Bainbridge Island

Another image from last week's heron-stalking on my local beach. One of our WA State Ferries decided to photobomb this pic...

Twilight Hunter

I spent almost a half-hour tonight stalking this heron, trying to get him lined up with Mount Rainier as the sun was setting, moving my tripod a foot at a time as he waded thru the water, hoping he wouldn't fly away. Finally got the shot just at the very end of the sunset light!

The morning sun lights up the Olympic Mountains, while it hasn't yet reached the ferries in Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island.

Another view of a beautiful, cold, foggy sunrise - looking over Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island, toward Seattle and the Cascade Mountains.

Lenticular clouds forming over Mount Rainier this evening, as the ferry M/V Tacoma pulls into Eagle Harbor (sporting its mustache for Movember).

Japanese Garden and Guest House at Bloedel Reserve.

Zen garden at Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island.

One of the highlights of the Bloedel Reserve is the Japanese Guest House - designed by noted Seattle architect Paul Hayden Kirk as a cross between Native American long house and Japanese tea house. Cool to walk around & peek thru the glass - not sure if they ever do tours inside.

Tonight's pleasant surprise was the moon popping up over the distant storm clouds!

Tiny Little Rainbow! Where? If you squint really hard you'll see it behind the ferry, between the dramatic storm cloud and the horizon. Only rainbow I saw all week...

A sunset stroll thru Eagle Harbor marina

Eagle Harbor sunset - Bainbridge Island.

After a few days of clouds - the Mountain is back out again!

A tighter shot of the Point White dock at sunset from a couple nights ago.

Weathered old boats on Bainbridge Island, as the sunset breaks thru the clouds.

Dramatic clouds at sunset this evening, as the ferry enters the harbor.

Rowing team at sunset in Eagle Harbor.

Snowy pathway along Eagle Harbor

Ferry at twilight

Tis the season for brilliant sunrise/sunsets. Just woke up to this...

Sunset over Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island, WA.

Ferry vs. Mountain...

Cormorants at sunset this evening.

Moonrise at Point No Point lighthouse, while waiting for lunar eclipse to begin.

Lighthouse Super Moon.

Super Moon rising behind the Point No Point lighthouse near Hansville, Washington - before the lunar eclipse started.

Moonrise at Point No Point lighthouse, while waiting for lunar eclipse to begin.

Sunrise - Olympic mountains & Bainbridge Island

Amazingly nice day for November, here in the Pacific NW.

Sunset rainbow over Manzanita Bay on Bainbridge Island.

Sunset over the Olympic Mountains, from Dock Street on Bainbridge Island.

Moon rise over Mt. Rainier and WA State ferry.

Some nice sunset color just now - on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

Happy Independence Day from Bainbridge Island!

Surprise rainbow this evening over Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island.

Mount Rainier, ferry, and lenticular cloud

Pink Curtain

From a couple nights ago, shortly after the rainbow faded out. The setting sun still lit up a narrow band of rainfall over the harbor.

Rainbow greets a ferry arriving in Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island

Tide patterns on the beach - Bainbridge Island.

Tide patterns on the beach - Bainbridge Island.

Long pier, long exposure...

Indianola pier, sunset long-exposure

MV Chimacum in Rich Passage. #FerryFotoContest

What lurks beneath the ferry dock?

Long-exposure shot beneath the passenger ramps at the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal.

Red Rainier Sunrise

Mount Rainier at sunrise this morning.