Olympic National Park

Artemis's Moon over Mount Olympus

While we were waiting for sunset at Hurricane Ridge, my wife spotted the moon rising over the mountains. Quickly changed lenses and captured this one. The title was suggested by my daughter - Artemis is the Goddess of the Moon, daughter of Zeus and Leto. Featured on CNN Travel Section: http://satishmohan.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Olympic-National-Park/12714187_krpXr#982380932_rdo2A

The sky turned a pleasant pink at dusk, providing a soft backdrop for the magnificent mountain range.

While walking down the trail to Marymere Falls, we came across these field of wildflowers.

Hoh Rain Forest is a temperate rain forest, featuring on of the largest concentration of biomass by weight. Here I attempted to bring some order to the chaos in forest scenes.

Another scene from Hoh Rain Forest. Here I used the curved tree trunk to lead the eye into the image.

Sol Duc Falls, is so widely photographed, that finding a unique composition is challenging. Here I attempted to highlight a portion of the falls with my telephoto lens.

Rialto Beach on the western part of Olympic National Park is well known for its famed sea stacks, which are visible at the distance. The heavy overcast conditions made the perfect light for a black and white image of this beach.

Hurricane Ridge offers fabulous view of the Olympic mountain range. The black-tailed deer there have lost their fear of humans, which is rather unfortunate.

Can effective landscape photography be done when the sun is high in the sky? I think this image answers that. Having heard about Cannon beach's famed sea stacks, we arrived there just after noon. As the kids were having fun on the beach, I decided to zoom in on the sea stack itself as the center piece of this composition. This image was overexposed by 2 stops to give it a "high-key" abstract look.

Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park