Boeing Field area

You'd think I'd take photos of planes or something to do with flying... next time perhaps.  I was just passing by and this structure caught my eye like a fish to a lure.  Here's photo #60:

The Rainier Brewery which is now headquarters of Tully's Coffee just north of Boeing Field.  Photo #61:

Snoqualmie Falls and River

The ride from Bothell to Snoqualmie Falls is pleasant and I can see myself doing the ride many times over this spring and summer.  I reluctantly took some pictures of the Falls just to get it out of my system but the nice shot, in my opinion, was looking the other way from the falls into the sun and the mist - no rainbows from this direction but the scene felt right.  Photo #57:

Part of a water turbine (I think). Photo #58:



This image was taken along the Snoqualmie River north of the Falls towards Carnation along the many sloughs.  It's not a picture of a sunset, really - more about the branches and the river... Photo #59:

Snoqualmie River Valley

I went on a bike ride without my camera and found a wonderful ride from Fall City, up north through the towns of Carnation and Duvall.  There I found the Snoqualmie River Valley.  Not only was it picturesque but there were so many wonderful fragrances.  I found myself coming back for the ride and this time taking my camera with me. I made a mental note then to try to take my camera with me all the time.  Photos # 52 - 56:

 

so it's been a while

...but I haven't given the 1001 photographs up, just been too busy vacationing and getting back in the swing of things.  I went to Hawaii early February and found it to be a paradise for photographers.  Name the type of photograhy you are into and Hawaii would be a goldmine for it.  However, there is this thing I experienced called overload. I don't know if it was just too much photography or just too many things to take photos of but I found myself feeling burnt out afterwards.  It could've been my cute nephew I needed to take pictures of, or just the sheer load of pictures I needed to sort through when I got back.  But as far as any great pictures, I was quite dissapointed in myself. I probably could've came back with better photos if I were mentally prepared to take a lot of pictures.  In retrospect there were so many opportunities to take a beautiful photo that I didn't give each image the time and care it deserved.  But in the end, there are no excuses.  Here are photos # 40-51:

I took this the first night I arrived, was so excited about taking a long exposure shot.  I still have to work on these long exposures.  I like doing them, just haven't figured out the best way of getting the least amount of noise.

Okay... I couldn't resist the following pictures - I'm a sucker.  Sunset from atop Mauna Kea... clouds above and below.  I lost my ability to edit as well - I liked all of these.