More from my Autumn backlog...

These are photos from locations in my local area.

Lake Wilderness Park


The Autumn Dance













Maplewood Golf Course

A misty autumn day...

Trying to work through my backlog of autumn images before winter sets in – here are Newhalem and Ladder Creek Falls in October.

October in Leavenworth

Waterfront Park in Leavenworth is one of the best places for fall color in the Pacific Northwest.

Autumn on Peshastin Creek and Tumwater Canyon

Here is a selection of images taken during a couple of visits to the area around Leavenworth last week.

On the "Larch March" 2024

The annual Pacific Northwest tourist pilgrimage from a few weeks ago. (Taken at Blewett Pass – this was the only chance I had to go on the march myself this year.)

A Most Ingenious Pair of Ducks

(Pipe Lake, Washington)

Autumn at Reflection Lakes

These were taken in the hours before the Aurora photos I posted last time. (This is normally considered a summer location due to the wildflower bloom along the shore, but it’s a worthwhile spot for fall color as well.)

Aurora Borealis at Mount Rainier (10/10/24)

Taken at Reflection Lakes in Mount Rainier National Park.

(Note that the first two images were taken at twilight, when the Northern Lights were visible to the naked eye even before nightfall.)

Aurora Borealis from Snoqualmie Point Park (10/7/24)

It was the most grueling photo trip I'd ever taken...

Dropped off by helicopter deep in the North Cascades wilderness. Trekking for three days, much of it bushwhacking. Fording rivers while holding my precious camera backpack over my head to keep it dry. Losing half my provisions when one of my bear-proof canisters proved to be anything but. And, finally, a near-vertical scramble up a talus slope, bringing me to the shores of a crystalline alpine lake.

Only, I couldn’t find a good composition, and, anyway, the light sucked. So, I came back down, returned home, drove up to Snoqualmie Pass, pulled off at the Gold Creek Pond parking lot, walked the couple hundred feet or so to the picnic area, and captured these images. I hope you enjoy them.