Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. 1st November 2018.
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This follows on from the Quinault Rainforest post but I have been too busy taking and processing live music images to continue for a few weeks.
I drove north and stopped at some oceanside beaches, which provide the first four images. Then seeing I had time on my hands I detoured to Hoh Rainforest although I would be going there the next day. I just wandered around the outside. The next day i would go on one of the trails.
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Kalaloch Creek at Kalaoch Beach.
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Kalaloch Creek Bend.
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A viewpoint at a beach further along the coastal road.
The signboards refer to “Razor clams” and “Drift Logs and Riptides”. You won’t be able to read that on the smaller image here though.
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Cedar Creek at Ruby Beach, looking towards Abbey Island, probably taken from the nearby parking area.
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We have now detoured and are heading along the Hoh River towards the Hoh Rainforest.
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Here some of the foundations of the road have been washed away by the river in flood. My rental car in the distance.
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Now we are in the Hoh Rainforest. Further comment on these rainforest images is really superfluous.
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Perhaps it’s all about finding patterns in chaos though.
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As you can see, it’s Autumn.
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Heading back along the Hoh river towards La Push. I’ve just visited a rainforest so no surprise that it’s raining.
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Here we are now at La Push, on the wild Pacific coast of Washington.
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I has a very comfortable room at off-season rates, with the wild weather and seascape right outside the window.
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Mysterious offshore islands.
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Later I wandered out and took some night-time exposures, both for two minutes.
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The sign at bottom left says “Beware of Wildlife”. What could that be? Short-faced bears? Smiladons? Pteranodons? Mosquitos? The danger seemed remote at the time.
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For those interested, I wondered what I took these images with, eight and a half years ago. All 26 were taken with a Fujifilm X-T2. 15 used an 80mm f2.8 macro (rainforest shots); 8 used a 10-24mm f4 (wide landscapes); 3 used a 35mm f1.4 (at La Push).
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