | NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Photography
Easily the most beautiful of North America’s native pitcher plants, the white-topped pitcher plant (Sarracenia leucophylla), also known as the white trumpet or crimson pitcher plant, is found in the wild in the American Southeast in the states of Mississippi,...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 2, 2014 | Birds, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Photography, Potpourri, Reptiles, Travel, Washington
In an effort to make sure I keep my posts current, regular and interesting, I’ve been thinking about this idea for a long time. I edit and post so many new images from all over the continent to the North American Nature Photography website that many of them...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 5, 2013 | Birds, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Washington
Last week I spent an absolutely freezing morning at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge just outside of the capital city of Olympia, Washington. Located at the mouth of the Nisqually River, which originates far up Mount Rainier, it is made up of both precipitation...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 23, 2013 | Landscape, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel, Washington
The rocky coastline of Cape Flattery is located at the most extreme northwestern corner of the contiguous United States on the Olympic Peninsula, where the Pacific Ocean joins the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Millennia of pounding waves, tides and erosion have sculpted the...
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...
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