black and white

The view down the ridge from my bivy spot on Mt. Pilchuck last week. I wasn't psyched about sunrise when I woke up to clear skies, but the mountains made their own clouds as the sun warmed the air, eventually enveloping me in fog.

Maybe someone can help me with this plant its one of my favorites. CC welcome!

Drone view with Olympic mountains in the background.

I was on a walk near my house when I saw some nice light on Whitehorse Mt. to the north. I hurried home, grabbed my tripod and long lens and got this shot. In this B&W version it's all the other layers that make the final result.

From across the valley.

DJI M2P, screen grab from 4K video, converted in Silver FX Pro.

When you arrive to the tiny church of San Giovanni in Ranui, on the Dolomites (Italy), you are faced with one of these classic views that have been photographed to death but which timeless beauty is just undeniable. On a beautiful May sunset, I forewent the sunset colours and portrayed it in a...

I posted a b&w pano taken with a drone in the Landscape forum, here's one shot with my Sony A7r2.

Icy Creek below Big Four Peak, Central Cascades

Taken at the top of a fantastic ski run I did yesterday in the central Cascades. This poor tree has been beaten down by some avalanches.

I normally ski Vesper Pk. in the spring once the approach road has opened but I got an offer of a snowmobile ride yesterday that I couldn't turn down which made a winter climb feasible. I normally don't care for the damn things, but it sure made the 7 miles of road go fast! We brought the drone...

I did a quick hike up to Lake 22 in the Cascades near my house yesterday. A well packed trail meant I didn't need snowshoes, but micro-spikes were very nice for the icy descent. I brought the drone and got a great view over the ridge and up to the summit of Mt. Pilchuck. Lake Outlet, Sony...

We were blessed with a rare snowfall at my house last night. Unlike the rest of the country, where long term cold and ice take a toll, we revel in our few days of beauty. School is canceled, roads don't get plowed (we don't need em much here in the lowlands so we don't have a lot of plows), and...

The snow wasn't great, but we got a good work-out, and some nice views when the clouds parted on a ski tour yesterday near Stevens Pass, WA.

Unseasonably warm weather wasn't good for our normal x-skiing so my wife and I checked out the snow free, low elevation, Heybrook Ridge trail near the town of Index WA. A very pleasant easy 2 miles through 2nd growth forest leads to a good view of Mt. Index (which was in shade when we got there...

Looking into the entrance to one of the Big Four ice caves with recent avalanche debris partially covering the entrance. Obviously this wouldn't be a safe location in dangerous avy conditions:eek:

Shot on Fuji Velvia or Provia back in the 80s.

Don't know the name of the piece or artist, but my favorite from this location. I did a little creative fill to remove the pedestal.

"Ashland and 63rd" Chicago, Illinois ~ USA This is the platform scene at Ashland and 63rd on the elevated train in the downtown loop. Who wishes this had Wabash in the title? Come on.... tell the truth! :) All comments are welcome!