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In my previous line of work, I spent a lot of time in nature and took a lot of photos. I'll continue adding more photos as I find the time. I'm scaling down and cropping each of them to better suit this website, so it takes a little work.
A rocky meadow surrounded by conifer trees under a partly cloudy sky. Half of the foreground is shaded by trees behind the photographer. Bright, yellow-green plants, moss, and lichen are scattered throughout.
Rocky opening.
Colville National Forest
A western columbine flower with red and yellow petals in focus with several others scattered in the blurry background.
Western columbine (Aquilegia formosa).
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
A shallow stream in a shady coniferous forest. The stream is surrounded by vibrant green vegetation, with lady ferns closest to the photographer.
Forested stream with lady fern.
Colville National Forest
A dense cluster of white phlox flowers.
Spring bloom of a Phlox species in the shrub steppe of eastern Washington.
Yakima County, Washington
A narrow trail winding through a burned forest of thin, black, branchless tree trunks. The ground is covered in bright green bear grass.
Burned forest covered in bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Flathead National Forest
A closeup of the leaves of a vine maple shrub catching sunlight in an otherwise shaded understory.
Vine maple (Acer circinatum).
Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest
A very wide, slow moving stream filled with shrubs sits beneath rolling, forested hills that are catching the golden light of a sunrise.
A swampy creek in the cool morning shadow of a mountain.
Flathead National Forest
A single, funnel-shaped mushroom with a light-orange surface covered in rough, brown scales.
Gomphus species.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest