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A deciduous tree of some species against the backdrop of the Frank Gehry-designed Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle. Digital infrared with Sigma Quattro SD (IR Cut filter removed), Sigma 30/1.4 ART lens, and Hoya R72 filter.

This is one of three solar boilers at the Ivanpah Solar Generating System in the Mojave Desert of California. It's just over the state line from Nevada. Sadly the boilers are so hot that birds that fly too close get fried. (A nice feature of the newly-redesigned RPF is that naming a post...

They seem to me to have a martial bearing, at least to me. Hence the title. Tulips are a big thing in the Skagit Valley of Washington State (which is where I took this picture) and they're in full bloom this time of year. I used this one yesterday as my 59th weekly print for Ukraine. Sigma...

The Columbia Tower is the tallest building in Seattle. Indeed, it is the tallest in all of Washington state. It reaches into the sky some 933 feet. However, it's only the 41st tallest in the USA. I submitted a few images to Black & White Magazine last year and three were selected and...

The Space Needle is the iconic landmark of the city of Seattle. It was built for the 1962 World's Fair. It stands 605 feet high and when built was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River. The Space Needle stands in Seattle Center, the park-like entertainment area that was also...

The Rainier Square Tower in Seattle is quite an interesting building. It sits adjacent to the Rainier Tower, designed by Minoru Yamasaki (the architect who designed World Trade Center in New York) which is famous for its tapered pedestal. When I moved to Seattle in 2020 the first building that...

Tomorrow I will launch image number 18 of my weekly A Print for Ukraine project. (I guess it's been a while since I posted an image here on RPF because when I last did so I think it was print number 1 or 2 in the series. Anyway, 18 weeks have flown in.) Here is the one I'll be posting tomorrow...

I had this idea about capturing an image of Fort Casey in a panoramic look. I made sure to get there early in the morning so that I didn't have people in the image. The picture I saw in my mind's eye was far more dynamic than the shots I actually made to replicate what I saw in my head, but I...

I don't know who Josh Wilson is or was but this is a section of a road named after him. (Perhaps he is or was a local farmer, since roads round these parts are sometimes named for a person or family who live nearby.) This is in the Skagit Valley of Washington State, USA. As you can see in the...

Snow began falling here on Christmas Day. It made for a delightful White Christmas. It stayed on the ground a week or so. I took this image on December 28th when the sun had come out for a few hours. I was hoping then and still am that "harmony" characterizes our new year. (But hopeful doesn't...

Shot this one a few years ago with my Sigma SD Quattro. That is Catalina Island on the horizon, the vantage point being Newport Beach, California.

I suppose it may look as if that second funnel is emitting steam or gas or something, at least it does to me. But it's not. That's actually just a cloud above the funnel. These funnels are mere air vents at the north end of the underground portion of Highway 99 in Seattle. There is an identical...

West Beach, Oak Harbor, Washington. Infrared with Sigma Quattro Sd, Sigma 30/1.4 and Hoya R72 filter.

Ebey's Landing National Historic Reserve, Whidbey Island, Washington. The view is looking west toward Port Townsend and the northeast tip of the Olympic Peninsula. Sigma Quattro Sd with Sigma 30/1.4 and Hoya R72 filter.

When I first saw this image I immediately thought of Fritz Lang's sci-fi classic Metropolis. It's the Nexus building in Seattle. Infrared with Sigma Quattro Sd, Sigma 30/1.4 and Hoya R72 filter.

This lighthouse is located in Discovery Park in Seattle. It has been in service since 1881 I believe, and is still a working lighthouse today. Infrared with Sigma Quattro Sd, Sigma 30/1.4 and Hoya R72 filter.

Viewed in late afternoon from the Bluff Trail at Ebey's Landing National Historic Reserve on Whidbey Island, Washington. Infrared with Sigma Quattro Sd, Sigma 30/1.4 and Hoya R72 filter.

Ebey's Landing is a National Historic Reserve in central Whidbey Island, Washington state. My daughter Meg and I went there for a short hike on Tuesday afternoon and I snapped this image of her as she struck a cheeky pose. Infrared image with Sigma Quattro Sd, Sigma 30/1.4 and Hoya R72 filter.

Coupeville is a tiny, picturesque town on Whidbey Island in Washington state, USA. Despite its diminutive size (listed as 1.23 square miles), it is the county seat of Island County. Infrared with Sigma Quattro SD with Sigma 30/1.4 and Hoya R72 filter.

I was relaxing outside with a beer on Sunday afternoon. It was a glorious day here. I glanced up from my beer and saw these cirrus clouds and felt inspired to photograph them. They had similar qualities to my beer in that they dissipated quickly but were quite wonderful while they lasted.