Week 30: Winter Street

Ascent of the Galactic Center above basalt columns in Vantage, Washington, when the Northern Lights were out on the north side - a night to remember.

Week 17: Tulips

An unexpected encounter with the famed tulips of Skagit valley.

Week 15: Wake of Spring

Behind the hill, tiles of farms under warm afternoon sun

Week 14: Babbling brook

A talking brook without a name in Mount Baker National Forest.

Week 13: Sakura

While walking around the most popular sakura garden in Seattle noticed sunlight bleeding through one of the trees, high up above hundreds of people standing below photographing, appreciating and enjoying the springtime bloom.

That time of the year…

Week 12: Hour of the Sun

Photographing the sunset after several hours of starring at the sun above the horizon.

[HDR] 1/20 sec at f/11, ISO 100 | 0.7 sec sec at f/11, ISO 100

Week 11: Facades

From the streets of Seattle

Week 10: Living off the rocks

Not just surviving but thriving.

Week 9: Twelve Horses

Fuzzy horses of Iceland

Week 8: Melting Ice

There were barely any signs of Spring just a week ago but this week it seems to take off with a severe winter storm and higher temperatures melting snow and exposing beautiful rocks on the Icelandic west coast.

Compared to last week it was not cold at all, although the wind started catching up minutes after taking this photo. Later in the evening we were stuck in Snæfellsnes peninsula for the night due to severe weather conditions over the mountain pass (Highway 56) making it impossible to get back to our hotel.

Obligatory BTS photo with the phone camera:

Week 7: Valkyries' armor

The Vikings believed the Northern Lights illuminating the sky were the reflections of the Valkyries' armor as they led the warriors to Odin.

Week 3: Expression

The process of making known one's thoughts or feelings

Week 2: Bridge over troubled water

Difficult to perceive from the Deception Pass bridge 180 feet above the water surface, the strait that connects Skagit Bay to Strait of Juan de Fuca has a varying depth of 6 to over 200 feet at places, combined with strong riptides poses danger to water traffic and divers.

Week 1: The path of least resistance

Jens, Kiran, Sid and I started a 52 weeks photo challenge: Share one photograph every week of 2022. This is my week one photo in the series.

Sunset over Puget Sound with pier ruins in the water — *0.4 sec at f/16, ISO 50*

Water follows the path of least resistance through rocks and sand, providing excellent opportunities to capture the movement in extended exposure photographs.

Taken on the first day of the year, when the weather became favorable to go to the beach. We had the first winter storm the day after Christmas, but the weather started to clear up towards the end of 2021. More photographs from this day in this blog post.