Cool.

I find forest photography to be very tough. Sometimes the moss, ferns, branches, etc...will catch my eye, but getting a good photo is hard for me.

Yeah it's like 5 hours away. Too far for a day trip, I'd have to stay overnight somewhere.

Yes that gets me too.

Also SEA makes me think Seattle, not South East Asia.

'Washington, District of Columbia' is such a weird, annoying name.

Totally clear.

Kind of surprisingly clear. Did we have some pineapple express rain?

Thanks.

No Instagram. I'm old.

South.

I was having a brainfart trying to identify it. Looking at the map I figured it out, it's Pyramid Peak.

Thanks. I use a Canon RP.

I mostly just take pictures for myself. I tried to 'go pro' awhile ago, but I'm not that good at sales or marketing. About 90% of being a successful photographer is being good at sales and marketing...

No, Seattle area. Road is closed at Ross Dam trailhead, a couple miles past the Diablo Lake overlook.

1: Thanks.

2: I'd say for sure it's not that. I think it might be Pinnacle Peak, but it's kind of a common name so searches come up with a few different peaks.

Edit: Pyramid and Pinnacle Peaks.

Another shot from a bit later. Does this link work?

https://preview.redd.it/fsz8m06jo9ca1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=011b84f23755e263c8b6125478d147f82ff03bcb

Yes, thanks. I have bad habits sometimes. I tell myself I won't make bad HDR, but then looking back after a couple years...I made bad HDR. So this is a much more natural, dark shot. :)

Is it just slightly too dark?

I'm going back and re-editing old photos. I had made a HDR version of this, but it looks too HDR. It's a tough balance on sunrise photos, making it too bright removes the 'contrast of sunrise'. Kind of hard to explain.

Aww, nice. Thanks.

My grandfather wasn't a huge boater, but he did like to swim (in the Sound sometimes).

The grandparents got a vacation home up on Whidbey, and got a small rowboat. They called it the Alphar, with the idea being the second boat would be based on Beta, and so on through the Greek alphabet. Well they never got past the first boat, and it's being used as a planter up at the old cabin.

> In 1935, the ship, now called the Iowa, was relegated to intercoastal trade, hauling lumber and general cargo from West Coast ports to New York and Philadelphia. 

Because of the strong current from the Columbia?

I think 'current' isn't the right word...

Hey wait a minute. I just realized today is January 12. I swear this happened.

Oh yeah, there was nothing interesting on the backside.

https://historylink.org/File/11007

>On January 12, 1936, early on Sunday morning, the freighter SS Iowa,
outbound from the Columbia River to the Atlantic coast via San
Francisco with 34 crewmen aboard, is driven onto Peacock Spit at Cape
Disappointment by hurricane force winds. The radio operator manages to
send a distress signal but the fierce storm will prevent rescue vessels
from approaching within range of the foundering vessel. Within a short
while, enormous waves break up the Iowa's hull and she sinks into the
sand with only her pilothouse, masts, and king posts visible above the
surf.

Nice shot.

That could almost be a promotional photo for the ferries. You could try, send it to their Twitter or something like that if you want.

Nice. Sometimes that 'mostly cloudy' day can look good.

I'm almost always there in the morning, so I'd miss this.