Photos from May 2012

By Robert Batt

Along the well-named Evergreen Trail in Rockport State Park.

By Robert Batt

Ancient fir tree toppled in a 1974 storm, Evergreen Trail, Rockport State Park.

By Robert Batt

View from Illabot Creek Forest Service Road 16, Mt Baker Ranger District.

By HalfCenturyHiker

A rare evening on the north coast!

By HalfCenturyHiker

Taken shortly after sunrise between Sand Point and Cape Alava

By HalfCenturyHiker

North Coast between Sand Point and Cape Alava

By Bob Griffith

One of thousands of bitterroot plants seen on Cowiche Mountain.

By terpene

Tweedy's Lewisia in its favorite cliffside habitat. The finest specimens are usually found high up on a sunny rock. I took this shot while clinging to the cliff with one hand and holding the camera above my head with the other, aiming by "guesstimation". The shot was made easier by using a 14mm super-wide angle lens with huge depth of field.

By geezerhiker

Five males that are part of a flock of wild turkeys on Camano Island.

By Aaron Theisen

Dawn greets blooming balsamroot on the Clackamas Mountain loop in northeast Washington.

By Skumar

By Skumar

By Skumar

By WaNative

I was too late for good landscape lighting on this hike, but the raging creek was a good backdrop for spring blooms.

By WAC

By TTtripleHhiker

By TTtripleHhiker

By Alvin Kroon

Sunrise from the Palouse River Ridge, two bracketed photos. Photo details: Nikon D700, ISO 200, F-16, 1/13th and 1/25th exposure

By Taum Sauk

Western red cedar (Thuja plicata), actually part of the cypress family, reaches up towards the sky to conduct some photosynthesis far above the Lake Twenty-two trail.

By Muledeer

This is taken about halfway up Steamboat Rock. It was cloudy and windy, but nice light for pictures. I was playing around with a new Canon G12.

By celtic_hiker

A picture of a trillium bloom taken on the West Fork Foss River trail on the way back from Trout Lake.

By i8seattle

Reflected in a snowmelt pond...

By i8seattle

On the trail to Sahale Camp, September

By i8seattle

Mount Logan, North Cascade National Park

By Taum Sauk

Close-up of the top of the upper falls of Teneriffe Creek, taken from the viewpoint at the top of the trail. The closeup shows the interplay of the water droplets, light, and rocky backdrop.

By YoshiSan

I saw these trees, rocks and the snow field on the North side of MailBox Peak and thought it to be an interesting composition for a picture.

By Qbert

Taken during a walk up the Upper Dungeness trail on May 18, 2012.

By banana slug

Found along the Rosario Strait Trail