The weather for the afternoon looked dismal in the south Puget Sound area. The forecast called for steady rain well into the evening. Wanting a little break in the weather, I looked around and determined that the rain would cease along the Washington coast. …

A black and white long exposure landscape photograph of cloudy early autumn skies captured along West Beach on Whidbey Island, Washington. Read the story behind this photograph on my blog post at “Dark Autumn Skies Over Strait of Juan de Fuca, Whidbey Island, Washington, 2016”. Nikon D700, Tamron 17–35 mm ƒ2.8–4.0 lens, ƒ16, ISO 200, 8.0 second, 19 mm. 48°17'54" N 122°43'30" W Part of my Pacific Northwest / Washington State black and white landscape and nature photography series.

A landscape photograph of the sunlight shining on a snow-covered Mount Rainier on an early winter evening as captured along the Paradise Road at Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Read the story behind this photograph on my blog post at “Early Winter Evening at Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, 2017”. Nikon D700, Nikkor 80–200 mm ƒ2.8 lens, ƒ16, ISO 200, 1/50 second, 80 mm. 46°46'20" N 121°46'35" W

A landscape photograph of the South Fork Skokomish River as viewed downstream from the High Steel Bridge in the Olympic National Forest along FR2340 in rural Mason County, Washington. Read the story behind this photograph on my blog post at “Mid-Winter Afternoon Drive, Skokomish Valley, Washington, 2017”. Nikon D700, Nikkor 80–200 mm ƒ2.8 lens, ƒ8, ISO 200, 1/15 second, 80 mm. 47°22'5″ N 123°16'48" W

A black and white landscape photograph of the winter river bottom forest along the West Skokomish Valley Road in rural Mason County, Washington. Read the story behind this photograph on my blog post at “Mid-Winter Afternoon Drive, Skokomish Valley, Washington, 2017”. Nikon D700, Tamron 17–35 mm ƒ2.8–4.0 lens, ƒ16, ISO 200, 1/160 second, 35 mm. 47°18'45" N 123°14'32" W Part of my Pacific Northwest / Washington State rural landscape photography series.

A panoramic landscape photograph of Mount Rainier (and Mount Adams in the distance) as viewed from the Glacier View Lookout near Ashford, Washington. Read the story behind this photograph on my blog post at “Glacier View Lookout Hike, Ashford, Washington, 2016”. Nikon D700, Nikkor 28–70 mm ƒ3.5–4.5, ƒ11, ISO 200, 1/250 second, 70 mm. A composite of multiple images. 46°49'9″ N 121°57'9″ W Part of my Pacific Northwest / Washington State panoramic landscape and nature photography series.

A black and white landscape photograph of Mount Rainier and the historic buildings at Paradise captured on a sunny winter day at Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Read the story behind this photograph on my blog post at “Snowshoeing in Paradise, Mount Rainier, Washington, 2017”. The entire collection of black and white landscape photographs from this trip can be viewed on my online photography gallery at Snowshoeing in Paradise, Mount Rainier, Washington, 2017.

A black and white landscape photograph of the snow-covered upper Paradise River valley captured on a sunny winter day in the Paradise area of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Read the story behind this photograph on my blog post at “Snowshoeing in Paradise, Mount Rainier, Washington, 2017”. The entire collection of black and white landscape photographs from this trip can be viewed on my online photography gallery at Snowshoeing in Paradise, Mount Rainier, Washington, 2017.

After a morning of driving along Hood Canal scouting for potential landscape photographs, I decided to head up the West Skokomish Valley Road in rural Mason County, Washington and do a little mid-winter exploring. In the few days prior to my trip, the Olympic Peninsula received a large amount of…