by Rich Leighton | Dec 2, 2011
I may need my readers’ help with this one….. I am stuck between two images that are very similar and shot at very nearly the exact same spot. One is in color, the other on black and white. Last week there was a break in the constant rain and I went on a...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 28, 2011
Last August as I was just learning my way in a totally alien environment in the Cascades Mountains, this newcomer from Florida was searching for exotic wild orchids in Stevens Pass east of Seattle. Constantly looking over my shoulder for that great white shark of the...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 21, 2011
I think I’ll let the image do the talking for me on this one…. Mountain Stream with a Touch of Snow ~ Mount Rainier, Washington ~ see more images like this ~ LAKES, RIVERS AND WATERFALLS GALLERY ...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 17, 2011
“If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands.” ~ Douglas Adams There is a park in Medina, Washington that has become my private outdoor...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 12, 2011
Sometimes I find a beautiful specimen in nature that I simply just can’t identify. Tonight I finally identified a beautiful red mushroom I photographed five years ago in Fakahatchee Strand of Southwest Florida’s Western Everglades. I knew immediately it...
