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 | 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 | 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 | Oct 23, 2015 | Featured, Mushrooms, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Most often, the most beautiful parts in nature are around us every day – except, nearly all of us aren’t paying attention. Today’s post is about 14 botanical species – wildflowers, mushrooms, ferns and mosses that are regularly seen (depending...
by Rich Leighton | Jul 31, 2015 | NANP, Photography, Washington, Wildflowers
Quick post after being on a month-long hiatus with twelve new photos! Earlier this summer I was wandering through the maze of desert canyons between Yakima and Ellensburg, Washington in the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountains and found quite a lot of incredible...
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