by Rich Leighton | Jun 9, 2014 | NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel, Washington
Yakima River Canyon, Washington June 1, 2014, 11pm I arrived later than planned this late afternoon to Cowiche Canyon, where the trip was half spur of the moment/half delayed because of a nasty headache. Not too much exciting happened except I saw my first badger...
by Rich Leighton | Apr 30, 2014 | NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel, Washington
“Those who charm scorpions and handle snakes only brand themselves with their own hands.” ~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib I’ve been spending a lot of time out in the desert and sagebrush country in Central Washington over the past couple of weeks, particularly in the...
by Rich Leighton | Apr 28, 2014 | NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel, Washington
Yesterday I was in sagebrush country – that vast open wilderness that is Central Washington and is home to rolling hills covered with sagebrush and rabbitbrush, rattlesnakes and coyotes, crumbling basalt rock formations and wide open blue skies. Near Vantage,...
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 | 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...
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